Some podcast episodes disabled

Some podcasts episodes are disabled. The get button does not appear. other episodes before and after are ok and on the other library on another machine the podcasts are enabled. Anyone know why some are disabled? there are no parental controls set on.

I think you will find that podcasts are handled pretty well by iTunes if you let it do it's job. Dragging and dropping podcasts seems like too much work - especially when you get the problems you are seeing.
BTW, the setting that works best for me is the simplest - Sync all unplayed podcasts. I refresh my podcasts at least once per day, and when I sync, listened to ones are removed, new ones are added. Seems pretty simple. If you have used an older iPod, partially listened to podcasts were removed as well. This is not true with the touch. Podcasts remain on the touch until you have finished with them.

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Some podcasts appearing disabled and unchecked after download

With iTunes 7, some (not all) of my podcasts are having their episodes downloaded then added to the list as disabled (greyed out) and unchecked. It doesn't happen to all podcasts, but I've seen it happen to both video and audio podcasts. The downloaded files are where they are supposed to be, and if I drag the files from Finder to iTunes, they show up correctly (enabled, playable), so the files seem fine.
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Extra data point: Restarting iTunes causes the affected podcast episodes to show up as enabled and checked, but they are still unplayable: Double-clicking on them does nothing.
As mentioned, the files themselves seem fine. I can play the files directly from Finder, and I can drag them back into iTunes and they'll work.
Thanks!
-- Dan

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The files might be corrupted. Have you tried downloading again?

Some podcast episodes I can drag & drop, not others

New current gen iPod Touch, 16gb. Just downloaded iTunes 8.2 (which may have been my first mistake, in hindsight...always wait for that .1) on an HP Vista laptop (which I know is my second problem...can't be helped).
When I started using it (just got it a few days ago), I let the automatic sync update my podcasts. But I couldn't find a setting I liked just right to keep the ones I wanted on and not others, so I decided to turn off the auto-sync and just drag & drop.
But when I started dragging my podcasts over, I noticed some would come over, and others wouldn't. All of my podcasts are subscribed in iTunes, and it's even such that I can get certain episodes of a particular podcast, but not others. Tried restarting iTunes and iPod both. I've got plenty of space left, and even tried deleting some casts, but the ones that wouldn't sync before still wouldn't.
Also have tried downloading the missing episodes via the iTunes store app on the Touch, but the same casts, when downloaded, still don't show up it seems.
Any ideas? This seems to be a very random problem.

I think you will find that podcasts are handled pretty well by iTunes if you let it do it's job. Dragging and dropping podcasts seems like too much work - especially when you get the problems you are seeing.
BTW, the setting that works best for me is the simplest - Sync all unplayed podcasts. I refresh my podcasts at least once per day, and when I sync, listened to ones are removed, new ones are added. Seems pretty simple. If you have used an older iPod, partially listened to podcasts were removed as well. This is not true with the touch. Podcasts remain on the touch until you have finished with them.

"not enough memory" error when attempting to get some podcast episodes

I subscribe to several podcasts. All but one seem to be working perfectly. Here's the url of the one I'm having trouble with:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/KBCAudio
Here's the problem:
All episodes appear as they should. However, some of the episides WILL download when I select "Get" and some WILL NOT. Those that will not yield the following error message:
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1. Deleting old files.
2. Deleting and re-subscribing to the feed.
Is this a problem with iTunes or a problem with the feed?

I suspect it's the feed as I've just tried it and the latest episode fails. Try contacting the Podcast's producer/publisher to let them know, since they may not. From your linked page, click on their name and follow that to their website, where you should find contact details.
By the way, even if the problem is with iTunes, it's still down to the producer/publisher to rectify it, which is why I suggest you contact them
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How do I delete downloaded podcast episodes?

Hello,
I am using an iPod touch. Using iTunes on the iPod, I downloaded some podcast episodes. (I did not subscribe to podcasts. I just downloaded individual episodes.) I can listen to the audio without wifi by going to Music app/program, choosing More, then Podcasts.
But once I'm done listening to them, how do I delete the audio?
NOTE: I do NOT want to connect the iPod to a computer. I want to delete the audio/podcasts directly on the iPod touch.
Thank you.

thanks, lllaass. Swiping solved it. Hope that when I remove the last episode in the podcast, the podcast itself is removed from my list of downloaded podcasts.

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Using iTunes on my MacBookPro, I find that when I want to delete selected podcast eisodes, they still stay in my List view with the cloud symbol next to them. I don't want them in my List view. I want them gone. I don't want to download them ever again. I do keep some episodes so I don't want to do the draconian thing and delete all podcast episodes once I've heard them. The other problem I have with trying to delete episodes is that some podcasts then have the same episodes pop back up as though I haven't listened to them. I've deleted a bunch of Science Friday episodes only to have them download again ready to hear. Not only that, but some episodes will finish playing or stop playing in the middle of an episode and a random podcast will start playing. Think! does that. GAH!!
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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.
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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?

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Hi, I can't figure this out:
Our podcast episodes simply won't download in the iTunes app on iPhone. The download simply stops at 10.3 kB (or sometimes at another value), without really getting started at all.
This is very odd, since downloads are working fine in iTunes on the desktop, and in other apps on the phone (such as Instacast).
Here's the iTunes-page for the podcast:
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We have recently changed our URL. We were able to successfully publish episode 4 with the redirect but for some reason episode 5 never showed up. episode6 is now up and we need these to show up in the store.
FEED URL:
http://www.texastribune.org/feeds/podcasts/the-tribcast/
subscriptions are updating just fine. Episode 5 was updated last week. I've manually pinged the server.

Firstly, to clarify the situation with iTunes. When you submit a podcast feed URL to iTunes it caches the feed (updating it periodically) and displays the contents in the Store page. When you click 'Subscribe', the Store directs the iTunes application to the feed - this is now a direct connection and doesn't involve the Store (you could say the Store acts as an agent). The same result can be obtained by subscribing manually from the 'Advanced' menu.
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Something like this may have happened here. Your feed URL is given as
http://www.texastribune.org/feeds/podcasts/the-tribcast/
The slash on the end of a URL usually means that what precedes it is a folder name, and that the file which is brought up is called index.html which browsers will display automatically in this situation. In your case, if one control-clicks on the URL and downloads the file you get a text file called the-tribcast.rss. This file is valid in itself -the actual XML seems to be OK - but if you open the URL in FireFox and choose 'Page Source' from the 'View' menu it displays the feed as pure text without colouring the tags (which it would normally do with an XML file).
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http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html#removing
Expect the process to take some days. A previous poster with a similar problem was initially told just to use the 'block' tag but this is no good to you as iTunes isn't reading the feed, but he did eventually get a manual removal and if you don't you will need to pursue it.

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- Closed out of the app and gone back in
- Ensured at all times I have been attempting this, that cellular data has been on for podcasts
- Switched cellular data off for podcasts and as a whole then I have switched back on
- Done a hard reset of the phone
- Deleted the Podcast app itself, reinstalled and then tried to download an episode over cellular data
- Reset Network Settings
- Performed a full restore of the device
After doing the restore, I set the phone up as new and then installed just the podcast app and was able to download an episode over cellular data. I then restored my data from backup and then all of a sudden, I had the same issue again. I did another reset of the network settings and then the issue went away. The issue has returned yet again today. I called Apple to advise and they say they will investigate and get back to me.
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A very annoying issue!

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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

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