[TYPO3-dev] Slightly OT: Help with podcasts/RSS/linux codec etc.

[Thomas Hempel]

Hi Kasper,

> The RSS feed:
> - Someone told me that the iTunes specific tags (like subTitle and  
> summary) in the feed are not seen if you read the feed with eg.  Firefox 
> or another regular RSS reader. If someone told me which RSS  tags to 
> duplicate this info to, I would do it.
> - Is there a way to provide links to other resources from the feed;  
> like alternatively encoded video, websites, sound and pictures? Of  
> course, these resources are just additional links, some that iTunes  
> should ignore.
I don't use iTunes and I use the RSS feed only for get informed about 
new episodes (currently waiting ;-) ). I can't speak for someone else 
but I don't need any further information in the feed.
Maybe you can simply use the <description> tag for such information. 
(See: http://www.cms-mit-typo3.de/index.php?id=250)


> Codec:
> - Michael Perkhofer (our video-codec guy) told me that VLC plays the  
> podcasts (encoded with H.268) just fine on Linux. Yet, I never became  
> good friends with codecs on Linux and would expect many others to  have 
> problems. Could someone confirm Michaels observations, or share  
> experiences/problems and most importantly; Device a strategy for  making 
> the podcasts available on Linux as well?
Playing on Linux with VLC is no problem!
But, as someone else already mentioned, the filesize is very big for 
that small video-size.
I don't know iTunes or Apple OS at all, but I think they will support 
other (smaller) codecs as well!? I think Xvid is a nice alternative!?


Anyway, nice videos and I'm looking forward to watch the next one! :-)



Greets,
Thomas


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