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PRESENTED BYMark Henry, President

Mark Henry Enterprises, [email protected]

www.MARKHENRYENTERPRISES.com

Copyright © 2007 Mark Henry Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Beyond Podcasting

Training with Apple's iPod


Objectives

• Overall concept

• Language syntax

• Linking text, audio, and video

• Limitations

In this session we will discuss the various methods available for creating interactive training programs for delivery on Apple's video iPod. We will cover:


Overall Concept

• Using the iPod’s Notes functionality you can:

– Create and display text content (Notes)

– Link to other text, audio clips,and movies

– Create and organize custom menus

– Restrict users to only the text andmenus you want them to see


Creating and Organizing Notes

• Creates notes using a standard ASCIItext editor, such as Notepad

• Save the note, then REMOVE theextension – “note.txt” becomes “note”

• Limited to a total of 1,000 notes

• Max size is 4kb per note

Welcome to Beyond Podcasting: Training with the Apple iPod.

In this session we will discuss how to create a simple text note for display on the iPod.

Introduction


Creating and Organizing Notes - 2

• By default, the note’s file name willdisplay in the iPod’s interface

• You can replace this by using the<Title> tag

<Title>New Title</Title>

New TitleNote 1 Note 2Note 3

Notes


Loading Your Note onto the iPod

• In iTunes, turn on “Enable disk use”


Loading Your Note onto the iPod - 2

• Open Window’s Explorer and browse to the iPod• Locate the Notes folder• Delete the “instructions” file (or back it up to your hard dive)• Add your note file(s)• To view on the iPod, select ExtrasNotes, then select your note


Setting the iPod to Show Only Notes

• Turning on Notes mode hides all other iPod menu options

• Create a test file named “Preferences” and insert:

<meta name="NotesOnly" content="true">

• Place this file in the root of the Notes folder on the iPod.

Note 1 Note 2Note 3

Notes


Use Folders to Organize the Interface

• The iPod will display the Folder hierarchy in the Notes folder

• In this example, there are two folders and one note in the root of Notes.

• To change the default “Notes” title, add a <Title>My title</Title> entry to the Preferences file.

Folder 1 > Folder 2 >Note 1

Notes


Use Folders to Organize the Interface 2

• You can continue to create new folders for organization.

• This is useful if you want to organize multiple languages of content.

• While this is useful, it is limited. Folders are always listed in alphabetical order and all folders and sub-folders are listed…

Deutsch > English >Español >Français >Italiano >

Folder 1


Linking to Notes and Folders

• You can add links to a note that navigate to other notes, a menu item or an audio file.

[ Hear This ]Welcome to Beyond Podcasting: Training with the Apple iPod.


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Introduction


Linking to Notes

• To link to another note:

<A HREF="note file">Link to a note</A>

– <A HREF="…"> - creates the link

– Note file is the name of the file being linked to

– Link to a note – is the text displayed in thenote that will be the link

– </A> - closes the link tag




Introduction


Linking to Notes in other Folders

• Absolute Reference (starts at Notes folder)

<A HREF="/folder/note 1">Link to another note</A>

• Relative Reference (starts at current folder):

<A HREF="subfolder/note 1">Link to another note</A>

• All paths must be shorter than 255 characters


Linking to a Folder

• You can link to any folder or subfolder in the Notes folder

<A HREF="/folder1/folder2">Link to folder2</A>

– This will create a link that will display the notes and folder contained inside folder2.

• You can also create a link to the root Notes folder:

<A HREF="/">Link to Notes folder</A>


Linking to a Song

• You can link from a note to songs and audio files.

– Load the song or audio file onto youriPod using iTunes

– Add a link to your note:

<A HREF="song=intro_01">Hear This</A>




Introduction


Linking to Playlists, Composers, and Genres

• You can also link to playlists, genres, artists, etc…

<A HREF="ipod:music?playlist=Driving Mix">Link to Driving Mix</A>

<A HREF="ipod:music?genre=rock">Link to rock music</A>

<A HREF="ipod:music?artist=Radiohead">Link to Radiohead</A>

<A HREF="ipod:music?composer=Bach">Link to J.S. Bach</A>

<A HREF="ipod:music?album=Pinkerton">Link to Pink</A>


Showing the Note while Audio Plays

• To show the current note ALWAYS, add this to the Preferences file:<meta name=“NowPlaying” content=“false”>

• To show the current note while any song link it is clicked, add this line anywhere in the note file:<meta name=“NowPlaying” content=“false”>

• To show the current note when a specific link is clicked, add this to the song link:<A HREF=“song=My Doorbell&NowPlaying=false”>My Doorbell</A>


Linking to a Video

• You can link from a note to a video.

– Load the video file onto your iPodusing iTunes

– Add a link to your note:

<A HREF="video=video1">View This</A>

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Servicing the Unit


Fine Tuning the iPod Interface

• Create a Menu to replace the folder listings..

– Create a Note file with the .linx extension

– Add whatever text and links you want displayed

– Don’t forget to add a custom <Title> tag

– If you have multiple .linx files in one directory,name the main one index.linx – this will belaunched when the folder is entered

Introduction to the iPod > Creating Notes >Loading Notes on the iPod >Linking to Notes >Linking to Songs >

Beyond Podcasting


Fine Tuning the iPod Interface

• Debugging your projects

– Create a Note and place it in the root ofthe Notes directory

– Place the tag <ERRORS> in it (and nothing else)

– The Note’s name doesn’t matter – it will be listedas the first note

– Open the note: the iPod will dive through allthe folders and test all the links. This can takesome time if you have lots of Note files

Link Error in file Notes\Learnthe iPod\index.link.<A HREF=“02”> at char 13.Bad link, file not found.(5)

ERRORS

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Documents

notes folder

notes file

root of notes

notes mode

extras notes

apples ipod slide

note welcome

note files