Comments on: SplashCast launches RSS media feed embed – it’s pretty groovy!

By: Cynical

Cynical — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I guess it’s hard for me to see what this site is about. Why would I want to put channels on my web site, and who is going to view them? Is this a MySpace thing mostly? Can someone point to a web site that is using SplashCast in an innovative way, or at least a site where I can see “oh, that’s why it’s so cool.”

There’s a lot of talk about this new feature on all the major blogs, but I guess I just don’t get it. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic – would love to see how this can be used in simple terms.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you very much for this review. Don’t hold back on any criticisms now! Hope you find the new service useful.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Cynical, here’s a couple of examples of sites using SplashCast now. We’ll see who uses the new feature and how:

http://growinggoodness.com
http://zencast.tv
http://spursreport.com
http://suitetwo.com

and yes, MySpace
http://myspace.com/I_got_shotgun

Thanks for asking!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s an example of SplashCast user’s website: http://www.stuffwelike.com/

Click the Channel Guide to see the amazing amount of content that is in the player. Some of the shows are custom built in SplashCast by the StuffWeLike guy and some are RSS feeds of podcast that he thinks are relevant for his viewers. His viewers can also subscribe to his channel and put it on their website, pageflakes or yahoo start page or myspace page. As he adds new feeds (which are automatically updated by the original feed owner)or custom built shows, they are automatically updates. Hope this one example helps clarify.

By: marshallkirkpatrick

marshallkirkpatrick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Allen, just confirmed that for audio files at least, podcasters will get all traffic directed to their servers and thus their stats will be untouched. Video stats are another story and are the next problem we gotta solve.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Marshall - so if I use this RSS option I am guessing that is an additional subscriber, correct?

Yep, I think stats are really important in the video space. I look forward to hearing about your updates in due time.

By: marshallkirkpatrick

marshallkirkpatrick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well…I hate to say this, but right now we aren’t communicating directly with Feedburner re subscriber numbers, so no. Show views are getting communicated for audio, but that’s it for now. This is an A#1 issue though so watch the old SplashCast blog and we’ll post updates as we make progress in dealing with it.

Communicating with Feedburner, as an RSS aggregator, is the next logical step though and shouldn’t be a problem.