"Mini Thumb" files

[dusanmal]

Not that Rev3 needs more feeds but recently you started adding "mini thumb" files to the actual content of shows I follow (and likely to all Rev3 shows). I understand why some people would want them but I also see why some viewers like me wouldn't want these...
So, may I suggest that for all your shows you offer a "clear" feed containing only the actual video content files and no other wasteful knick-knacks... There is even a benefit to Rev3 (multiply these small files by huge audience and omitting them would save quite a chunk of the bandwidth).

[markrebec]

Can you elaborate on what you're seeing?

We do indeed include the "mini thumbs" in the feed as the thumbnails for each individual episode, but that is fairly standard practice (meaning providing thumbnails for items).

An example:
<media:thumbnail url="http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/revision3/images/shows/diggnation/0160/diggnation--0160--2008-07-24joshv--mini.thumb.jpg" width="100" height="100" />

However, if you're seeing the thumbnails included as a media type (i.e. in the <enclosure> tag or <media:content> tag), then that is an issue I'd like to get resolved.

It's also worth noting that this is not a new addition, however the images being included have changed to the "mini thumbs" which may be why you're suddenly noticing it.