Scheduled RSS feeds for streaming multimedia to the desktop using RSS enclosures

Abstract

Purpose

Seeks to demonstrate how, with regard to viewing video on the internet, the delay experienced, whilst the stream is being buffered, can be virtually eradicated.

Design/methodology/approach

Documents a scheduled rich site summary (RSS) multimedia prototype which utilizes idle computer time (at night) to subscribe to media RSS channels in order to download audio and video content.

Findings

Finds that, a part from involving zero display, the quality of the operation is controlled only by the size of the hard disk not by the capacity of the connection.

Originality/value

The system documented here will serve users at either end of the RSS feed chain.

Citation

Curran, K. and McKinney, S. (2006), "Scheduled RSS feeds for streaming multimedia to the desktop using RSS enclosures", Information Management & Computer Security, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/09685220610648382