Audio sounds like the Chipmunks

If you are just wanting to listen to the audio podcast, try the podcast feed in either Juice or iTunes it should work. If you are wanting your audio to work with the Big Contact player we use with the Christian Podcast Network directory then you can get it to work by following the below instructions.

There are two numbers to be aware of when you are creating your mp3s: sampling rate and bit rate. The Feed Player, due to limitations of Macromedia's Flash, only understands mp3s with sampling rates of 11k, 22k and 44k. We suggest a sampling rate of 22k or 44k (a cd's sampling rate).

And while we are talking about creating your mp3 files: bit rate: the higher the bit rate the higher the sound quality but the larger the file size. For talk podcasts a bit rate of as low as 32k or 64k can sound good. For music podcasts 128k will provide plenty of quality.

You should change these settings in the software you use to produce your podcast mp3s. Review your software's instructions on how to do this. An educated guess: try clicking on file or edit and look for preferences or options. It probably will have a setting for 'Export Settings' or similar.

You can check your mp3 files' sampling and bit rates in iTunes. Play the mp3 in iTunes and right click (pc) or control click (mac) the track and 'Get Info.' The summary will show you your track's sampling and bit rates.

To change your existing mp3s to a different sampling and/or bit rate you can convert the file within iTunes if you like. Go to edit> preferences> audio. Select 'MP3 Encoder' and for 'Setting' select 'custom...' Change the settings you want (see first and second paragraphs above.) You may also want to click 'advanced' to see which folder on your computer iTunes will be storing your newly converted file. Click 'ok.' Next, right click (pc) or control click (mac) the track and selct 'Convert Selection to Mp3.'

You can get more information about the Big Contact player by clicking here.