Lion Server Podcast / Videocast not playing back on iOS devices

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong forum. This is a repost.
Hello everyone!
I work at a small school that relies heavily on Apple desktops and servers. Apple computers have saved us a lot of headaches.We do a lot of language instructions for students using the podcast functions built-in the server Podcast Producer. Apple servers were always trusted to deliver service under pressure, but this time it looks like a few "bad apples" got through the Apple golden gates.
It looks like the Lion Server has come on-line without in-depth beta testing for 10.7.0 and 10.7.1 hasn't solved some issues as of today. Right after Lion 10.7 was released, we reported to Apple that after a podcast or videocast is created and transferred to theLion Server via the Podcast Publisher software and then when an iOS deviceaccesses a podcast or videocast by clicking on the "Podcast" icon onthe "Welcome to MAC OS X Lion Server" page, iOS devices can't playback the media! Did anyone test this before releasing Lion 10.7.0 and 10.7.1?
We got a report back from Apple stating that they have tested and were able to reproduces this issue. OK, how did this get by them? Also, when the "Welcome to MAC OS X Lion Server" page is viewed on an iOS device, the icon for "Podcast" isn't displayed! Now, how did this get by beta testers? Once again techs at Apple were able to reproduce this on their side! Too add, media couldn't beplayed back using Firefox 5.0.1, IE or Chrome. Wouldn't a beta tester think that something was wrong?
The 10.7.1 update hasn't corrected these issues and this maybe because it's not a priority for Apple. Do education institutions that rely on Apple products get priority?
Anyway, I hope the next time Apple allows educational institutions to test a "live" working setup before releasing a major release or update. The issues above should have been caught in the beta test.
Apple still has products that are reliable, but the Lion release needs more taming.
Wish everyone the best in taming this, so far, wild Lion.

Hello Newtron40!
Thank you for replying to my post. I see you are very muchin the same situation as I am. We get the same error on our Mac Mini Server aswell. I hope Apple understands that a lot of educational institutions relyheavily on their client and server solutions. I hope Apple takes the time towork closely with the educators to help them integrate Apple software andhardware.
It maybe true that Apple stretched their resources to makethe deadline for the Lion release. It feels like some things were neglected tothe point that somewhere someone became blind of the bugs that got through thegates. I still find it hard to believe that the issues we are both having were somehownot discovered in beta testing. Did anyone check to see, if at least, Apple’sown iOS devices would work properly with Lion? I know if I were a beta testerfor Apple, I would have discovered this issue very quickly.
Maybe this is a case where Apple engineers aren’t aware ofwhat “real world customers” use or need. Maybe Apple needs “real world” customersto assist in the beta testing and reporting? Would that be too difficult to do?I hope this is not a situation where the Emperor is the only one who can seehis clothes. Things that make you go “hmmmmmmmmmmmm”.
The QuickTime streaming media server in Snow Leopard workedvery well and our instructors relied on it heavily. So far we have over 5TB ofdata from our instructors to use on our small server! Students were able toconnect to our little silver box and learn something and this helped build astronger community for us. Now, we are running scared because of the problemswe are currently having with Lion. It’s great Apple is being innovative, but itlooks like the customers have turned into the sacrificial lamb for Lion.
We do have an external drive for media and use ServerAdmin to set media location. I think the Server.App and Server Admin should beone GUI. Knowing that Apple’s own engineers know about these issues are theygoing to fix them in the next release? Who knows?
Anyway, Apple still has great solutions and they need tofind a solution for the simplest of problems we are having with the Lion server software.
PS: Anyone at Apple listening?

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