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PSP + PSPMM + Flickr = Photocasting

I wrote about the new PSP Media Manager yesterday; I've been playing with it a bit more and finding that its video transcoding is not as nice as PSPWare's after all. That said, Sony has inadvertently initiated something that I've been waiting for – podcasting for photos. You can do it quickly and easily with a PSP, the PSPMM, and a properly encoded Flickr RSS URL:

  1. Locate a Flickr user, tag, group, etc.
  2. Copy the Flickr RSS 2.0 URL to the clipboard (example)
  3. In the PSPMM, flip to the Feeds icon
  4. Press the Add a Feed button
  5. Paste the Flickr RSS 2.0 URL into the field
  6. IMPORTANT: ensure _enc is at the end of the pasted URL
  7. Press the OK button
  8. Press the Transfer button when your PSP is connected
  9. Enjoy your friend's photocasts!

Note, too, that you can change the settings for that feed by pressing the Options button next to the feed's thumbnail graphic; I've set mine to never delete old images, and to download 15 at a time. This is really cool, and rather easy to do. I think I've finally sold Ponzi on getting a PSP!

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Damn, they beat me to it.

Note also, that the PSPMM is fully compatible with PSP formatted magazines such as killYourFM, PSPeMag, and the slew of others out there.
This is going to be huge.
Jason, Executive Editor
http://killyourfm.com

Damm, how long has flickr had the enclosure option? Man I didn't know that. Very cool. Is it possible to change the size option of the enclosure? If it isn't this would be very cool Flickr people!
Thanks for this Chris, don't have a PSP but glad to know about the enclosure thingy!
Molly
http://www.mollyzine.com

Steve Jobs today at MacWorld @ 12:30 PM – “Something incredibly new: Photocasting. This is Podcasting for photos.”
And another, cross platform way of photocasting: filmloop

In the media manager, is it possible to create a self-running slideshow, that would update with incoming enclosures?
I'm interested in making a cheap Flickr photo-frame and wondered if the PSP might be a good platform for it.

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