Podcasts and Itunes recognition

[imported_browser908888]

Hi just a general interest issue a friend sent me an mp3 file. When I opened it on iTunes it automatically recognised it was a podcasts and even directed me to the url for subcription. How does iTunes recoginise this from just a standard mp3 file. Also where is the information such as the program synopsis stored sometimes when I check the porperties the comments section which is where I assume they are stored is empty. Please help?

[imported_Alex]

I'm not sure how iTunes automatically recognized the podcast address and asked you to subscribe. However, it should recognize an mp3 file that has been tagged as a podcast in the id3 tags. id3 tags are information about the mp3 file - title, genre, comments etc - this is the stuff that shows up in you ipod window.

Rob over at podcast411 has a great write up on id3 tags that you should check out.

http://www.podcast411.com/id3tags.html