blip.tv gives url's like: http://blip.tv/file/177952/ but embed code like:

<embed wmode="transparent" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/blipplayer.swf?autoStart=false&file=http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-WhatDoYouMake201.flv%3Fsource%3D3" quality="high" width="640" height="480" name="movie" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>

the only api i can find there is for upload. note to self: email them to find out if they have an api that will return the flv filename or whatever we need to better support. also thumbnails, while we're at it.

aaron

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#5 bliptv.txt2.03 KBchellman

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aaron commented

email sent. now we wait...

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charles.hope commented

Your best bet is probably to use the RSS URL and parse that. Simply append ?skin=rss to the end of the URL in question. Hence, the RSS version of the example video is at http://blip.tv/file/177952?skin=rss. In XPath syntax, the actual video files are then found at /rss/channel/item/enclosure/@url and /rss/channel/item/media:group/media:content/@url. The thumbnail is found at /rss/channel/item/media:thumbnail/@url.

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aaron commented

that should work just fine. unfortunately, i was sick last week, and swamped this week, so i'll get it integrated next week. thanks!

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chellman commented

Has there been any progress on this? I see nothing in the current build, and I'm able to have a go at it, but I don't want to do it if aaron's already on the case.

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chellman commented
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new bliptv.txt2.03 KB

Okay, I've just whipped up a quick bliptv.inc file (renamed .txt so it will attach) that works for me in Drupal 5.1 using the blip.tv embed code. If it helps as a starting point, great!

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aaron commented
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thanks for the help! tweaked it some, and got it uploaded earlier this week.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)