Enhanced .m4a created in Garageband breaks iTunes feed, why?
Hello all,
I have a blog on Blogger, upload video on Blip.tv, cross post to Blogger blog, created RSS in Feedburner, submitted to iTunes, everything works fine until....I add a link to a .m4a enhanced podcast created in Garageband.....ping Feedburner, ping iTunes...update podcast subscription in iTunes...then feed shows as broken...any thoughts?
The enhanced podcast I've created in Garageband has audio, pictures, and web URLs.
Anyone have any idea why this breaks my iTunes feed?
I have successfuly subscribed to my video podcast in iTunes using .mov files uploaded to blip, cross-posted to blog/RSS feed, but whenever I add a .m4a created in Garageband, it breaks my iTunes feed???
What am I missing here?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm going to reply to my own message. After spending some time trying to solve this problem, I found an application called Chapter Maker in the App Store. It is reasonably priced and once you have turned your podcast sent to iTunes into a movie by opening it in QuickTime, you can either just show it through QuickTime on your desktop or laptop computer, or if you want it to work in iTunes the way it used to work, you can send it from QuickTime to iMove (go to file/Export to... iMovie) where you can then export it as a movie to your desktop and open in Chapter Maker where you can add the chapter headings back in to the podcast and Export it. You can then add it back into the movie folder in iTunes where you can see the visuals in full screen and navigate through the chapters quickly.
I also tried this out by connecting my iPad to my computer and moving the movie into my iPad. While it doesn't have the chapters visible to navigate quickly to a chapter heading, you can touch the play screen and drag it to the places you need to review. Not as nice as the old iOS version, but it also does show the visual screen using the full screen of the iPad.
As I mentioned earlier, on my older iPod, I am able to view the visuals in full screen and by touching the list at the top right, it turns over to navigate through chapters with clearly labeled headings.
I use this to study topics for myself and also to pass on information to students.
I do wish they had kept the old version the way it was, but guess that's the way things go.
Check out the application in the App Store called Chapter Maker if you are looking for the same solution to this problem. Even if you aren't, it's an easy way to add sections to any video.
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RE: How can I create a page break in a file?
Thank you, Glen. I tried WriteText. But it didn't work.
Tien Wang
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[email protected]
From: Glen A. Whitbeck
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:59 AM
To: Wang, Tien
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: Re: How can I create a page break in a file?
Instead of using "WriteLine," try using "WriteText" ("WriteLine" writes
TextData into an open file, while "WriteText" writes data to a stream)
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Glen
Wang, Tien wrote:
Hi,
I am creating a text file for a report which contains multiple pages.
How can I create a page break in my file? I tried to use the
following
two methods, but neither of them works. Specifically, it seems a
special
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WordPad, it didn't separate pages.
I am currently using version 3.0.C on Windows NT 4.0 with a HP Plus 4
printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
>
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
file.writeLine('\f'); --- \f is the form feed in the C language
<method 2>
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p : pointer to char = &c; -- Set a pointer to the character
pageBreakTxt : TextData = new();
pageBreakTxt.Concat(p);
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wang, Tien [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 6:09 PM
To: Glen A. Whitbeck
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: RE: How can I create a page break in a file?
Thank you, Glen. I tried WriteText. But it didn't work.
Tien Wang
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[email protected]
From: Glen A. Whitbeck
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:59 AM
To: Wang, Tien
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: Re: How can I create a page break in a file?
Instead of using "WriteLine," try using "WriteText" ("WriteLine" writes
TextData into an open file, while "WriteText" writes data to a stream)
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myFile : file = new();
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printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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>
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I am creating a text file for a report which contains multiple pages.
How can I create a page break in my file? I tried to use the following
two methods, but neither of them works. Specifically, it seems a special
character printed in the file. But when I print the file through a
WordPad, it didn't separate pages.
I am currently using version 3.0.C on Windows NT 4.0 with a HP Plus 4
printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
file.writeLine('\f'); --- \f is the form feed in the C language
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Regards
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wang, Tien [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 6:09 PM
To: Glen A. Whitbeck
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: RE: How can I create a page break in a file?
Thank you, Glen. I tried WriteText. But it didn't work.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
From: Glen A. Whitbeck
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:59 AM
To: Wang, Tien
Cc: forte-users; owner-forte-users
Subject: Re: How can I create a page break in a file?
Instead of using "WriteLine," try using "WriteText" ("WriteLine" writes
TextData into an open file, while "WriteText" writes data to a stream)
like this:
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
myFile.WriteText('\f');
Glen
Wang, Tien wrote:
Hi,
I am creating a text file for a report which contains multiple pages.
How can I create a page break in my file? I tried to use the
following
two methods, but neither of them works. Specifically, it seems a
special
character printed in the file. But when I print the file through a
WordPad, it didn't separate pages.
I am currently using version 3.0.C on Windows NT 4.0 with a HP Plus 4
printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tien Wang
Indus Consultancy Services
[email protected]
>
<method 1>
myFile : file = new();
file.writeLine('\f'); --- \f is the form feed in the C language
<method 2>
myFile : file = new();
j : IntegerData = new( value = 14 );
c : char = j.IntegerValue; -- c now contains ascii 14 (form feed)
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pageBreakTxt : TextData = new();
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