Hey Greg, Check out FreeVlog <URL: http://freevlog.org > It will get you all set up. Let me know if you have any questions, Verdi,
-- Me: http://michaelverdi.com R&D: http://graymattergravy.com Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org On Nov 30, 2005, at 6:04 PM, greg wrote: > Greetings all, after lurking on the list for a couple informative > weeks, here's my first post: > Though i've been uploading quicktime movs to my site for a while > now, i > decided to take a stab at RSS for vlogging, so i could get onto iTunes > blogs, and eventually others. > I followed the vodcasting directions spelled out on > http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/07/howtovodcast/index.php? > lsrc=mwtoprss > pretty cool outline it seems (?) though some of the example RSS code > they gave had inconsistencies with other outlines i found on the > web... > but hey, i'm figuring it all out, so.... > I set up an .xml file (step 4 in the article) and uploaded it (step 5) > along with my movie, which was compressed in Quicktime 7 with mp4 > specs > for iTunes and presumably iPod... > both were uploaded to my own server and put in the same folder, as > directed. > After some fiddling around with step 5 and some problems with step > 6, I > cut to the chase and went to iTunes and chose "advanced", > "subscribe > to podcast"; and after manually entering in the URL to the XML file, > http://eklektro.net/blogs/eklektropod.xml > i got the movie to play in iTunes ! (step 7) > My only hurdle at this time is step 6, testing and playing the clip in > my browser; as i suspect the problems i'm having may point to an error > which may impede other syndication (?) > As directed in step 6, i enter in the same URL into my browser: > http://eklektro.net/blogs/eklektropod.xml > but the results i get are not those expected. i get all the text > fields mashed together, fine... But i don't get any "read more" link > like it says in the directions. and so its a dead-end, and i can't > test my cast... other than directly in iTunes. > I"m on a Mac, and the above scenario is what i get in the latest > Safari > browser. > and don't know if it makes any difference that i'm uploading to my own > browser. i never had problems with quicktime ever before. > Even stranger, in Internet Explorer, the URL just sits there and > displays an empty page... So i quit and tried it again and got the > message "your browser cannot find our style and presentation > information and may not display properly"... No it didn't. Any > clues? > I'd like to fix this problem before i look into linking up to Blogger, > Yahoo and others... > Any advice or links appreciated, I've got some blogging catchin up to > do :) > cheers! and thanks.... > Greg > ek>G > http://eklektro.net/ek_breakbeatweek.html > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop > slavery. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/.QUssC/izNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
