Re-submitting RSS feed

Hi
I'm new to podcasting and submitted our rss feed to itunes however I hadn't added the picture correctly and it wasnt showing up. I therefore deleated our RSS feed from Itunes. I have tried to re-submit it numerous times however it is still not apprearing in Itunes store when i search for it, I re-submitted the feed about 10 days ago!
any help would be much appreciated, cheers
indi
here is the feed...
http://rupture.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

What do you mean by 'deleted' - do you mean you actually went through the removal process, asking iTunes Support to remove your podcast? Of did you just delete the feed from your server?
If the former, then you will need to actually resubmit it, and it may take some time for it to be assessed - I can't predict how long, but it might well be a fortnight or so. There is in any case no need to remove a podcast in order to update the feed - you just update it and wait a couple of days (or so) for it to update in the Store.
The podcast image is now correctly referenced, though the 'itunes:image' need only appear in the top section of the feed - there is no point in placing it within the 'item' tags as it will have no effect there.

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I am trying to launch my podcast on iTunes, and I'm using a Soundcloud-generated RSS feed. But I keep getting an error message when I sumit it to iTunes: Invalid XML: Error on line 191:The reference to entity "a" must end with the ';' delimeter
The URL of the feed is http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:18637591/sounds.rss
I cannot understand how to fix this, and when I try to validate the feed, everything seems to be fine: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.soundcloud.com%2Fu sers%2Fsoundcloud%3Ausers%3A18637591%2Fs…
Does anybody understand what is the reason behind this error?

The URL you give redirects to http://utenfilter.net/feed/ when submitted to a feed validator, but when viewed in a browser it redirects to http://utenfilter.net/ which is a web page. When subscribing the URL you gave manually to iTunes the feed comes up empty but it works with http://utenfilter.net/feed/
Evidently the Store, like the iTunes application, is reading the web page version - this does have more than 191 lines and the coding on line 191 has an 'a' variable so that's evidently the error they are reporting. The real feed doesn't have as many as 191 lines.
You need to submit http://utenfilter.net/feed/ to the Store; the URL you initially gave is not useful (all these redirects are a quick way of causing problems).

Error messages when submitting a validated RSS feed URL to iTS.

Why do I keep getting error messages when submitting a validated RSS feed URL to iTS. Feed is http://streaming.integrationworks.com:3000/archive/feed2.xml
I get variations on the follwoing message: "We had difficulty reading this feed. Bad http result code: 504"
I validated this file at http://www.feedvalidator.org/. I am able to manually place it in iTunes (Open Stream) and download episodes. I can paste the URL in my browser and retrieve an RSS feed page.
Any ideas?
Rick

You have to remember that when subscribing manually, it's only your iTunes application which is doing this - the Store is not involved at all. When submitting, the Store software checks the feed as a technical check before its assessed for content by humans; but how this is done and what sort of call is made to the server is another of Apple's dark secrets.
You're the third with a similar situation in the last couple of days, and I've seen this arise before: though the specific message about a proxy server is unique to you. (A proxy server would act as an intermediary - anyone accessing the feed would ask the proxy for it, and the proxy would retrieve it from the actual server and pass it back, masking the original server's URL in the process. Whether this is actually what is going on is obviously something only your server technicians can say - and then there's the question of what is different about a request from the iTunes Store.)
If all else fails you could place the feed on another server and try again - you could do this and leave the episode media files where they are, they don't have to be on the same server as the feed, as long as the server in question can handle 'byte-range requests' (which is a quite separate can of digital worms).

When i try submitting my RSS feed for a podcast itunes says we are experiencing technical difficulties...... why is this and when will it be fixed?

when i try submitting my RSS feed for a podcast itunes says we are experiencing technical difficulties...... why is this and when will it be fixed?

Well, I can't see any problem with the feed, and the episode media file is correctly referenced and plays. Incidentally you do have a 'copyright' tag - it says 'Wippenberg'.
When a podcast feed is rejected, corrected and resubmitted there is a minor bug in the Store which causes you to be told that the podcast has already been submitted (which is true but irrelevant - it's really meant to prevent duplicates). To get round this you need to make a small change to the title - for example you could add a hyphen and space before 'Podcast'. You can always change it back once it's been accepted.
The other issue might be the content. The reason given for rejection tends to be technical issues, whatever the actual reason is. I haven't listened to your podcast, so I can't comment directly. Possible reasons for rejection are unacceptable content, sexual content or strong language when the 'explicit' tag is not said to 'yes', and copyright infringement: a lot of people fall over this one by including 'mixes' or indeed full plays of commercially issued recordings without having written permission from the copyright owners or alternatively a valid Podcast Licence (not available in all countries, possibly only the USA). I have no idea whether this might be an issue with yours.

