Posts by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
(DIR) Post #AhU38uRtcFt1HQY9JI by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2024-05-02T14:39:34Z
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@mike @molly0xfff For the past 19 years, I have been ridiculed for saying never build your castle on rented ground. This is one of the tenets of my podcast success. I have invested monthly in my .com and received between 20k and 200k hits daily on the website. Over days, months, and years, it has paid massive dividends. YT, FB, X, Insta, Tik, Linked etc could go away tomorrow and my tribe and the net would still find me and my content.
(DIR) Post #AmMxkLf93brXdBevaK by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2024-09-25T17:36:00Z
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We will have Adam Curry on the New Media Show - Lit and Live at 3pm Eastern - What is Next in Podcasting with Adam CurryYou can tune in with your Favorite Podcasting app or NewMediaShow.com/live
(DIR) Post #AqHVle4AqXc8BZaJCS by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-01-20T17:02:50Z
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@adam @dave Have either of you been reached out to by Sounds Profitable?
(DIR) Post #AqeGwgUF9pqaCXf8dc by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-01-31T15:02:33Z
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Teachers have it hard enough these days. Blubrry Podcasting is offering free podcast hosting accounts for educators and academic professionals.Please take a look at the details. https://blubrry.com/services/plans-pricing/educator-account/
(DIR) Post #AqiMPAMe9ftq06jH9M by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2024-12-19T03:02:01Z
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Soooooooo, I would love to see all Podcast Apps make cross-app comments a thing in 2025. How can Blubrry help with that? Do you need dollars? Do you need love and devotion what can we do to help all Podcast App developers get this done.
(DIR) Post #AqrJpn5QG4wqBWJexE by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-02-07T00:53:55Z
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@dave Ohhhh no what am I gonna do... :; Understand gotta keep the bread buttered.
(DIR) Post #AulPf6Vn8Sbtc7bPmq by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T18:37:02Z
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The HLS Discussion. Yes, I know that several hosts have seen the light (in terms of future survival) and are looking at HLS.I want a definable commitment by all Podcasting 2.0 apps to support it.If we, aka hosts, add this, it will come at a significant cost to deliver the media in HLS. I am not spending a single dev dollar until there is a reciprocal commitment.Video podcasting is supported today with no additional dev work.There has to be a joint effort here.
(DIR) Post #AulPf8GcbpfF3eWKQ4 by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T19:47:43Z
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@ericpp They want global distribution on all platforms. Simple. With tens of thousands of paying customers, their wants and needs are far and wide.If Apple Podcasts said we make Video a first-class citizen again with no change to the current distro, aka fixed media. MP4, then all the podcast hosts will have to support it as it is.The HLS discussion is an attempt aka attempt to drive the narrative, as only three podcast hosts today support MP4 delivery.So maybe you see my reluctance.
(DIR) Post #AulQ7jkMqzwZPL4cRE by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T20:04:33Z
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@dave @ericpp We have conducted a comprehensive cost analysis, and even with lower completion rates based on my data costs, it's many many multiples higher than fixed media. Takes me back to 2008 costs. It was costing me 10 cents to deliver a single video.
(DIR) Post #AulfbHK8aq4FFsLi76 by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T22:56:58Z
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@james @dave @ericpp As per your exampleHLS typically uses chunks of ten seconds. Each of those are a separate request. So, a two hour show is the same amount of data vs a normal download, but 7,200 requests vs just one.1,000,000 / 7200 = 1381000 Plays / 138 = 7.24 x .75 = $5.43So, in all reality, the request is where you get killed on AWS This is where the clouflare solution is better until you move to much traffic and they force you into a contract.
(DIR) Post #AulfvGOvjX5qBX7X6G by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T23:01:35Z
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@dave @james @ericpp YouTube owns the DataCenter, owns the Fiber, has peering agreements, has cache servers in all major data centers, and at the edge, aka your ISP paying rent and rack space. .So they pay for the power, and equipment, and have invested billions.Yet we still do not know if YT is profitable.
(DIR) Post #Aulg4z3V4xF9HgjQum by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T23:03:21Z
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@dave @james @ericpp Servers and rack rental would be recovered very quickly..Yet, Podcasters are gonna want this for $20 a month, including their audio hosting.Impossible.
(DIR) Post #AulgKMtYj48pZ7Pxrs by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T23:06:04Z
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@dave @james @ericpp But I can deliver a 2GB MP4, which we have been doing for 15 years, with never a complaint, and the total cost is less than a penny via RSS. So think about that, thus why I said we at Blubrry will need all app buy in.
(DIR) Post #AulhESy5KkKQcKHgn2 by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T22:50:03Z
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@james @dave @ericpp Cloudfront would not be the solution I would use for HLS. It would likely be Cloudflare initially. Then, as things scaled up, switch back to AWS or roll our own. We did the math based on our CloudFront BW cost, which is "much" lower than your example.No one, at least those we have talked to, considers AWS because there are more fees to considerMediaConvert could be $1.00 per S3 Storage .05 / Data transfer. .10Cloudfront gb data rate x.xxCloudfront Request +.xx
(DIR) Post #AulhEUvg2faghRAnJY by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-03T23:15:13Z
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@ericpp @james @dave If we do it, Cloudflare would be the place. I pay a single exit fee off AWS to put the media into Cloudflare; they do the rest of the work. I pay for bandwidth, which is much easier to swallow and cheaper by many multiples than AWS.Until it isn't, Cloudflare loves to send letters and force you into fixed contracts. We big big big numbers associated. You have to read their fine print carefully.
(DIR) Post #AvBoE5WFf8DJV3iMAC by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-16T13:37:03Z
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@dave, as I look at this, we could have a source for each feed, but why? You are already on the feed link if you're on the page.
(DIR) Post #AvSzW8RUZXIiKpRCOe by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-06-24T20:33:40Z
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@dave Alt Images
(DIR) Post #AwQhwsvjyVNi3SFV8i by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-07-23T15:59:32Z
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@dave I would start with the originator of the chart .
(DIR) Post #AwczHhGopCQURfrTEW by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-07-29T13:23:48Z
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@js Scammer has set up shows on their platform. They all link to illegal gambling sites in Asia that steal people's money. We had one offer us $5k a month to leave there site up. So if anyone knows the folks over there they should tell them.
(DIR) Post #AxX2mEKtYGxz2prx0C by Todd_Blubrry@podcastindex.social
2025-08-25T14:59:05Z
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So...... In the chapter file, I know some folks had a shit fit over some things that were being placed in the JSON. I do not remember correctly what that was.However, to collect some client-side data and fire a pixel during playback, I would like to have a function that allows us to hide a chapter while still having the app act on loading the image for a secondThis would allow us to fire a hidden chapter image at 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes, etc, that we could use to build retention data.