>> Dumb question :)<br> <br> > No such thing :)<br><br>Whilst I question the first comment (although I suppose if I was asking the dumb question, then I would), I take the second as a challenge! ;)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/17 Alan Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2009/4/17 Dianne Reuby <<a href="mailto:pramclub@yahoo.co.uk">pramclub@yahoo.co.uk</a>>:<br> > Dumb question :)<br> <br> No such thing :)<br> <div class="im"><br> > Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg<br> > YouTube and similar)?<br> ><br> <br> </div>In simple terms, a podcast of any kind (audio or video) is in essence<br> a media file delivered over http as a downloadable 'enclosure' item<br> listed within an RSS feed. A podcatcher (such as miro) is given a<br> bunch of those RSS feeds (which are xml text files also delivered over<br> http) and scans them for any new enclosures not yet downloaded. The<br> software then (based on your preferences) will download the enclosures<br> completely so you can play them 'offline'.<br> <br> Compare that to youtube which is designed to be streamed. You visit<br> their site and watch the video in a browser based flash plugin as<br> opposed to downloading them. That said there are ways and means to<br> download video from youtube, and indeed miro can do that too.<br> <br> Cheers,<br> Al.<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>