I have read up, and am still having problems with RSS Feed

Greetings Everyone.
I really need some help with my RSS feed before I go insane. I would like to think I know what I am doing, but obviously there is some little (or big!) step I am overlooking.
Ok here is my site: www.drewernst.com it is hosted by asmallorange.com
My pocast is at www.drewenst.com/podcast
This is the rss feed iWeb generated: feed://www.drewernst.com/podcast/The%20Jeff%20and%20Drew%20Podcast/rss.xml
Now, from everything I have read so far - it seems that as long as you get the URL right when you are publishing to a folder, iWeb should do the rest. Also, it is important to put the whole folder containing your podcast in your root web folder otherwise it breaks the feed. Both of these things I have done. (obviously not correctly, or it would be working!)
I read Many tutorials and topics I could find about this, but it still doesn't seem to work for me. Apple suggests taking the RSS feed an pasting it into itunes under Advanced menu "subscribe to podcast" to make sure your feed is valid before submitting to itunes.
When I do this, I get an message saying "there was a problem downloading... An unknown error occurred (-50).
I tried using a feed validator and it came back with so many errors. I just don't know that much about RSS, but i have been working on this for about a month and it's driving me crazy. No one I have asked at the apple store has been any more helpful than to suggest I just buy a .mac account and do it from there(honestly the nerve. wink.) I don't need .mac, I have my own website.
Thanks in advance.
Mr. Rss Crazy,
Drew
Oh, I tried to be as detailed as possible but if I left anything important out, please just ask...I will be watching this like a hawk.
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So, my web-host said that it's a problem with the RSS feed, not there hosting.
They pointed me to "Feed Validator" which I looked at before. I have a lot of errors.
http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drewernst.com%2Fpodcast% 2FThe%2520Jeff%2520and%2520Drew%2520Podcast%2Frss.xml
Shouldn't Garageband and iWeb have taken care of these errors. I don't even know how I would correct them. I thought this was supposed to be a 1-2-3 process, like the documentation of both programs said.
Sorry if I sound sarcastic, I am just frustrated.
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Alternate ways to update RSS Feed URL in iTunes Store

Hey all,
Ok, so I am having issues with updating my iTunes Store RSS URL. Here's the storyin a nutshell. If any of you have experience with this i would really appreciate some help, because I have been stuck for week now.
I started my podcast using Podbean.com as a host, and when I first submitted my podcast URL to th iTunes Store, I used the RSS URL that podbean gave me which was http://unfilteredandrew.podbean.com/feed/. A few weeks later, I decided to move my host to SquareSpace, therefore I have a new RSS URL for the podcast now. I understand the directions frovided by Apple on how to change the URL by inserting the <itunes:new-feed-url> tags into the XML file. This is where the problem lies. Podbean.com is not able to instert this tag into my the XML file (its a long story, I have been dealing with thier incompitent customer service for weeks now). Let's assume for now that this method is not optional.
SO my question to you guys is - is there another way to update the RSS URL feed? Currently the iTunes Store see's http://unfilteredandrew.podbean.com/feed/as my RSS feed, but I want it to see the NEW one which is: http://andrewunfiltered.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss
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Ignore the 301 redirect - this is really intended for other rss readers than iTunes.
If you are creating a feed somehow and submitting that to Feedburner, which then passes it on to iTunes, and if you can add the tag to that original feed it will also appear in the Feedburner feed and the redirect will take place.
If you are creating the feed only in Feedburner by entering details, there you cannot directly edit the feed - I don't know whether Feedburner provides a way of doing this: most online podcast creation services don't.
If that's the case then you will have to abaondon the old feed. You should attempt to get the old podcast removed from the Store - instructions here (though there have been a number of reports that iTunes Store staff are simply not bothering to carry out this process) - and submit your new feed as an entirely new podcast. You will probably need to make a small change in the title, as a bug in the Store software may tell you that the podcast has already been submitted: and of course you will lose any subscribers or comments.

