To be compatible with DTV, channels need to be described in RSS 2.0. Each RSS item corresponds to a single video item and title, description, and all other item elements correspond to the video. Here for instance is the item tag found in a Tikibar channel descriptor: <item> <title>Episode 10 - Drinkbot</title> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/TikiBarTV?m=16</link> <author>tikitv@gmail.com (Doctor Tiki)</author> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:48:00 -0600</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11452079.post-113238661605036835</guid> <description><a href="http://libsyn.org/media/tiki/TikiBarTV_10.mov"><img src="http://libsyn.com/media/tiki/tikibartv.jpg" /></a> <br><br><a href="http://www.tikibartv.com">see you at tikibartv.com</a></description> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> <enclosure url="http://libsyn.org/media/tiki/TikiBarTV_10.mov" length="21233386" type="video/quicktime" /> <media:content url="http://libsyn.org/media/tiki/TikiBarTV_10.mov" fileSize="21233386" type="video/quicktime"> <media:adult scheme="urn:simple">adult</media:adult> </media:content> <feedburner:origLink>http://tikibartv.blogspot.com/2005/11/episode-10-drinkbot.html</feedburner:origLink> </item>

DTV lets you configure how often it will check for new content (defaults to every hour), the max. bandwidth used for video downloading (defaults to 4KB/s), and when to expire videos (default is after 6 days). DTV should not be confused with a BitTorrent client, nor does it integrate with one (like TVTAD for instance does). DTV only downloads audio and video content, stores and plays it. The DTV client does not distribute the content to other clients.

The FireANT RSS Video Aggregator and Player

Like DTV, FireANT is an RSS video aggregator and media player that allows you to subscribe to RSS 2.0 feeds with enclosures. You may find the UI less intuitive than DTV's but it is available for OS X and Windows XP. FireANT automatically checks for new content once per day, you set the time when this should happen. You can set it up so that files get trashed immediately after you have them played.
FireANT comes with 20 channels pre-installed. To subscribe to a new channel you just need to know its RSS 2.0 feed URL or just drag-and-drop a link to a feed into the channel area.

Starting points to find Video Podcasts

• DTV's Channel Guide : https://channelguide.participatoryculture.org
• Discover, Share, and Manage : http://www.loomia.com
• Share original videos worldwide : http://www.youtube.com
• Find independent videos : http://www.mefeedia.com/feeds/
• A place to share your videos : http://www.dailymotion.com