Many podcast episodes marked as saved

I am getting many episodes marked as saved, despite never manually downloading episodes and never manually marking episodes as saved. I have to manually reset them to unsaved before they files will get deleted.
In my personally idea scenario there would be no such thing as marking episodes saved since I have no use for that feature. Barring that, is there any way to prevent episodes from being automatically marked as saved?

I'm having the same issue. I've never marked any podcasts as saved, yet I always seem to have a number of them that are marked as saved, so I have to manually unmark them. iTunes and iPhone podcasts are still not syncing either, and I keep my phone connected via USB most of the time unless I'm listening to podcasts while driving. It would be REALLY nice if iTunes would be smart enough to know what I've already listened to, whether via iTunes itself or my iPhone, and sync accordingly. How many more years do we have to wait for this long standing issue to finally be fixed? And there is the issue of the new version of iTunes and the way it now displays podcasts. ugh. So annoying to constantly have to see podcasts displayed that I've already listened to even when I specifically have show only unplayed marked. The "episodes will be deleted 24 hours after they have been played" rule is not working.

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Can someone explain the difference between a downloaded podcast episode and a "saved" episode?

How is one different from the other? I assumed my downloaded episodes are "saved" on my computer but there is a separate "saved" tab in iTunes and they don't both match. Please help this is driving me crazy. I am not using the podcast app for iOS or syncing to any other device.

Both saved and downloaded episodes are saved in files. There are no apparent differences in file names, file permissions, or other file attributes between "saved" versus just "downloaded" episodes.
The only significant effect I see of setting an episode to "saved" is a change a in the behavior of the iTunes delete operation. Specifically, when a saved episode is deleted, its status changes from "saved" to "downloaded", but the file is not deleted. When a downloaded episode is deleted, the file is deleted at the OS level (to the Trash). Another minor effect is that saved episodes are removed from the "feed" display list, whereas downloaded episodes remain in the "feed" display list.
It is possible that a saved episode is treated differently with respect to the "Delete Played Episodes" setting. I've not looked into this, since this setting takes effect after 24 hours, and I don't feel like waiting around to find out.
It is annoying in the extreme that Apple's software documentation has become woefully lacking compared to years past. It's particularly annoying in the case of iTunes, given its myriad quirks and obtuse behavior.
With all the money Apple spends on corporate image, it's rather surprising that they don't better document and explain their products. For example, devoting a few staff positions to answering questions on their own discussion sites could relieve a great deal of customer frustration. Perhaps they're concerned that doing so might cut into their Apple Care profit margins. Whatever their reasons, Apple's behavior in this regard is absolutely infuriating to me, and I suspect to many others who'd prefer not to search message boards, often unsuccessfully, for answers to questions that Apple could themselves very easily provide.

How to manage podcast episodes by: marking favorites, writing notes, etc.

I realize this is probably only a dream, but I would love a Podcasts app in which I could mark certain episodes within a station I listen to as *favorite* so that I could come back to these favorite episodes from time to time and review their content. What would be really cool is if I could not only mark them as favorites but also write a small note to myself as to the main info points from the podcast episode, so that when reviewing things, I could find what I am looking for easier. Since I glean information from the many podcasts I listen to for business purposes, having a library of the single best episodes (an acompanying notes) would really enhance my podcast experience.
Is there any way to do this with the Podcasts app?
Is there a different app I should explore for this?
Does itunes support something like this (or for that matter any other type of app for my iphone 5)?
Thanks much.

i dont know how the programs work, the ftp and rss updater and whatever, but if u use feedburner, or u can change what the name of the file it edits is, or u can create a .htacess that roots it, just stick all old episodes under what it updates in the file iWeb will update and when it updates, new episodes go on top
...er...mumbo jumbo...didjoo understand what i mean?

After iCloud backup restore, how can I prevent Podcasts from constantly trying (and failing) to download podcast episodes no longer in iTunes store?

