[MTOS-dev] [ProNet] Podcasting

[Bud Gibson]

Byrne:

What's the license on the podcast plug-in?  Having done some research, it
looks like the pieces are there for pretty great podcasting support.  We
just need to add some use cases.

Bud

On Dec 26, 2007 5:08 PM, Byrne Reese <byrne at sixapart.com> wrote:

> > * Update Byrne's plugin to recognise non-audio media types (video,
> > perhaps pdf?)
>
> We could maintain this as a config directive so that people could modify
> the
> list of mimetypes recognized as podcasts.
>
> > * Provide feed templates that more closely follow the iTunes
> > guidelines [1]. Specifically, that provide the indexing/listings
> > metadata used by iTunes.
>
> Here is an excerpt from an example they provide. These elements should be
> added to the head of the feed:
>
> * itunes:subtitle
> * itunes:author
> * itunes:summary
> * itunes:description
> * itunes:owner (name and email as subelements)
> * itunes:image
> * itunes:category*
>
> These elements should be added to each item:
>
> * itunes:author
> * itunes:subtitle
> * itunes:summary
> * itunes:duration
> * itunes:keywords
>
> > * Consider building an admin plugin for that part of the process;
> > while I don't think we should necessarily attempt to 'compete' with
> > PodPress [2] here (it's a terrific and polished solution, to be
> > honest), there are some aspects that are worth learning from.
>
> Hopefully the podcasting plugin I started can serve this purpose. Users
> should not have to download and install two different pieces of software,
> should they?
>
> Byrne
>
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