---
license: artistic-2.0
pretty_name: The Autocast Initiative
tags:
- art
- sound
- podcast
- podcasting
---
# The Autocast Initiative
This dataset archives podcasts in real-time. Podcasts that indentify with the principle of autocasting as their method for sharing audiofiles with an audience of subsribers.

All contributers are volonteers.

## The Principles Autocasting

* The content is primarily not created.

* Neither the files or the RSS feed is not manipulated after publish, other than to correct mistakes.
*  * The "episode description" is the exception to the above. Use this field however you please.

* No method is to be considered "too low-effort" when it comes to generating audiofiles.

* For content protected by monetization is encouraged to commit scrambled content and provide means for unscrambling as they see fit.
*  * Further monetization is encouraged.
 
* Get paid if you can.
   
## How to contribute

Create a folder for your autocast as so: 
```
/archive/[Name of your feed]/
```

Do not substitute special characters (if possible)

In this folder, include your episodes as well as snapshots of your RSS feed at the time of publish (if possible)
```
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].mp3 // or whichever format you use
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].xml
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].mp3 // ...
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].xml
...
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[00n].mp3 // ...
/archive/[Name of your feed]/[00n].xml
...
```

If you intend to publish more than 1000 episodes in a single feed, figure it out (responsibly)