Justin -
Interesting idea, but I for one would not want to use a link that requires the viewer to install software.
However this could probably be done on a server side solution - it could work alot like the tinyurl service except that the server has a 1-many rather than 1 to one map for urls it creates ... for example, maybe users sign up with a service and can then enter in a series of urls to be hidden behind one url with the service. Upon a request to that url the server would then have to check http request header results or something to find the first / prefered available link in the set ... and then redirect the users browser to that url.
(maybe that wouldnt work...I dunno...just kinda thinking out loud)
On 10/10/05, Justin Chapweske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So, if anyone is feeling adventurous, you can try out the
> > LinkGenerator
> > at ( http://swarmcast.net/toys/LinkGenerator),
>
> What happens if swarmcast goes down?
The software itself doesn't rely on swarmcast.net itself once it
installed. The 'swarmcast.net' part of the domain is simply ignored and
the source URL is whats actually used.
As far as people that don't have Swarmcast installed, there are probably
some tricks we could do with "image pings" and _javascript_ to tell if
swarmcast.net was up before rendering the link.
Just brain storming here, but in fact, you could even keep your links as
original (http://blip.tv/....) links then "patch" them using a trick
that either Lucas Gonze or Gordon Mohr came up with for Magnet links.
This patch code could ping swarmcast.net (or any other site) to make
sure its up and only use the link if the site is actually working.
This concept really has nothing to do with Swarmcast and could be used
for any URLs, so for a vblogger with some _javascript_ skills, you could
dynamically figure out which URL to use for your videos.
If I have some free time next weekend, perhaps I'll code something up.
-Justin
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