X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/03410505cea5dadb686f6265b968d46872c096cc..81aa58e7ca0118fbb6e1b7f53e47f01d260cdbff:/doc/todo/fancypodcast.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/todo/fancypodcast.mdwn b/doc/todo/fancypodcast.mdwn index 5ae6d0ad4..128017021 100644 --- a/doc/todo/fancypodcast.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/fancypodcast.mdwn @@ -1,62 +1,69 @@ -ikiwiki's simple podcasting, while elegant and minimal, doesn't (as -mentioned in [[todo/blogging]]) produce full-featured feeds. In -fancy podcasts, episodes are accompanied by text content. The feeds -also have lots more metadata. +## Status -[[!toc]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/fancypodcast author="[[schmonz]]"]] +[[!tag patch]] -## Design +Nothing new since 2013/07/21 [[merge|done]] to `master`. -7. For each fancy podcast episode, write a blog post containing - `\[[!meta enclosure="WikiLink/to/media.mp3"]]`. (Don't specify - more than one enclosure -- but if you do, last one wins.) -7. When rendering to HTML (single-page or inlined), append a link - to the media file. -7. When rendering to RSS/Atom, the text is the entry's content and - the media file is its enclosure. -7. Don't break simple podcasts in pursuit of fancy podcasts. +## Features -## Implementation +[[!table data=""" +Feature |iTunes RSS|iTunes Atom|Downcast RSS|Downcast Atom +Feed image | | | | +Feed title |(./) |(./) |(./) |(./) +Feed publisher | | | | +Feed "category" | | | | +Feed date |(./) |(./) |(./) |(./) +Feed description |(./) |(./) |(./) | +Episode image | | | | +Episode title |(./) |(./) |(./) |(./) +Episode date |(./) |(./) |(./) |(./) +Episode duration | | | | +Episode author | | | | +Episode description|(./) |(./) |(./) | +Episode enclosure |(./) |(./) |(./) |(./) +"""]] -[[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/fancypodcast author="[[schmonz]]"]] +## Future improvements + +### iTunes fancy podcasting + +* [iTunes-specific tags](https://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html) + appear to be RSS-only + * If they work in Atom, teach `inline` to optionally iTunesify RSS/Atom. + * Else, add `itunes` as a third kind of feed (RSS plus more stuff). +* Notable tags for feeds: + * `itunes:subtitle` + * `itunes:author` + * `itunes:summary` (same as `description`) + * `itunes:owner` (includes `itunes:name` and `itunes:email`) + * `itunes:image href=''` + * `itunes:publisher` + * `itunes:category text=''` (can contain subcategories) + * `itunes:keywords` +* Notable tags for entries: + * `itunes:duration` + * [[!cpan Audio::TagLib]] might be fastest, if present and applicable + * [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is reasonably fast + * [mediainfo](http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/) is way slower + * Cache computed durations as pagestate + +### Fancy podcast aggregating + +* Write tests comparing a fancy podcast (HTML and feeds) against + the same podcast aggregated and republished, then make them pass + via changes to `aggregatepost.impl` and [[plugins/aggregate]]. + +### Other ideas -### Completed - -* Cover the existing simple podcast behavior with tests. -* Add an `enclosure` field to [[plugins/meta]] that expands the - given [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] to an absolute URL (feed enclosures - pretty much need to be, and the reference feeds I've looked at - all do this). -* Write failing tests for the desired single-page and inlined - HTML behavior, then make them pass by adding enclosure stanzas - to `{,inline}page.tmpl`. -* Write failing tests for the desired RSS/Atom behavior, then make - them pass, probably via changes to `{atom,rss}item.tmpl` and - [[plugins/inline]]. - -### Must-have (for [[schmonz]], anyway) - -* Enrich podcast feed metadata (some of which is iTunes-specific, - though I'm not aware of it causing any problems for other - podcatchers, and in fact some of them may also use it). -* Subscribe to a fancy feed in some common podcatchers and compare - display details against a reference podcast. -* Compare feature-for-feature and feed-for-feed with - [tru_podcast](http://www.rainskit.com/blog/542/tru_podcast-a-podcasting-plugin-for-textpattern), - which is what [[schmonz]] will be migrating from. -* Think carefully about... - * UTF-8. - * Other templates with `CONTENT` and whether they want to learn - about `ENCLOSURE` (maybe `aggregatepost.tmpl`?). - * Whether [[tips/howto avoid flooding aggregators]] suffices for - migrating a fancy podcast into ikiwiki. -* Verify that the feeds validate. -* Verify that _all_ the tests pass (not just my new ones). - -### Nice-to-have - -* Let the enclosure's MIME type be specified, in case someone ever - needs to disagree with `File::MimeInfo`. -* Extend [[plugins/inline]] to configurably generate additional - subscription links (such as iTunes) alongside the RSS/Atom ones. -* Verify that [[plugins/more]] plays well with fancy podcasts. +* Optionally specify the enclosure's: + * MIME type, in case `File::MimeInfo` guesses wrong. + * Duration, in case `ffprobe` guesses wrong. +* Optionally specify enclosures outside the wiki: + * Some people don't want to store big unchanging files in the VCS. + * Other people like [podcasting found media](http://huffduffer.com/about). + * We'd have to download the file just to compute some metadata + about it, and then somehow not frequently re-download it. +* Configurably generate additional subscription links (such as + iTunes) alongside the RSS/Atom ones in [[plugins/inline]]. +* Support Apple's "enhanced podcasts" (if they're still relevant).