Podcast#Variants

Under Enhanced Podcast (English for Enhanced ) refers to a podcast that contains additional options other than pure audio or video data, such as bookmarks, can jump directly to the sections, certain, or pictures or text information at specific times during the playback are displayed. The term was coined by Apple in June 2004 when they were introduced with iTunes 4.9 for the first time. Technically it involves. M4a files, so an MPEG -4 container in which there is an AAC encoded file. The image and text information are integrated via additional, defined in MPEG4 standard data channels.

Although with enhanced podcast originally the format used by Apple is meant is to imagine that the concept is spreading in the future to alternative formats with similar functions.

Creating Enhanced Podcasts

Übercaster, Hindenburg Journalist and GarageBand have a feature for creating enhanced podcasts.

Hardware and software support

Enhanced podcasts are only currently supported by iPod and iTunes. However, the pure audio data can be played on all devices that support AAC without the advanced features yet. This is true of most computer programs, the case in hardware players but usually lack the support AAC. The XBox and some mobile phones, as well as Sony's PSP to play AAC without objection from.