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Garrett started a podcast running through Audio HiJack Pro on the Mac. They've now decided to record locally at each end, though. Leo says that's called double-ended recording. Leo doesn't do that because it's a big hassle due to latency. If it's done right, it can sound incredible, but it's a lot of work and takes time to get it just right.

Leo says there isn't a file system on the iPad, which is a common complaint. All files stored on the iPad are owned by an application. So in order to get a document onto the iPad, he must sync it to the application through iTunes, or download it from something like DropBox.

He also wants to be able to upload photos and videos. Leo says that he can buy the Apple Camera Connection Kit that will read SD cards and import photos to the iPhoto app.

Tom has a HAM Radio podcast called HQARadio that he’s been doing really well, but he hosts a lot video now and needs a third party hosting option to keep the costs down. He’s doing uStream for live streaming and that’s working well. But he is concerned about video buffering. Leo says that video can kill your bandwidth cap pretty quickly. It’s not like radio where there’s no difference between 100 and a million listeners because it’s over the air. Podcasts are more like magazines where you have hard costs for each viewer.

Josh has become a “chord cutter,” and is has his computer recording OTA HD TV which he streams using XBMC. But it’s starting to freeze up a lot. Leo says that recording two things at the same time will likely overtax the computer’s capability. If you were watching one and recording another, that would be one thing. But two separate HD video signals writing to a hard drive is a challenge. You could also see if Windows Media Center allows you to record to two different hard drive. But that’s unlikely. Boosting to a faster processor and a faster hard drive will make a difference.