I recently turned my iPhone in to a Genius bar and had it repaired under the iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program. Congruent to that repair, I had to do a factory reset (contetn and settings). Once I got it back, I restored from iCloud backup. When I re-opened the podcats app, it began to redownload all old episodes I had on the iPhone before.
Of these many podcasts, 5 episodes were from 2 defunct podcasts no longer on the iTunes store. It gets download errors on these episodes. I can get it to stop retrying (and failing). I have tried canceling the downloads. I have tried deleting the episodes (and the podcasts). I have tried deleting them then canceling the downloads. I have tried marking them as played and canceling the downloads. I cannot get them to be purged from the catalog and not try to redownload.
Outside of someone with access to the iCloud backend who can remove the associations, I don't know if anyone here can help me. But I am open to suggestions.
Thanks.
(also perhaps of relevance, the period between the wipe and restore included the release of the 2.0 app )

Hello DonaldGuy,
It sounds like you have some podcast subscriptions that are constantly trying to download but they are not in the iTunes Store anymore prompting an error message. You can use the edit button in the susbcriptions list to delete the subscribed podcasts in question, to prevent the error messages from happening:
Podcasts at a glance
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iphbaeb5b5cb
Then I would backup to iCloud to update the most current iCloud backup to reflect this:
Back up to iCloud
If you're using iCloud, it can automatically back up your data if you've chosen this option. You can verify your iCloud backup and make sure that it's up to date by following these steps:
Tap Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
Turn on iCloud Backup if it's off.
Tap Back Up Now.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

PDF as podcast episodes in itunes?

I have seen this question asked before in forums but with not with an answer.
I want my video podcasts also to have pdfs downloaded as separate aside podcasts. I've seen this done many times especially in language learning podcasts. Can this be achieved using iweb?
Dropping the pdf into a placeholder doesn't work.
Thank you!

I’ve seen .pdf files in iTunes also. I’ve done some investigating as I may be using this feature in the future for lecture suppliments. This is what I’ve found:
As you may know, you can create an ‘enhanced’ podcast in Garageband. This will allow you to place images (any kind – like lecture slides) or even .pdf files as ‘chapter markers.’ There should be a little tutorial (video I think) about how to do this with Garageband. There’s a plus and a minus to adding extra content this way. The plus, is that you can present images to your listeners at any point in the podcast. If they have the latest version of iTunes (or maybe even earlier – I’m not sure) they will see this extra content in the ‘album art’ window. They can click on the content and see it full size in a separate window. In addition, you can give this content a url – meaning that listeners can click on the link and go to a webpage or even a .pdf file (hosted somewhere). The downside is that this embedded content is ‘one dimensional.’ I tried to embed a multipage .pdf file and was only able to access the first page (because the podcast treats this as a chapter marker). All that to say that this ‘enhanced’ podcast is not what you are seeing on iTunes.
The .pdf files that you see in iTunes come from the RSS feed of the subscribed podcast. I found a tip on doing this here:
http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=48529
This seems to be how it works: When a person subscribes to the RSS feed, it’s a simple file on the web somewhere. This file tells iTunes what to go and get, as well as things like content and file type. You can have an RSS feed that tells iTunes to get a podcast and a corresponding .pdf file. It’s actually pretty cool.
But here’s the hang-up: iWeb creates your RSS feed. And like most things in the 1.0 version of iWeb, advanced things require work-arounds. It looks like iWeb creates a RSS feed from your podcast blog structure. I don’t know of anyway of altering the RSS feed (like you would as shown in the link above) except for just ‘getting in there.’ As we know, iWeb has a tendency to create brand new files when performing changes. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if your ‘altered’ RSS feed that includes the .pdf link goes away when you add a new podcast episode (hence creating a new RSS feed). That means a lot of tedious work every time you add a new episode (to re-alter the RSS file to include the .pdf files).
Here’s what I see as the least ‘bang you head against the wall’ solution. Use an enhanced podcast with urls to the pdf files. You can add the file to the main episode page in your podcast or have it hosted on an ‘invisible’ page on your site. Listeners in iTunes will be able to link to the .pdf, and listeners off the iWeb page will also have the .pdf in front of them. iWeb should be OK with this, as the RSS feed isn’t being changed after publishing and the links should be stable. The other solution is to create podcasts and not separate pages for the episodes (just drag the podcast files to a folder on your iDisk under iWeb). This way, you can create an RSS feed that includes the .pdf files. However, this means that people will only be able to listen (and get the .pdf) if they are using iTunes with a subscription to your RSS feed.
Hope this helps
Man I can’t wait for iWeb 2.0 (c’mon March!)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

