Network Error - Unable to submit podcast

Question

Hi all
This is my first post for help so I was wondering if anyone could take the time out to help me.
I have recently coded some xml to create a podcast which works when I manually enter the url in itunes (see pic below) but when I create a request to add the feed, it doesn't upload it instead states that the network connection has stopped. During this time, my internet connection doesn't drop so Im sure the problem lies within itunes.
Now, I have contacted itunes support who advised me that my feed isn't valid.
But like I said above, I have submitted my link manually and have downloaded all episodes. This has been tested and confirmed on another internet connection and operating system too.
My question is, please could someone possibly look at my feed and advise if an issue lies within there as the feed validtor does state a few errors, but it still downloads episodes?
http://www.perceptionfm.info/rss/podcast.rss
Also an example of me manually adding the podcast in itunes http://www.perceptionfm.info/junk/podcastExample.png
Thanks for your time.
James

Answer 1

When you subscribe manually the Store is not involved at all: your own iTunes application is going straight to the feed. Sometimes the Store will choke on something which doesn't cause problems when subscribing manually.
FeedValidator throws up a number of errors: I don't know whether any of these may cause a submission problem but you should look at them - there are help links which may give some indication of the problem.
Also, in another thread a few people have suggested that there may be a problem with submissions due to server difficulties: I don't know anything about this and of course one can't test it without having something to submit. Possibly it may resolve itself - but do look at the FeedValidator report.