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> Podcasts typically use RSS I would even say that a podcast that does not support RSS is not a podcast, it is something else.
by mongol 2y ago
> Podcasts typically use RSS
I would even say that a podcast that does not support RSS is not a podcast, it is something else.
- frde_me 2y agoI would be curious why you think the idea of a podcast is coupled to a specific distribution technology
- rglullis 2y agoBecause the original idea of what we call "podcasting" is rooted on RSS.
- lkjdsklf 2y agoThe idea of what we call “writing” is rooted in stone tablets and chisels, but we still call Shakespeare a writer
- rglullis 2y agoThere has been a significant longer amount of time between ancient civilizations and Shakespeare compared to today and l the first people who are recording audio content periodically and distributing it via RSS.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoIt goes much further than that: as the name suggests, it's coupled to a specific, obsolete brand of device.
- mongol 2y agoSimilar to why radio relates to electromagnetical transmissions in the radio spectrum. When it happens over internet, we don't call it radio, but possibly internet radio. RSS was the origin of podcasts, and if it does not involve RSS, it is not podcasts
- _heimdall 2y agoI'd be curious how you define podcasts and radio shows if you don't consider the distribution method. I don't see much light between the two other than the fact that a podcast show list is distributed via RSS.
- octochamp 2y agoI'd say that the only thing that reliably differentiates a _podcast_ from a _radio show_ is just that the podcast's method of delivery is RSS.
- mongol 2y agoI don't think it is the only thing, but I agree that if the delivery method is not RSS, then it is something else.
- madiele 2y agoI don't agree plenty of podcast are only on YouTube and twitch and never bother to setup a proper RSS feed, it was so annoying I developed a project to fix it for my self https://github.com/madiele/vod2pod-rss https://github.com/madiele/vod2pod-rss