I agree.. mediaRSS already exists and is supported by many.
--- In [email protected], sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> nah.
> encourage mediaRSS spec for thumbnails.
>
> and consider using blip feeds (blip users).
>
> sull
>
>
> On 2/8/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, maybe we should skip the whole overriding media microfotmat
> > thing...
> > and in true microformats style solve the simplest and most necissary
> > problem
> > first.
> >
> > I.E. <img src="" rel=thumbnail>
> >
> > It's actually hard for me to believe people aren't actually using this
> > somewhere in the RSS-o-sphere. Has anyone seen anything.
> >
> > It perfectly in keeping with other specs like rel=tag, rel=enclosure,
> > rel=payment and a host of others.
> >
> > It will also work with perfectly with other forms of media feeds like
> > audio,
> > and photocasts as well. It's a univeral element.
> >
> > Any objections to this?
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> > On 2/8/07, duthied2004 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <duthied%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey all.
> > >
> > > I've been out of the loop on this list for some time and have tried to
> > > catch up on this, so forgive me if stuff has been said/asked before....
> > >
> > > But, I'd love to hear how people are setting the thumbnails for their
> > > entries....do you use mediarss on your site, is it only in the
> > > 'description' of the post, in a thumbnail element in the item
> > > elements? As Mike mentioned it's a hodge-podge currently.
> > >
> > > Glad to see the same names on here still, as well as many more new ones.
> > >
> > > -Devlon
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > groups-yahoo-com@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There is also a larger issue Bill which Josh touched on.
> > > >
> > > > The general problem is that while 90% (or some otherwise very hight
> > > > percent of vloggers) have thumbnails in their posts they are not
> > > > "semantically" specified. This is to say they are not specified in
> > > > standard way which can be recognized by aggregators and search sites
> > > > like Fireant, vlogdi, mefeedia and others. For example... eclosures
> > > > can be specified in your blog post among other ways by a microformat
> > > > standard "rel=enclosure". There is no standards for huge amounts of
> > > > supporting meta infromation like thumbnails, i.e. there is no
> > > > "rel=thumnail".
> > > >
> > > > We're working on mechanisms not only to better identify thumbnails in
> > > > blog posts, among other things, by creating a new media Microformat.
> > > > It should not only have a tremendous immediate impact for people who
> > > > use services like blip, feedburner, mefeedia, fireant and others, but
> > > > it should also put this control into YOUR hands if you like when
> > > > you're writing a blog post.
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Josh, I hope you'll collaborate on this media microformat as well
> > > > as sharing other ideas on sharing thumbnail information.
> > > >
> > > > Peace,
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > > > mmeiser.com/blog
> > > >
> > > > On 1/19/07, Peter Van Dijck <petervandijck@> wrote:
> > > > > Hey Josh, I haven't checked that feature in like a year, so it may
> > > have
> > > > > stopped working.. let Frank know if you have any questions about
> > > that, I'm
> > > > > sure he'd be happy to get it running again.. all my fault!
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > > >
> > > > > On 1/19/07, Joshua Kinberg <jkinberg@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Bill,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We're currently working on this issue and plan to have a big new
> > > > > > release of the FireAnt website in February. This new release will
> > > > > > support the Media RSS namespace for thumbnails.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently, we can grab thumbnails from blog posts if they are
> > > included
> > > > > > in the link to the video enclosure file like this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <a href="http://link/to/video.mov"; rel="enclosure"><img
> > > > > > src="http://link/to/thumbnail/image.jpg"; /></a>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We also have the ability to get thumbnail images from MeFeedia,
> > > but it
> > > > > > seems that MeFeedia may have disabled this feature.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope that helps explain... please stay tuned for our new website
> > > > > > update that will address this along with many other bug fixes
> > > and new
> > > > > > features.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > Josh
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://FireAnt.tv
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 1/19/07, billshackelford
> > > > > <bshackelford@<bshackelford%40gmail.com>>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > My videos do not have thumbnails on FireAnt. It seems they do
> > not
> > > > > > utilize the Yahoo Media
> > > > > > > RSS namespace attributes. Is there a reason why? If there is a
> > > legal
> > > > > > reason.. why don't they
> > > > > > > just come up with their own namespace?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I believe I read something about FireAnt getting thumbnails from
> > > > > > Mefeedia but my
> > > > > > > thumbnails show up Mefeedia fine.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does anyone know if there is something I can do to have my
> > > thumbnails
> > > > > > show up on FireAnt?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here is my channel on FireAnt:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > billshackelford.com podcast
> > > > > > > http://fireant.tv/directory/channel/22981
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Find 10000s of videoblogs and podcasts at http://mefeedia.com
> > > > > my blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/
> > > > > my job: http://petervandijck.net
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Sull
> http://vlogdir.com (a project)
> http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog)
> http://interdigitate.com (otherly)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
![http://link/to/thumbnail/image.jpg"](http://link/to/thumbnail/image.jpg"){kind=link}