2009/4/17 Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk>: > Dumb question :) No such thing :)
> Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg > YouTube and similar)? > In simple terms, a podcast of any kind (audio or video) is in essence a media file delivered over http as a downloadable 'enclosure' item listed within an RSS feed. A podcatcher (such as miro) is given a bunch of those RSS feeds (which are xml text files also delivered over http) and scans them for any new enclosures not yet downloaded. The software then (based on your preferences) will download the enclosures completely so you can play them 'offline'. Compare that to youtube which is designed to be streamed. You visit their site and watch the video in a browser based flash plugin as opposed to downloading them. That said there are ways and means to download video from youtube, and indeed miro can do that too. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
