Creating ID3 tags for iPhone users

   

By Bryan Person

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Why you want ID3 tags for your podcast, and specifically for iPhone users.

In the short screencast below (created using the LifeCasting app on the iPhone), I demonstrate how podcasts appear on the iPhone 1) with and without album art 2) with and without show notes.

iTunes Lyrics tab essential for ID3 tags for iPhone

As I note in today’s Daily Boo, your show notes will only display on an iPhone if you manually add them to the iTunes Lyrics tab before uploading and publishing your podcast file. In the screenshots below, you can see how the show notes I created in iTunes for a recent episodes of IDRA Classnotes display on the iPhone.

Show notes will only appear for iPhone users when you manually add them to the iTunes Lyrics tab before uploading and publishing your file

display of show notes on iPhone

Have questions about creating album art and shows notes for your podcast? Drop me a line at DailyBoo-AT-gmail-DOT.com

Permalink | Posted on July 7, 2009 at 6:02pm.

Tag(s): podcasting