Support Media RSS

[Kamik423]

For example Mastodon attaches its images in posts via a <media:content> tag, which they decided here and which NNW does not currently display.

As the tag is a part of the RSS item, I think it should be displayed as part of this item.

EDIT: At this point I assumed that this was a Mastodon specific bug, subsequently the title was changed and a more complete description is in the third comment.

[markcellus]

This seems odd for an RSS client to implement since it would only apply to NNW and no other RSS client.

I believe Open RSS feeds show the images inline. Maybe those feeds will work better for you?

https://openrss.org/mastodon.social/@Gargron

[Kamik423]

Did some more digging. This is an official RSS specification called Media RSS which I had never heard off. Scouring this issues page a bit, there are multiple requests to add it.

• [NFR] Add YouTube thumbnail and description #4065: 2023-07-24
• Add a Mastodon feed provider extension #3796: 2022-12-28 (complains about mastodon missing images)
• Render Media Attachments in RSS Feed #3754: 2022-11-22 (Closed as duplicate)
• (macOS) same feed of YouTube gets less content on iCloud account #2749: 2021-01-20 (Closed as duplicate, Complains about missing YouTube descriptions from <media:description>
• feed thumbnail and description missing for certain sites #2721: 2021-01-12
• Feature request: add spport for media:content element #2538: 2020-10-21 (nine upvotes)

As well as on RSParser:

• missing <media:content> tag RSParser#70: 2022-04-06

where there is an open pull request with (at least limited) support

• Updated package to support media:content tag RSParser#71

Media RSS is a widely accepted standard, otherwise it would not be reported as much. Other RSS readers support it.

In #2538 @brentsimmons mentions required volunteer time:

It’s just a matter of other features having priority. And the fact that we’re slow! (Volunteers working in their spare time.)

I would love to help here – if it is accepted, that MRSS should be added to NetNewsWire, I'd start by fixing up the RSParser Pull-Request.

[tylerbenson]

(I would love to see this added.)

[moodler]

+100 this is a major missing feature to me ... with this, we could combine much more of everything into our daily digital consumption diet (podcasts, YouTube channels etc) without leaving the app.