The following things are needed for creating a podcast:
- A reasonably new PC equipped with speakers and an internet connection.
- An audio device like a microphone. Since some laptops come with an internal microphone, a more expensive external microphone will provide audio recordings of higher quality.
- The audio files are produced using digital recording software (like Audacity).
- Podcast software programs made expressly for audio and video podcasting, like ProfCast on the Apple Mac, might now be more appropriate.
- A camcorder included cheaper as a digital video camera attached to the computer or a basic USB webcam.
- However, Video podcasts can easily use podcasting software, whereas audio podcasts (often MP3s) look easier to make and have more manageable file sizes for uploading and downloading.