Host podcasts on Azure?

Question

Is it possible to host podcasts on Azure?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

Can you elaborate a bit more?. From the specs here at http://apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html , this is what I am thinking:

1. Host the episode/file on server (Azure storage)
2. Create an RSS feed and host on Azure (A WCF syndication service as a hosted service on Azure (Azure compute))
3. Provide RSS url to itunes?

Per the spec, the episodes should be hosted on server with byte-range support. When you say Azure supports podcasts, I guess Azure handles this?

 







Answer 3

Hi,

I am not familiar with Apple’s spec. But if you want to host static RSS feeds in Windows Azure, you can use blob storage without a hosted service. If the RSS feeds need to be dynamically generated, then you can use a web role with a service. As for byte range support, from my experience, blob storage supports Range header.

In addition, please also make sure you configure content type correctly when you upload files to blob.

Best Regards,

Ming Xu.

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