On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:17:15 +0100, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ie. http://feeds.feedburner.com/spainfulfilms.mp4?d=25 > via: > http://feeds.feedburner.com/spainfulfilms > > This feed doesnt work in FireAnt or any aggregator that currently uses > typical file extention detection of media format (since often mime types > in > feeds are not accurate). > > Should'nt we get feedburner to modify it so its more cross-compatible > (such > as ending the url with .ext)? This is annoying and even though not > technically wrong to do on feedburner's part, they should have taken this > issue into consideration before breaking direct media urls like this. I > dont want to write new code to handle 'special' direct media url formats. The file name still has a .mp4 extenstion. The ?id=25 is the query string. Without knowing for sure I'm guessing that FireANT fails because it doesn't follow redirects (the URL responds with a 302 header that points to the original video URL. So Feedburner has a correct filename ending in .mp4 and they are even sending the correct mime type (video/mp4). If an aggregator doesn't work with these URLs the aggregator needs to use a proper HTTP library. Setting up limitations like "video files must have a file extension" and "you cannot use redirects" are more than a little silly. This isn't a case of having to write special software to handle these special URLs. These are normal URLs and if the software was using HTTP correctly (following redirects, breaking apart filename from query string before checking for file extension) there would be no problems. -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
