Media RSS (MRSS) is an
RSS extension that adds several enhancements to
RSS enclosures, and is used for
syndicating multimedia
Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as Text (literary theory), writing, Sound, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single presentation. T ...
files (
audio,
video
Video is an Electronics, electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving picture, moving image, visual Media (communication), media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, whi ...
,
image
An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be Two-dimensional space, two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or Three-dimensional space, three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be di ...
) in RSS feeds. It was originally designed by
Yahoo!
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and the Media RSS community in 2004, but in 2009 its development has been moved to the
RSS Advisory Board. One example of enhancements is specification of
thumbnails for each media enclosure, and the possibility to enclose multiple versions of the same content (e.g. different file formats).
The format can be used for
podcasting
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an episodic series of digital audio files that users can download to a personal device or stream to listen to at a time of their ...
, which uses the RSS format as a means of delivering content to media-playing devices, as well as
Smart TVs. Media RSS allows for a much more detailed description of the content to be delivered to the subscriber than the RSS standard. The standard is also used by content publishers to feed media files into Yahoo! Video Search, which is a feature of
Yahoo! Search that allows users to search for video files.
Support
Applications supporting MRSS
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Adobe Media Player
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Amazon Fire TV
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Cooliris
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Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a French online video platform, online video sharing platform owned by Canal+ S.A., Canal+. Prior to 2024, the company was owned by Vivendi. North American launch partners included Vice Media, Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg, and Hears ...
*
Dokuwiki
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QuiteRSS
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Roku
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VideoNest
Services supporting MRSS
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Cooliris
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The Filter
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Phanfare
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DeviantArt
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JW Player
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PeerTube
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Brightcove
References
External links
Media RSS SpecificationRSS Media Discussion of metadata extensions to RSS for describing media enclosures,
FEED Validator Media RSS validation
RSS
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