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Non-Youtube trailers
posted by chrisdrackettSTAFFMOD on August 8, 2013 at 12:55 PM
These days it seems that trailers are coming from many sources (vimeo, yahoo, etc.) other than youtube. This means that the trailer often isn't available on TMDB till a good amount of time after the trailer has actually been released. It would be nice to have a method to add trailer URLs for these trailers to keep consumers of the data on the cutting edge.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 8, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Hi Chris,
I can see where you're coming from. For us though, it's important to try and keep things simple & standard. YouTube is a great example of trying to keep things straightforward since we have thousands of apps and developers that use our trailer data and can all rely on a standard video source.
I'm not saying that supporting another source is out of the question, it's just that if we did I would want to make sure there's some good coverage.
Reply by chrisdrackett
on August 8, 2013 at 1:43 PM
yeah, completely understand. I wonder if a section of named links could be helpful? "yahoo exclusive trailer", "ARG website for X movie", "fake website for weylandindustries / trask industries" etc.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 8, 2013 at 1:58 PM
Ya, I think something like that could be a better track to think about.
I've created a new ticket for me to think about this down the road. Thanks.