Perceman
04-21-2008, 04:52 PM
Hi,
I've been watching Revision3 shows for a while now, and I watch 8 different shows every week (9 if you count Web Drifter). What I do is I set an iCal alert for when a show comes out to download the latest episode (I don't want to use iTunes for anything that doesn't sync to my iPod - I watch every show in HD on my computer), and I don't find too annoying.
But I was just thinking of a better way to subscribe to Revision3 shows (and this would only be for people who watch more than 2-3 show a week): have custom feeds.
For example, you could have a form where you would choose:
- what shows you want to subscribe to
- the format (maybe even different formats for different shows, if I want to watch The Digg Reel on my iPod and Diggnation in HD on my computer?)
- maybe even choose when the shows are downloaded (Diggnation on Mondays at 9, popSiren on Tuesdays at 3, The Digg Reel on Tuesdays at 6... you get the idea.) but that would mean that you would get the episodes up to 6 days later, if you want to download Diggnation on Thursdays for example, since you wouldn't get the episode early
Then the form pops out a custom XML link to which you can subscribe to, or even just a link like http://revision.com/custom/[User Name].xml so that you would have to be a registered user to have access to a custom feed.
I know that you can just have as many subscriptions as you want, or that you can just store all the files in a folder, but I thought it could improve even more the on-demand-ness of Revision3 shows, and just fit the viewer a little more.
I've been watching Revision3 shows for a while now, and I watch 8 different shows every week (9 if you count Web Drifter). What I do is I set an iCal alert for when a show comes out to download the latest episode (I don't want to use iTunes for anything that doesn't sync to my iPod - I watch every show in HD on my computer), and I don't find too annoying.
But I was just thinking of a better way to subscribe to Revision3 shows (and this would only be for people who watch more than 2-3 show a week): have custom feeds.
For example, you could have a form where you would choose:
- what shows you want to subscribe to
- the format (maybe even different formats for different shows, if I want to watch The Digg Reel on my iPod and Diggnation in HD on my computer?)
- maybe even choose when the shows are downloaded (Diggnation on Mondays at 9, popSiren on Tuesdays at 3, The Digg Reel on Tuesdays at 6... you get the idea.) but that would mean that you would get the episodes up to 6 days later, if you want to download Diggnation on Thursdays for example, since you wouldn't get the episode early
Then the form pops out a custom XML link to which you can subscribe to, or even just a link like http://revision.com/custom/[User Name].xml so that you would have to be a registered user to have access to a custom feed.
I know that you can just have as many subscriptions as you want, or that you can just store all the files in a folder, but I thought it could improve even more the on-demand-ness of Revision3 shows, and just fit the viewer a little more.