RSS Feed query

I have been using podbean as a podcast host for some time but we have recently cancelled our service with them and are moving to libsyn.
I have already posed the question to podbean: "If our data is deleted after 30 days as we were advised previously, will our podcasts that were hosted with podbean be no longer visible in iTunes?"
Their response is as follows: "As far as we know, since you submitted your feed: http://username.podbean.com/feed to iTunes, you podcasts will not be updated in iTunes as your feed expired. However, we are not in charge of iTunes, you may contact iTunes to check it out."
The response doesn't make much sense to me.
I need to know the following:
1) If the feed has 'expired', are the podcasts going to just drop off iTunes at any given moment? Podbean advised previously that they delete all your data 30 days after cancellation.
2) If the podcasts don't get lost/dropped by iTunes, are we able to use libsyn to continue adding new podcasts to our 'channel' as normal without any interruptions, or is it really hard to somehow combine RSS feeds and make a 'continuation' so to speak...?
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The iTunes Store page is at
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/c3-church-indooroopilly/id540243287
and the feed is at http://c3churchindro.podbean.com/feed/
C3 Church Ipswich
The iTunes Store page is at
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/c3-church-ipswich/id545903684
and the feed is athttp://c3ipswitch.podbean.com/feed/
however there is no feed at this address, so it cannot be subscribed to and the Store cannot update.
You have four options.
1. Add the 'itunes:new-feed-url' tags to the Podbean feeds as described here. This is the best solution, but as I say I have a feeling that Podbean won't allow you access to the feed to modify it, or provide a method itself of adding the tag. In any case you can't do this with the Ipswitch podcast unless you restore the feed.
2. Email podcasts 'at' apple.com and ask them to move the Store to using the new feeds. In each case give them the Store page URL, and the URLs of both feeds (so you will obviously need to know the Libsyn feed URL).
3. Ask to have the podcasts removed from the Store. I quote:
Log in to iTS.
Find and select your podcast.
Click Report a Concern.
Select Remove a Podcast from the Choose a Reason menu.
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In most cases, we will remove the podcast from iTS, especially if we find that the podcast is no longer available at the feed URL.
Despite what they say there, don't be surprised if they don't do it but tell you to use the 'itunes:block' tag - which again I doubt you can add to the feed, so that's not a lot of help. It probably depends on who answers and how co-operative they feel.
4. Close both Podbean accounts so that the feeds disappear and do nothing. Eventually the podcasts will be removed from the Store but it might take quite a long time. You would have to re-submit the Libsyn feeds as new podcasts, and you would have to change the titles, if only slightly.

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I had a topic a few days ago entitled, "Issue with Subscribing" Thanks to some immaculate help I found out that my RSS feed host server basically broke so I had to re-start from scratch. I had iTunes take down my original podcast and after a few days I go the e-mail that it was all good and removed from the directory.
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The feed validates and the 'explicit' tag as set to 'yes' to cover any strong language. Not having listened to it I don't know whether there is any content which even so might have upset them; all I can suggest it contacting Support. Go to http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ - click on 'Other iTunes Store Features' in the list and then on 'Podcasts'. You will see a link to either 'Express Lane', which will guide you eventually to some contact options, or you may see a link to email them.

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We have a new video podcast at LetsKnit2gether.com and we have three RSS feeds for our show, each with a different video file format. We’re using WordPress with PodPress to create the RSS and then we manually cut and paste the others. We have two problems:
One – We can’t seem to get the multiple feeds to show up correctly in iTunes (the desktop software, not the music store – we haven’t submitted to the iTunes store yet.) I can paste one RSS URL in the Advanced/Subscribe to Podcast window and subscribe to the feed but I can’t subscribe to any of the other two. When I try they appear for a second and then disappear. Tried in both iTunes 6 and 7 on PC and Mac. I’m guessing there is something in the iTunes software that prevents similar feeds. I read as much on the Apple iTunes tutorial page but our feeds are following the rules as far as I can tell. (www.feedvalidator.org says all is well too.) Once you subscribe to one you can’t change your mind and subscribe to one of the others ever again, ever! ...even if you delete the one you subscribed to first.
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Moving Podcast New RSS Feed

I am having to move my podcast from self-hosted to Podbean.
(1)
TO set up the new podcast, Podbean asks for my iTunes Feed ID.
Is this the numerical string after the id below (current link at iTunes store - behind album art):
xxxxxxxxxt/id303623613?mt=2
or is it something different (does it include the letters id)
(2)
How do I change the RSS feed on iTunes?
Do I let Podbean submit the new feed to my existing iTunes Feed ID?
Or do I have to change the RSS feed in iTunes? How?
(I want to be sure to keep reviews, listings, etc.)
THANKS!

Because the new feed carries the same podcast title as the old one iTunes thinks it is the same podcast and gives you the 'already submitted' message. Searching on 'Pink Soup' throws up two podcasts in iTunes: one of them carries the same episodes as the Feedburner page minus the latest item.
You would do better to submit an XML file directly to iTunes rather than letting Feedburner do it: there have been complaints of problems with Feedburner and iTunes.
If you felt up to re-titling your podcast you could submit it as a new one. If you are able to get at the XML file now being used by iTunes you could post a new XML file and redirect iTunes to it from the old one:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html#changing
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http://homepage.mac.com/rfwilmut/notes/podcast.html

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I keep getting an error (11111) when I try to submit my podcast RSS feed.
I'm on Windows Vista. Downloaded and installed the latest version of iTunes today (Feb 1st 2013).
I enter my feed URL, am asked for my password etc (which I enter and works) and then I get this error:
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Just wanted to update this so others can benefit from my experience.
As Roger suggested I did email Apple and got a response. That didn't solve the problem as they asked for more information and then I didn't hear back from them (at least not yet).
2 things I learned:
1) Make sure your podcast has at least 1 live episode in it before submitting. (not sure if this is critical or not, but I changed this).
2) I created a new Apple ID and than submitted again. Then it worked right away.
Thanks Roger again for the suggestions and hope that helps others. Now just waiting for Apple to approve the podcast so it's in their store.

