Apps to publish RSS feed for your media files
Lazyweb,
(A bit of context: I have media files both on my Mac and Windows at home and want to subscribe to all of them using Videocast client like Miro. I always forget which episode I’ve watched and not.)
Know of any existent software that
- scans local filesystem for media files, mostly video files (like .mp4, .avi, .mkv)- and publishes RSS feeds with enclosurs, suitable for videocast subscription?It would be something similar to MyTunesRSS (reads iTunes media library and publishes RSS), iTunesRSSServer (the same, written by me) or mod_index_rss (Apache module to extend mod_auto_index). If you know one, let me know so i can avoid duplicated efforts.
I want something that runs either as a standalone HTTP server or CGI script, and I actually wrote one to subscribe to videos in my Windows external drive from Miro running on my Mac.
It works well but now that I have so many video files both on Windows and Mac, I’d like to rewrite it to:
- make it run on cross platform (Mac, Windows and Unix)- support multiple channel per directory and OPML feeds- smart folder function based on filenames and regexp match (e.g. {Program Name}.S01E01.HDTV.blahblah.avi)- support .torrent feeds as well (optionally)- publish raw files without an external web server if neededIn other words, it’ll be something like tvRSS for your own files on your hard drive.
This app would be similar to Plagger but I’ll probably use Catalyst as a framework so it can be either standalone, CGI script of FastCGI. Also I want a catchy and googlable name for the app. Currently I’m thinking of “Remedie” or “Remediess” which is a semi-anaram of Media RSS.
BTW I’ll host the file and entire project on googlecode to avoid the potential risk being sued by Japanese “net police” since the app might *be considered to help piracy *cough.