Could you expand that a bit? How easy is it for a layman vlogger to set a thumb in their post, then have it come out in the media:thumb element on their feed? I am not being sarcastic, I haven't played with mediaRSS as a content creator and am curious about the workflow...I'm still green in the mediaRSS world.
Seems like until everyone adopts mediaRSS, or whatever comes out in the meantime, adding 'rel=thumbnail' to an image tag is easy enough...even for the layman. -- Devlon billshackelford wrote: > 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] >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
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