Difficulty submitting podcast feed to iTunes

Hello everyone,
My friend and I host a podcast at http://DWSPodcast.com
Our RSS feed is http://DWSPodcast.libsyn.com/rss
I go through the motions of submitting our feed to the iTunes Store:
sign in, store, podcasts, submit a podcast, insert feed, confirm info, see success page saying correspondence will be sent to my email.
Here is where my trouble occurs.
I never receive a confirmation email even though iTunes states that it knows where to send it. I have waited days-weeks to see if one would show up.
Here is another oddity. I can complete this submission process as many times as I like without receiving any submission error or 'already received' error.
I have checked my RSS feed with the feed validator and it is a legit feed. Libsyn support has also double checked my feed as well.
My podcast can be manually subscribed through iTunes and everything works fine.
I have tried submitting my feed from different computers on different networks to make sure it wasn't a local hang up.
We are already on stitcher radio and the Microsoft podcast network and really can't understand why our feed won't submit to iTunes.
It seems to be broken somewhere between the submission process and the apple servers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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There is no obvious reason why there should be a problem. It can take several weeks before a podcast is accepted, so possibly you're just stuck in the queue, though in that case I would have expected further attempts to submit to produce an error message.
You could try emailing Support at podcasts 'at' apple.com, but I have to tell you that they are not noted for being helpful and you will very likely simply get a form answer telling you how to submit a podcast (which you already know). You might get better results if you can persuade Libsyn to chase it up - Apple are more likely to listen to them.

RSS Feed not validating "Undefined item element: itunes:order"

I've been trying to submit my RSS feed to iTunes but it won't validate. I hosted the podcast on Podomatic and used Feedburner to create the RSS feed. When I checked the link on FeedValidator it gives me the error Undefined item element: itunes:order. My feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/mscmngrlpodcast. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? I'm kind of a novice so I appreciate your help.

Your feed is fine [ the 'itunes:order' tag was introduced recently and Feedburner doesn't recognize it. Subscribing to your feed manually in iTunes works OK.
However you may have a problem with the media file. The Feedproxy URL redirects to
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Testing this for 'byte range requests' in Terminal suggests that the server does not accept this: it's the method iPhones use to download files, consisting of requesting part of the file at a time, rather than the whole thing, and as iPhones won't download properly if the server doesn't handle it Apple have made it mandatory. If the server indeede doesn't handle this your podcast will be rejected - you can try submitting and see what happens. If it's rejected you would need to find another server. If you are rejected and re-submit later you will have to change the title slightly, otherwise you will be told the feed has already been submitted (this is a bug in the process).

Help - Changed RSS Feed

I was hoping someone could help me with this issue I have.
I have been using Libsyn for about 1 year to push my RSS feed to iTunes. It worked like a champ. My website is www.bowcast.com and my RSS feed was www.bowcast.com\rss.
Recently, I have redesigned my website and moved it to a new server. My website is working fine. I re-submitted my RSS feed to iTunes about 10 days ago (new feed - http://www.bowcast.com/index2.php?option=compodcast&feed=RSS2.0&nohtml=1). I have the following issues:
1) iTunes has not been updated. It still has the old RSS feed, and my users are getting an error that the "old" RSS server could not be found (which makes sense because I have moved it. Therefore, my latest episodes are available on my new site, but not in iTunes.
2) I actually want the "old" iTunes submission (i.e. the old artowrk that I submitted over a year ago) to be taken down and the new RSS feed with the new artwork be posted.
Does anyone have any idea what I could be missing? I contacted Apple support and they suggested I start here.
Any help you could provide would be greatly apppreciated.
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It still has the old RSS feed, and my users are getting an error that the "old" RSS server could not be found (which makes sense because I have moved it. Therefore, my latest episodes are available on my new site, but not in iTunes.
By submitting a new URL to iTunes (if you become approved) you have in effect created a duplicate listing in the Store of your podcast. The new URL doesn't have any connection with your previous listing . . . so your old listing will be the way it is forever, unless you still have access to Libsyn or you send in a request to get the listing removed. Also, none of your old subscribers will know about your new listing unless they specifically go looking for it.
It looks like what you wanted/should have done was to put in a redirect in your Libsyn feed so that you didn't lose any subscribers, and didn't create a second listing in the store. I would still recommend trying this if your new listing hasn't shown up and if you still have access to Libsyn.
As for your second question, when/if your new feed is approved, it will contain your new artwork and any new elements you have put in your feed.

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