How do you fix a phantom podcast episode that won't go away on AppleTV?

Anybody encounter this or have any suggestions on how to fix this?
In a nutshell ...
On my MacBook Pro I am subscribed to many podcasts, one of which is GFW Radio. This MacBook Pro syncs with my AppleTV, so all podcasts are on the AppleTV. My podcasts all all marked as AutoDelete. I had listened to one episode of GFW Radio on the AppleTV, and when it synced with the MacBook Pro, that episode was marked as Not New. So on the MacBook Pro, it was deleted on next refresh. But on the AppleTV, it still exists. So I get the following error when I sync the MacBook Pro with the AppleTV:
<quote>"GFW Radio weekly podcast - 05/07/2008" was not copied to the AppleTV because it could not be found.</quote>
The Phantom Menace strikes!!!
I have reset the AppleTV to factory defaults, presumably wiping it out, but it did not fix it.
I also unsubscribed from the podcast on the MacBook Pro and refreshed and synced so as to remove it, presumably, but no dice. Once I re-subscribed to GFW Radio, that phantom podcast episode was still there on the AppleTV.
Anybody know how to fix this?
Thx muchly in advance for your help!!!

I was searching for help on a similar problem and found this post. No sense in starting another one . . .
I sync some free News related podcasts to my AppleTVs every night - NBC Nightly News, MSNBC Countdown, etc. When I go to my list of Podcasts, there are podcasts listed from years ago that I no longer subscribe to (LOST Podcast, Xbox podcast, etc), and I can not find a way to get rid of these.
When I look in my podcast folder in my iTunes library, there is nothing there for these podcasts. I don't even know where the AppleTV found these, as I unsubscribed from them years before I bought my first AppleTV. I bought and hooked up my second AppleTV this weekend, and sure enough, it is finding the same phantom podcasts.
Any ideas on how to flush the podcast directory to get rid of the unwanted podcasts??

Podcast episodes download to wrong folder. How can I move them?

Some of my downloaded podcast episodes seem to be going to incorrect folders.
For example, I subscribe to the Photoshop TV podcast. Some of the downloaded episodes go into the iTunes Music folder>Podcasts>Photoshop TV folder. This seems to me to be the correct path.
But most of the episodes wind up in iTunes Music folder>Unknown Artist>Unknown Album folder, along with many unrelated, non-podcast files.
Now when I search in the Library for<Photoshop> all the Photoshop TV files appear, along with other files referencing Photoshop. But when I search the Library using <Photoshop TV> as the search term, only the Photoshop TV files in the Unknown Album folder show up, but not the ones in the Podcasts>Photoshop TV folder.
And finally when I cllick on Podcasts in the Source pane, once again only the Photoshop TV files in the Unknown Album show up.
I've tried adding those Photoshop TV files back to the library but they remain in the Unknown Album folder.
I haven't tried rebuilding the library yet. I will, but it seems that wont actually move any files. I could also recreating a new library moving my iTunes music folder out of the iTunes folder and then adding them all back. That seems like overkill and I might very well end up with the same problem. (I'm not sure how many of my other Podcast subscriptions have this problem, but not many)
So,
1) how can I get these Photoshop TV files into the Podcasts>Photoshop TV folder, and
2) how can I make this the folder that shows up when I search via the Podcast source, and
3) what causes this problem?
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iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

what is WP files?
You want to always use iPhoto with a default referenced library (the preference to copy imported item to the iPhoto library is checked) ad then delete the source photos
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When I updated the software on my ipod 4 touch, many podcasts were erased. When I synced the ipod, they were erased from the ipod also. The current itunes does not allow me to go back to these dates (a few months) and re-download? Can I? and prevent this?

