[Playlist] Slidecasting multimedia format, possibly of interest

[Jay Fienberg]

Hi XSPF list,

This is something I saw online recently, that I thought might be of  
interest to some on the list.

"Designing Slidecasting: a new multimedia format for the web"
http://www.rashmisinha.com/archives/07_07/designing%20slidecasting.html

Note: I am not associated with this Sidecasting development--just  
came across it.

Also, I tried to post a comment, but it seemed to get blocked. This  
was my comment:

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One comment about the web and audio: there is a standard, or, at  
least, emerging standard, way to connect together multiple segments  
of audio: the playlist (and the XSPF standard playlist format). And,  
a slideshow seems very similar to a playlist in the way that you have  
discreet elements stiched together to form a linear presentation.

 From a music / arts perspective, I would imagine that the most  
interesting possibilities would be the most web-like, e.g., that any  
one slide could connect to any playlist of multiple audio tracks, any  
one audio track could connect with any presentation of multiple  
sides, or one audio track could just connect with one side.

I think what you're doing could be a good step forward toward a more  
standard way to do sync'd multimedia online. :-)

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Jay