Podcasts, baby!

With all the excitement around the new video iPods, I thought that I would make a little treat for people who bought them. Yeah, Daily Dancer now has a video podcast. Thanks to Feedburner and my upgrade to QuickTime 7 Pro, I can now bring my latest videos to your iPod...

OK, if life were that simple, I would be a happy man. But, QuickTime 7 Pro takes a few hours just to export a one-minute dance. Maybe it is now time to replace my five-year-old computer? Anyway, I tried putting up an iPod video file for Friday's dance to Respect. But Feedburner is not recognizing the M4V links. Aaaarrrggh!

So, now I am requesting more help from my fans. First, if you own a video iPod, could you please tell me if the M4V file for Respect actually plays on your iPod? And if you have had any experience with Podcasting, or video format conversion, can you please tell me what I can do better? Is there any free software for Windows that uses a plain-text file format and supports exporting to a wide variety of video formats? All this help would be greatly appreciated.

- Daily Dancer