Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 02:57:22PM +0100, St�phane Heckel wrote:
St�phane wrote :
I have observed that an URL link [[x|y]] in (:description ... :) is
displayed 'as is' (not rendered) in the RSS feed, ...
Is this a feature ?
Hello, can someone confirm ?
When I last checked (and this was at least two years ago), embedding
links into RSS description fields wasn't entirely within the RSS
specification. In other words, there was no explicit standard for
the embedding of HTML elements within the RSS text.
If the feeds are being looked at, it's worth a bit of research to see
how easy it is to use PmWiki for podcasts.
This is the extent of my knowledge:
- I enter the URL for the podcast's RSS feed into iTunes. (Some of the
ones I listen to aren't in the iTunes's store. Not sure if other feed
types are used.)
- iTunes examines the feed and identifies the media files. It shows
information from the ID3 tags for the files immediately.
- iTunes has options to control downloading the files. This was useful
when I was on holiday with dial-up. I could tell it which file I wanted
to spend time on.
I think that means the link rather than the actual media file is
embedded, but it's worth checking the specs. iTunes might also have
advice that differs from the specs -- in which case, well, remember
Explorer and specs? iTunes is the most commonly used podcatcher.
Sandy
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