Episode Download Guide

I thought it would be good (after it was suggested by a few people) to include a set of instructions for downloading episodes of the Donkcast to try to make it easy to get through the barrage of distractions that is Megaupload.
I'll go with a step-by-step approach ... and its good to see that you have made it to Step 0: Go to the blog/podcast homepage http://thedonkcast.blogspot.com/ (and also technically Step 0a: go to the download instructions page & read the post!)

Step 1: Select the episode that you wish to listen to & click the link on the top right of the main blog page (eg: Episode 5)

Step 2: On the episode post, you should see a link that has megaupload.com/ followed by a bunch of numbers & letters. Click on the link (eg: http://megaupload.com/?d=6VLLGWGO)

Step 3: You are now on the first Megaupload page. In the top right hand corner you will see a four character code and a blank box above a button labelled download file. Type the four characters in the box & hit the download file button.

Step 4: This will take you to the 'advertising' page, where you will see a table with the 'benefits' of Premium downloads compared with free downloads. On the right of the table there will be a button labelled Premium download & underneath it a countdown 'please wait xx seconds' ... now you need to wait for the countdown, which takes less than a minute (unless of course you want to pay for the site or are extremely impatient).

Step 5: Once the countdown reaches 0, another button labelled Regular download will appear. Click this button.

Step 6: A dialog box will open (as well as a pop-up ad, but ignore that) which will give you the options of Open, Save or Cancel. Given that the files are relatively large at about 50Mb, its going to be best to select Save & save the file on your computer. Select a location for the file and press save.

Step 7: When the download is complete, simply open the file (or double click the mp3 file in the folder you saved it to) to play it on your computer.

Step 8: After listening to the episode, send your thoughts & comments about the episode to thedonkcast@hotmail.com your comments & feedback are welcome & appreciated!

Step 9: Select another episode & repeat the process again!

Hopefully these instructions will one day become obsolete ... yes, I plan to eventually have the Donkcast available on iTunes ... but these should do in the meantime! Hope you enjoy the episodes!