[MTOS-dev] A review of Byrne's podcasting plugin

[Bud Gibson]

Dear All:

I've posted a review of Byrne's MTOS podcasting plug-in relative to the
needs of one video podcaster.  I appreciate Byrne's effort, but it does not
do the trick on a few fronts.  I give a detailed review with two proposed
solutions here:

http://wiki.movabletype.org/Podcasting#Podcasting_Plugin_for_Movable_Type

Here's how I understand Byrne's plugin.  It scans the entry text for URLs to
identified media types and then adds them to the assets associated with that
entry.  The plug-in only covers mp3 files.  There's a suggestion that a
player will be inserted to play the mp3, though that did not work with my
mtos build.

I think there's a problem with that strategy if you try to extend it.  It
ties together separate concerns: 1) scanning for media types; 2) inserting
media types into an entry.  The second would be better accomplished through
specialized templates.  I would even get rid of (1) scanning entries and
replace that with an ajax form on the entry for entering asset data.  That
would reduce the need for LWP, and the plugin could just function with the
normal MT dependencies.

Bud

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Bud Gibson
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