Enhanced podcasts production on Windows

Does anyone know how to produce chapters/enhanced podcasts for the Windows platform? I can't find any tools that streamline the production and frankly am a little lost. Any info appreciated!
To be able to advance one song at a time in one .m4a file would be outstanding! I have been waiting to transfer all of my mix CD's/MiniDiscs to my iPod since I bought the blasted thing.

I created an enhanced podcast using Podcast Maker on a Mac notebook. Everything works fine; i.e., it plays on in iTunes on both a Mac and with Windows XP. However, when I download the .m4a file to my Dell, the file is automatically converted to an mp4 file (!?) and then won't open with QuickTime (even the latest version that download last week with the updated iTunes on the Dell). Any solution to this?
Jim N.

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In other words, for VideoCasts you can play the video in a separate window fine, but you cannot do something similar for enhanced podcasts.
I have seen similar posts on this forum, but I have not seen any answers yet.
Any news on this issue? Is this the only behavior for iTunes, or can I change iTunes to update the larger window? Is my enhance podcast screwed up somehow and that is causing the problem?

S.M.--
You're right about the current behavior of the player when it comes to viewing enhanced podcast artwork. If you want to make sure that an expanded player window can handle multiple images, stick to video (for now).
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Does anyone have a suggestion for producing Enhanced Podcasts using a windows machine?
Thank you.
Jerry

Tools to produce enhanced podcasts are currently only available for Mac, unfortunately.
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Hi all, when I watch an enhanced podcast, the images update in the itunes artwork window as they should,
but if I click on the window to display the images in a separate window the images do not update in the new window,
if I do this with a video podcast then it works just fine, the video plays in the separate window without any problems,
is this a bug, or is itunes not able to do this yet?
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Hi Rob,
Did you ever figure this out? I posted two similar questions (with no replies) before seeing yours. If this feature does not exist, I am thinking that this is something that Apple needs to address in the next iTunes update. Since Apple is promoting enhanced podcasts, it is only reasonable that iTunes make them easy to watch.
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hi people !
i create enhanced podcast, and try that podcast on itunes app on my pc. Everything work ok, except pictures but i know that this is bug with curent version of iTunes. Then i opet same m4a enhanced podcast in quicktime app on my pc, again everything work ok, i see chapters and i see pictures. Then i put same file on my server, i see that podcast in my podcast app on my iphone and ipad and when i stream it , i don't see pic and logo for chapters. when i scan my enhanced m4a podcast file i see that my file have: general,audio, video & menu section
in first general section
Format :
M4A
Codec ID :
M4A
this not working on podcast app on iphone or ipad !
then i scan enhanced podcast file downloaded from podcast app from my iphone with working chapters and pic made with garage band on mac by someone
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last thing is that i download from appstore app called Downcast, and try my enhanced podcast in that app wooow, everything work again ok when i stream, i see chapters i see pic. then at the end i download
Podreel — Enhanced podcast authoring tool for Windows
and try to build test podcast with that app, when i analyze enhanced podcast made with that app i see info say that podcast is made with garageband ??? this is fake tag made by podreel because podcast is made with podreel and not garage band, file made with podreel have this
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MPEG-4
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Apple audio with iTunes info
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M4A
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is podreel make fake tag because podcast app in iphone and ipad play exclusively enhnaced podcas make with garage band (podreel fake tag) or somebody know where I'm wrong. why my enhanced podcast don't play pics and chapters when is on iphone or ipad podcast app. i will write again that my file work on downcast app on iphone or ipad, work on pc in itunes, work on quicktime player etc work everywhere except there where i want to work in podcast app on iphone or ipad

hehe if somebody knows something this is def you Roger about first thing with seeing pic in itunes i think that i read all possible posts on web in last 7 days and nights and this is not working on my pc with control-click (Windows) but i don't care ! i wait for apple do magic bug fixing on new itunes version. And now about main problem. iOS devices are capable displaying chapter images because this is working right now with some podcast on my phone, i give you pic example iphone 4 iOS 6.1.2
in first pic you can see streaming podcast and chapters (little white dots on bar),second picture is first song with cover of single playing, and if you look close right from the clock zzz simbol is chapter logo, if you press it you will be see pic no.3 so this def working but working when you mad your podcast on mac with garage band ! that's why i write about format ids, tags etc
http://i.imgur.com/vy33H9y.png
http://i.imgur.com/g4P5iM1.png
http://i.imgur.com/zDOIwrC.png
i test your podcast episode 36 then episode 33 and 31 ! bad news my friend no chapters and no pictures only one main pic. but when i test your podcast in downcast app in my iphone wooo i see text i see your pic i see chapters i see everything. so that mean it's working everywhere like mine except iphone and ipad app and now we come to theory of garage band things tags in m4a files. you write that you have done all this in podcast maker not garage band. This is now real mistery to me !
i analyze your file here and you have in last section menu1 and menu 2 so maybe problem is somwhere around this, not in format id because you have ok format id like one that working ok

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Whenever I listen to my enhanced podcasts through iTunes, I have no problems viewing the photos the podcaster included in the program. However, when I play the same podcast in my iPod, the photos will not show. I only see the timeline with the little segments that represent the chapters. I can hit the forward and back arrows and I am taken the to the next chapter marker. But, unfortunately, I do not see the photos, as I do see them in iTunes.
Can anyone help me adjust my iPod to enable it to play enhanced podcasts correctly?
According to the iPod manuals, I should be able to see enhanced podcasts with no trouble.
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Whenever I listen to my enhanced podcasts through
iTunes, I have no problems viewing the photos the
podcaster included in the program. However, when I
play the same podcast in my iPod, the photos will not
show. I only see the timeline with the little
segments that represent the chapters. I can hit the
forward and back arrows and I am taken the to the
next chapter marker. But, unfortunately, I do not see
the photos, as I do see them in iTunes.
Can anyone help me adjust my iPod to enable it to
play enhanced podcasts correctly?
According to the iPod manuals, I should be able to
see enhanced podcasts with no trouble.
Thanks.
5th generation
iPod Windows XP
Windows XP
I have solved it myself. Here's how I did it:
In iTunes, go to Edit and click to Show Art Work and leave it as "Hide Art Work." (Now it will download the enhanced messages.)
Now go to the iPod: From the Main Menu, go to Settings. At the Settings, go to the other Main Menu. From this Main Menu, go to Music and make sure that the following are on:
Playlists, Photos, and Photo Import, Videos, and Extras.
Good Luck.
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hehe if somebody knows something this is def you Roger about first thing with seeing pic in itunes i think that i read all possible posts on web in last 7 days and nights and this is not working on my pc with control-click (Windows) but i don't care ! i wait for apple do magic bug fixing on new itunes version. And now about main problem. iOS devices are capable displaying chapter images because this is working right now with some podcast on my phone, i give you pic example iphone 4 iOS 6.1.2
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http://i.imgur.com/vy33H9y.png
http://i.imgur.com/g4P5iM1.png
http://i.imgur.com/zDOIwrC.png
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i analyze your file here and you have in last section menu1 and menu 2 so maybe problem is somwhere around this, not in format id because you have ok format id like one that working ok

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... it only appears in iTunes as a AAC music files no images appear.
Enhanced podcasts do appear as music files in iTunes. How the images are displayed depends on your iTunes settings. In my settings, for example, the image appears in that little window below the playlists, and if I close that window, I don't see anything at all. Maybe you have done that?

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We have successfully put up artwork and have edited what we can for now on our Otis iTunes U Welcome page and course page. I have also added all audio-only Podcasts for now successfully (hooray for small victories!)
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When I upload a video, I can double click on it, and the video shows up.
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