Hi there folks, and thanks very very much for the advice. About enclosures ... just to clarify, I'm not saying send multiple enclosures out in the feed, I'm saying that the client asks for the feed, WordPress says "Oh that's an iTunes client" or "Oh that's a client that prefers WMV" or "Oh I can't tell what client this is, so I'll send out this generic MP4" - and then encodes the feed so it contains only the correct enclosure.
I think I'll move forward with Show in a Box. Your advice and the efforts of the Showinaboxers are much appreciated. As for separate files for iPod and AppleTV ... I encode a file that's suitable for both, by using QuickTime Pro (export a 640x480 M4V using the iPod preset) in conjunction with Videora iPod Converter (crunch that M4V down to smaller file size - this gets around the 'baseline low complexity' issue). I can understand why others may have their reasons for doing separate iPod and AppleTV files but personally I think this complicates things too much for viewers, especially those who have both an AppleTV and an iPod - if they're already downloading the 'big' file for their AppleTV anyway, why not make it work on the iPod as well? Waz from Crash Test Kitchen http://www.crashtestkitchen.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Cheryl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, what Richard, Charles & Steve said. > > Show in a Box is your best bet at the moment, but remember that you > can use its WordPress plugins with ANY WordPress theme. If you find a > theme that sets the width of its content area a teensy bit wider than > your preferred video player width, you're set. > > The current Show in a Box Theme for WordPress is designed for the > content area to be wide enough for 640px-wide video, so go with that > if you're in a hurry. There are 6 styling choices within the theme, or > you can modify one of them to suit yourself if you know how. > > As Richard said, the difference between vlogsplosion and Show in a Box > is that with vlogsplosion it's harder to change themes. With Show in a > Box, you just pick the components you want, you don't have to use the > theme. > > As to feeds, I think Steve's right. Even if you can load all your > media formats into one RSS feed, I don't know that there's a feed > aggregator smart enough to sort out the viewer's preference. I think > they all just take the media format they see first. If you find > different, I want to know about it! > > Good luck. If you go with Show in a Box, join its google group like > Richard suggested to get assistance setting it up. > > Cheryl Colan
