[wp-hackers] [Fwd: [wp-docs] Enclosures]

[Pete Prodoehl]

 > On Sep 18, 2004, at 11:42 PM, Bernard Flach wrote:
 >
 >> This item is still open.
 >> Who has been experimenting with enclosures yet ?
 >> Got various ideas for implementing Enclosures.  I'm am just not I'm
 >> not very formiliar with the Wordpress Engine.
 >>
 >> Enclosures should not be build in with meta tags and plugins. This
 >> should be a standard option within the admin-part.For example : 1
 >> field for the enclosure-URL, 1 field for the size of the enclosure and
 >> 1 field for the length of the enclosure (in case of an MP3/ AVI / MWA
 >> / Appple Media).

Steve Ivy wrote:
> I like the idea of enabling enclosures for WordPress. There's a few 
> things to think about.
> 
> -- UI-wise you want to be able to just upload the file and have it added 
> as an enclosure.
>     -- The problem is if the file is very large, it's annoying to do 
> over HTTP.
> -- Less conveniently, you upload it via ftp to the server, and enter the 
> path into WP, which finds it and calculates the file length. The length 
> is required for the enclosure spec.
> 
> Not sure of the best way to do it.


A few notes... "length" denotes the file size in bytes, not the playing 
time of the file. Just making sure everyone gets that...

Also, you need the 'type' of enclosure, which is a standard mime-type, 
like 'audio/mpeg' for instance.

See these URLs for more info/background:

   http://www.thetwowayweb.com/payloadsforrss

   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipodder-dev/

Pete