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Originally Posted by seeker_ktf

I have a request for a new feature in BTV Podcatcher. I would like to be able to run processing on a downloaded file, and have the new processed file replace the original so that all the "show info" stuff is still correct but I have the file I want.

My wife has a couple of good podcasts that she subscribes to that are only available in .mov format. To watch them in BTV, I have run format converter manually. That's not horrible, but then I also have to recreate all of the show info stuff through the admin tool. It's really a lot easier to fire up the quicktime player and view it that way, but it's annoying because we'd both just rather use BTV.

Plus, she's really jealous that shows like Cranky Geeks (my shows) show up as a new show in BTV but all of her stuff has to be viewed <ahem> manually.

I gotta admit, the integration of all the show info is a great feature of the Podcatcher. So... if there was a simple way to fire off a command to a converter it would be a giant step forward.

I will look in to doing something like that but I probably will not get around to doing for some time.

First off what tool are you using to convert the podcast file (this will help me in making sure it works from BTV Podcatcher)

I do have one question that you might be able to help with how will my program know the new converted file name and extension to write the properties. I might have to have this a part of the setup of the the command in BTV Podcatcher but there would be some liminitation mainly if the file that the external tool was converting to already exists before the tool was run (example file a.m4v exist and btv downloads a.mov [that file name does note exists when we started] then the tool runs and tries to convert to a.m4v but since this file exists it goes to a_1.m4v)

Can you post a link to one of her show that way I test it out with a show that it will be used on.

Again do not look for this addition any time soon as it might take a while to develop and implent.




On a side note I posted that I would probably make a release this weekend well do to the holiday there has not been enough new Podcast release for a though testings of the changes to the write BTV Properties so I may wait till middle of this week before I make the release public just want to make sure the changes did not break anything.