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   1 ## Status
   2
   3 [[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/fancypodcast author="[[schmonz]]"]]
   4 [[!tag patch]]
   5
   6 Nothing new since 2013/07/21 [[merge|done]] to `master`.
   7
   8 ## Features
   9
  10 [[!table data="""
  11 Feature            |iTunes RSS|iTunes Atom|Downcast RSS|Downcast Atom
  12 Feed image         |          |           |            |
  13 Feed title         |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |(./)
  14 Feed publisher     |          |           |            |
  15 Feed "category"    |          |           |            |
  16 Feed date          |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |(./)
  17 Feed description   |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |
  18 Episode image      |          |           |            |
  19 Episode title      |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |(./)
  20 Episode date       |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |(./)
  21 Episode duration   |          |           |            |
  22 Episode author     |          |           |            |
  23 Episode description|(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |
  24 Episode enclosure  |(./)      |(./)       |(./)        |(./)
  25 """]]
  26
  27 ## Future improvements
  28
  29 ### iTunes fancy podcasting
  30
  31 * [iTunes-specific tags](https://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html)
  32   appear to be RSS-only
  33     * If they work in Atom, teach `inline` to optionally iTunesify RSS/Atom.
  34     * Else, add `itunes` as a third kind of feed (RSS plus more stuff).
  35 * Notable tags for feeds:
  36     * `itunes:subtitle`
  37     * `itunes:author`
  38     * `itunes:summary` (same as `description`)
  39     * `itunes:owner` (includes `itunes:name` and `itunes:email`)
  40     * `itunes:image href=''`
  41     * `itunes:publisher`
  42     * `itunes:category text=''` (can contain subcategories)
  43     * `itunes:keywords`
  44 * Notable tags for entries:
  45     * `itunes:duration`
  46         * [[!cpan Audio::TagLib]] might be fastest, if present and applicable
  47         * [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is reasonably fast
  48         * [mediainfo](http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/) is way slower
  49         * Cache computed durations as pagestate
  50
  51 ### Fancy podcast aggregating
  52
  53 * Write tests comparing a fancy podcast (HTML and feeds) against
  54   the same podcast aggregated and republished, then make them pass
  55   via changes to `aggregatepost.impl` and [[plugins/aggregate]].
  56
  57 ### Other ideas
  58
  59 * Don't render template text (e.g., "Use this template to insert a
  60   note into a page") in feeds.
  61     * [[schmonz]] observes this in a dual-feed (one for enclosures,
  62       another for browsers) scenario, but not in the typical case.
  63       Remaining to be verified: that once migrated to fancypodcast,
  64       this stops being a problem.
  65 * Optionally specify the enclosure's:
  66     * MIME type, in case `File::MimeInfo` guesses wrong.
  67     * Duration, in case `ffprobe` guesses wrong.
  68 * Optionally specify enclosures outside the wiki:
  69     * Some people don't want to store big unchanging files in the VCS.
  70     * Other people like [podcasting found media](http://huffduffer.com/about).
  71     * We'd have to download the file just to compute some metadata
  72       about it, and then somehow not frequently re-download it.
  73 * Configurably generate additional subscription links (such as
  74   iTunes) alongside the RSS/Atom ones in [[plugins/inline]].
  75 * Support Apple's "enhanced podcasts" (if they're still relevant).