Media RSS is a special flavor of RSS 2.0 created (by Yahoo) to distribute rich media assets like images and videos. Most photo sharing sites like Flickr and SmugMug publish multiple RSS feeds using Media RSS. This walkthrough will show you how to load a feed from Flickr.com.
Open your browser and visit Flickr.com. If you have a profile, login to your account, then scroll to the bottom of the page. You should see a square, orange RSS feed graphic followed by the words “Subscribe to [yourprofile]’s photos”. Right click on the “Latest” link next to that, and select “Copy Link” (or whatever is applicable to your browser). The URL is now on your clipboard.
Now depending on which version of the SlideShowPro Player you are using, assign the Media RSS file you copied as the player's XML File Path and "Media RSS" as the XML File Type.
Assign XML path to XML File Path and select "Media RSS" for XML File Type in Flash through the component parameters, or via ActionScript using xmlFilePath and xmlFileType.
Scroll to the bottom of the Web panel and paste the Media RSS path into the input labeled XML File Path, then change XML File Type to "Media RSS".
Assign xmlFilePath with the Media RSS path and xmlFileType with "Media RSS" as either a flashvar in the player embed code, or with a separate parameter XML file. We explain how to assign parameters here.
Publish a new movie from Flash, save and load your HTML document, or view the preview in Lightroom to confirm that the feed is loading.