When I upgraded the software on my ipod touch4, many podcasts were deleted from itunes. Of course, when I synced the ipod, they were deleted from the ipod as well. Apparently the current version of itunes will not let me go back to these earlier episodes (just a few months), in a podcast that I have been subscribed to, and re-download them. Is there a way to do that? and, how can I prevent this from happening again?

Hey! I had the same problem you did just today when I was trying to get my second iPhone to sync. What you need to do with music or anything extra that you doing you have to creat a second playlist or picture or anything that you would like to use, so that you can add to the second device that you are going to be using. I am not sure if that will help but it helped me out a lot!! Good luck!

ITune will no longer download podcast episodes

Okay, as the subject line said, I can't no longer download any podcast episode. This started to happen after I updated my Norton software last weekend. Now I can't play any episodes that were downloaded before the Norton update. I can still "grab" new episodes, but they show up with an exclamation mark right next to them as if the file hasn't been downloaded, but I can stream those files as if I am listening to internet radio. Obviously, I can't import those new episodes to my iPod because they aren't downloaded files. Also, my entire library of music are no longer playable in iTune as well. As of now, the only thing iTune is good for on my computer is listening to podcast episodes through internet streaming. I'm running a Window Vista 32-bit system. Help, anyone?

I'm having this exact same problem. Here's how it happened for me:
I was in my house about to leave waiting for someone, and it dawned on me to download some new or recent episodes of a podcast. I went into the Podcast app and started them, and then locked my device thinking that the episodes would be downloading. Little did I know they weren't on my wifi for some reason. I found this out when the person I was waiting for was ready to leave so we could go somewhere and I unlocked my phone in the car. At that point I switched over to LTE and the oldest of these 3 episodes I wanted to download started downloading and was completed in seconds. When it got to the other 2 remaining episodes, they both just had the status of "Preparing to download..." With the loading wheel that tells you how much has been downloaded at 0%. Still right now it's like this. Could this just be an issue with LTE, the podcast, or any of iTunes podcasts as a whole?

All podcast episodes have disappeared and I'm no longer ranking

I've successfully uploaded 6 podcast episodes over the past couple of weeks and had been ranking pretty well as of last night. Today I check and my podcast has disappeared from the ranks. When I search on my podcast, it is listed with artwork and description and ratings, but the episodes are all gone. I appreciate any suggestions or ideas on what happened and what I can do about it. Here is my link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/win-the-weight-game/id677470205

I would highly highly recommend if you are hosting with libsyn - use the libsyn feed - and not the one via powerpress. Publish the episodes to your libsyn account - and then connect your libsyn account to your wordpress site via the libsyn Wordpress feature.
http://support.libsyn.com/faqs/onpublish-wordpress/
There are so many tickets on here about issues with wordpress.
If you want your show to be in iTunes and be solid in iTunes - stick with the feed from libsyn and not from your wordpress / powerpress configuration. In the long run you will have much much fewer issues - and libsyn support is there to help you for any issues you might have.
Email me if you want to know how to switch to the libsyn feed.
rob (at) libsyn dot com
One of the best features of Libsyn - is offering you a feed that works all the time with iTunes.
Regards,
Rob W
libsyn

Unable to check/uncheck older podcast episodes in iPod sync to iTunes 11.0

Hi,
I have a few podcasts in my iTunes where I have saved a large number of episodes. Now I have upgraded to the new version of iTunes I unable to check/uncheck older podcast episodes from iPod syncing - the finder window won't scroll to the bottom of the list, and just 'bounces' after scrolling past a certain number!
Not sure if this is a bug, or I'm overlooking something.
Thanks

I have the same problem. Scrolling does not work in the iPod podcast list panel, but it works in every other panel or window in iTunes...

