Figured rather than using the other list this might be the best place to ask/show a Podcast feed. Figured it might get derailed like the last discussion on Podcasts.
Anyway, at the moment got a very early version of a directory listing for all BBC Podcasts, which can be found here: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/ppg.xml What am looking for is some feed back on this really, and possibly what people would like to see included in here. The current version on live is missing an "rssenc" element which would give information about the files in a Podcast. This is element would work as follows: <rssenc type="audio/mpeg|audio/x-m4a|video/mp4|video/x-m4v|video/quicktime|appli cation/pdf" medium="image|audio|video|document|executable" stream="true|false" audioEnc="mp3|wma|acc" audioProfile="ABR|CBR|VBR" videoEnc="x264|mpeg4|mpg2|mpg1|wvc1|..." videoProfile="ABR|CBR|VBR" /> So, for a typical MP3 Podcast it would be: <rssenc type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" stream="false" audioEnc="mp3" audioProfile="CBR" /> For AAC Enhanced Podcast: <rssenc type="audio/x-m4a" medium="audio" stream="false" audioEnc="aac" audioProfile="VBR" /> What I would like to also add for the next version (apart from the "rssenc" element) is information on the current episode in the Podcast (if there is one). This would mean you wouldn't have to parse every RSS feed to find those with an episode (or to find the current episode). The original idea was to just use the "link" element I already have but extend it so that it has optional elements "title", "description" and "pubDate". This would produce something like this: <link target="currentEpisode" url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/archers/archers_20071018 -1920.mp3"> <title>Archers: Thursday 18 Oct 07</title> <description>Jazzer gives Ed some words of advice, and Lynda receives a surprise visitor at Ambridge Hall.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate> </link> Only thing I don't like about this (hence part of the reason for this post) is that it doesn't seem (to me) to appear to be in the correct place. The good thing about this is that it keeps everything consistent with the schema we have. The bad/ugly is that the information about the encoded file is not included in the "link" element. Personally think it should be moved inside the "rssenc" element, but wondering if there is any opinions about this and where it should probably be found? Again, feed back on this feed would be most appreciated. Also, please remember this is a first version and so there is a good chance that it will change as it evolves. - Carlos Roman P.S. Sorry if this arrives twice, thought I had signed up to this list but turns I hadn't so re-subscribed and sent this again. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
