Stream Podcasts in iTMS

By C.K. Sample, III

Well, this is pretty cool. It looks like, if you choose to preview a free podcast in the iTMS, then you can simply listen to it as a stream without actually downloading it. Right now, I'm listening to Inside Mac Radio and I'm already up to the first commercial. Commercials in podcasts? Ugh.

Another really cool thing about this is that in Tiger, the streaming podcast's info actually shows up in iChat's status message if you set it to "Current iTunes Track."

I hope this is a feature of the new podcasting capabilities of the iTMS, rather than just a mistake or bug that will eventually be eradicated. Unfortunately, there is no fast-forward option, and you cannot really pause, as doing so will restart the stream. Nevertheless, pretty cool.

UPDATE: After some tinkering, it only seems to work with certain podcasts. Odd. 

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