Podcast Not Marked as Played

I download many podcasts and move them to my iPod. I usually play them straight from the computer and then disconnect it to listen to as I walk my dogs so I know which ones were played or not. Before iTunes 10 I was able to disconnect and just select the podcast I was listening to and pick up right where it left off. Now iTunes 10 will not remember where in the podcast I was or even if it was played, it will mark it as unplayed.

Add me to the, "Me, too," group here. I get this problem - it's pretty annoying as well when I start listening on my iPhone, sync it to iTunes (which remembers where it's played), but then resets the last played location to the beginning again on the phone.
I thought it was an iPhone "special feature" as I got iTunes 10 and the iPhone about the same time, and didn't recall getting the problem with my previous nano under iTunes 9. Not sure where the problem lies, but it's giving me a level of rage - it's illegal to operate a phone in the car here, so I wire the phone into an Alpine head unit which was atrocious controls for forwarding through giant 2.5 hour long "songs."
Be nice if we saw a return to the previous behaviour, where syncs worked fine

ITunes 7 attempting to sync all Podcast episodes regardless of selection

I don't know if it's just me, but iTunes 7 seems to be ignoring which podcast episodes I have selected to sync and which I haven't, instead attempting to sync them all then erroring. I can get it to work if I only sync new episodes, but I like to keep favorites of previous 'casts as well. Is this an annoying functionality change, a bug, or did I just miss a change in how to achieve my previous configuration?
*Also wanted to add that this now removes partially played podcasts since they're no longer "unplayed", and the "10 most recent/unplayed" options means I can't load whole podcast books anymore.

I've got a separate thread running on this, which Derek also replied on (thanks for posting in both, Derek):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=637811&tstart=0
The solution Mark found is not working for me. After disabling "manually manage" to enable "sync checked", and then re-enabling "manually manage", it at first appears like "sync checked" will stay enabled. But after hitting the Apply button, "sync checked" turns off again.

My podcast Episodes are missing!

hi,
I have a podcast on itunes and just published 5 new episodes. So, there should be a total of 9 episodes; however, my 4 previous episodes are gone.
here is the link to my podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bharatanatyam-podcast/id547089247
I am using iweb to publish my podcast. On my iweb website (http://www.kiruparatneswaran.com/Laya_Bhava_Dance_Academy/Bharatanatyam_PodCast/ Bharatanatyam_PodCast.html), it shows that there are 9 episodes.

For references your feed is at
http://www.kiruparatneswaran.com/Laya_Bhava_Dance_Academy/Bharatanatyam_PodCast/ rss.xml
This feed contains the same 5 episodes you are seeing in the Store. In common with many podcast creation services or programs, iWeb limits the number of episodes in the feed - the default in iWeb is five. As more episodes are added older episodes are moved to an archive page and removed from the feed.
You can increase the number of episodes in the feed to a maximum of 50:
Increase the number where shown and re-publish the feed. Subscribers will see the extra episodes immediately but the Store will take a couple of days or so to catch up.
When you get to 50 episodes the same thing will happen and in iWeb you can't increase it (the Store allows up to 300 episodes).

My older podcast episodes are missing on iTunes.

Just noticed last week that my nine oldest podcast episodes are no longer on itunes. They're alive and well on my blog page so I'm nor sure what happened. Did I reach some magical quota on iTunes? I have no clue how to resubmit or do any of that stuff. Thanks for any help!

iTunes imposes no limit (at least up to 300). Many podcast creation programs or services limit the number of episodes in the feed, removing older ones when this limit is reached. There is usually a setting to increase this number.
However there might be other reasons; but it's not really possible to comment unless you would like to publish the URLs of both your feed and the Store page - this latter can be found by control-clicking on the podcast image (or where it should be) - and choosing 'Copy link'. Please include the http:// in both cases to make the links clickable.

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