Update Podcast Feed URL

I'm trying to move my podcast feed location. I made the new feed, then used the "itunes:new-feed-url" tag in the original feed.
When I did the podcast ping, it told me the correct (new) url of the feed. But after nearly two weeks of waiting, the feed hasn't updated at the iTunes store.
And I double-checked that the feed validates, and it does.
The original feed can be found at http://www.hopecbc.org/am.xml/.
The new feed can be found at http://www.hopecbc.org/xml_am.xml/.
Feed at iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263317967
Thanks in advance.

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I want to update my podcast feed url

Hello to everybody.
I have submit last day to itunes my podcast url from podomatic.com
I want to ask how I can update my rss url in itunes, if I want to leave podomatic.com and go to another service?
And last.. can you suggest me some other cool service?
My reason whcih I want to leave podomatic.com is because in itunes podcast the "website" link goes to podomatic.com channel and not to my personal webpage
Regards,
Haris

Please see this page which explains in detail how you do this:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/podcast.html#move
You may very likely find you can't do this with Podomatic which will leave you with emailing supposrt as the only option. Don't remove your podomatic feed until you have the redirection safely up and running.

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.
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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.

Could I link my existing youtube videos (or Facebook, Myspace, Vimeo, Flickr duplicates) in a field somewhere and link to them (after initially submitting a podcast feed URL)?

I've found podbean.com, and will explore podomatic.com, for submitting video podcasts to the iTunes Directory. But now that I've found these RSS feed URL generators (and will look for others) is there a way within these websites or in blogs to link to my existing videos on Facebook, for example, and the video appear in the iTunes Store?

I'm afraid not - please see my response to your post in the other thread.

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Hi,
For a few months my podcast hasn't been updating on iTunes. I can't re-submit the feed as it says it already exists. What do I do?
Thanks,
Mike

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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I've been producing a weekly podcast for six weeks now. My mp3s are hosted on archive.org and I post them on Tumblr. Feedburner pulls the tumblr feed, and iTunes pulls the Feedburner feed. Feedburner usually updates within ten minutes of any new posts or changes I make on Tumblr, and usually, the iTunes podcast page updates just as quickly. Then sometimes, like today, hours go by and I see no update in iTunes and I get paranoid that I did something wrong and wonder if I need to delete and start over again.
I follow the same formula every week with my posts, so I don't believe anything I've done is incorrect (I'm always careful remember to remove the "s" from "https://" which gave me problems when I first started). I just have no idea how often the iTunes Store actually attempts to update. Is there a standard time, or range of time?
Here is my Feedburner page: http://feeds.feedburner.com/YaxzonJackson
Here is the iTunes podcast page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yaxzon-jackson/id914021875

When you add a new episode to your feed and upload it, it appears immediately for subscribers because their iTunes application reads the feed directly and the Store is not involved.
However because of the huge number of podcasts in the Store (thousands) the Store caches the feed and checks it for updates periodically. For this reason it usually takes 1-2 days for new episodes to appear in the Store: sometimes it can be less, and occasionally the whole process seems to get stuck and it can take several days.
You podcast is up to date in the Store with an episode posted yesterday; if you've been used to quicker results you've just been lucky; you can't rely on it always happening.

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I am attempting to submit podcasts to the itunes directory and I get the following error message when I provide my Podcast Feed URL.
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Yep, there is something missing there, but perhaps it is because you have entered the same data twice (or in the wrong place).
If you look at a Feed, for example in Safari, there is a line at the top which is (of course) a title. I have one at feed://www.extensions.in.th/ext_link.xml and when you link to that, you get "Macs in Bangkok - Information" on the top line. This information is entered in the "Channel" section, and I have <title>eXtensions: Macs in Bangkok - Information</title>
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Message was edited by: Graham K. Rogers
As an additional point, I see that the links themselves within each item are not right. They show with a % sign between the parts, which I am pretty sure is an indication that there are spaces that should not exist.
Message was edited by: Graham K. Rogers

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Hello, iTunes helpers,
I submitted an RSS2 feed to iTunes for my podcast to be listed, but it was rejected with unknown reason. I think I did everything right. Could someone please tell me what SPECIFICALLY went wrong?
http://djmoradio.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
I tried to resubmit, but it says "The feed has already been submitted." How do I submit my feed again & NOT get rejected?
It works. I can access my feed by manually typing the URL & subscribing to it. The thing is, I want to make it easier for people to search for me instead of just the URL. You know, make it official?
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ITunes podcast feed not updating

My podcast feed was broken in January. It is now working again, but iTunes is not picking it up. Do I have to do something to re-start it and get it working again?
When I go to iTunes and find my podcast, it shows all the most recent podcasts up until late January (and none of the recent ones). (please note I have two podcasts which appear identical - one is mp3 and one is m4a feed...I plan to delete the m4a feed asap)
Interestingly, when I subscribe to the feed in the iTunes store,it shows only then ONE most recent podcast (which doesn't even appear in the list as described in the previous paragraph).
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The feed you link to is entitled 'Wily Manager MP3 Feed'. Searching on 'Wily Manager' in the Store brings up two podcasts, both called only 'Wily Manager'.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/wilymanager/mp3
The one at http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/wily-manager/id351231957 is looking for a feed at:
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There is no feed at either of these addresses: basically you've been updating a feed at the wrong address. Since iTunes cannot find a feed in either case it cannot update the Store page, and subscribing produces an error.
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My podcast feed stopped being updated in iTunes

The same podcast feed that I've been using for three years recently stopped working in iTunes, though it's still working correctly in other tests that I've run. The feed corresponds to a blog, and my blogreader shows the updated content correctly (including the podcast attachment). Yet it won't update in iTunes.
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You have sent iTunes to the wrong feed URL. There is a feed at the URL you quote, but your iTunes Store page, which is at
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/muay-thai-guy-podcast/id636798781
is looking for a feed at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/lfqKK
There is no file at that address. So now you have painted yourself into a corner. I would guess that you aren't able to get a feed up at that Feedburner address? If you can, then you need to add the 'new-feed-url' tag to (or the original feed) as described here:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/podcast.html#move
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Feed: http://calvaryqc.org/category/sermons/sunday-sermons/feed/
Podcast id: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/calvary-church-quad-cities/id273511998
Header info:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
<div class="jive-quote">
<channel>
<title>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities » Sunday Sermons</title>
<atom:link href="http://calvaryqc.org/category/sermons/sunday-sermons/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<link>http://calvaryqc.org</link>
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<lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:40:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
<language>en</language>
<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator>

<copyright>Copyright © Calvary Church of the Quad Cities 2011 </copyright>
<managingEditor>[email protected] (Calvary Church of the Quad Cities)</managingEditor>
<webMaster>[email protected] (Calvary Church of the Quad Cities)</webMaster>
<ttl>1440</ttl>
<image>
<url>http://calvaryqc.org/wp-content/uploads/podpress_img/CCQCpodcast144.jpg</url>
<title>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities » Sunday Sermons</title>
<link>http://calvaryqc.org</link>
<width>144</width>
<height>144</height>
</image>
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<itunes:subtitle>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities Sunday Celebration Services Sermons</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities Celebration Services sermons. Join Calvary Church for a Sunday morning service! Both our 9am and 11am sermons are available for listening through iTunes.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:keywords>Christianity, Sermons, Bowman, Calvary, Church, Moline</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:category text="Religion & Spirituality" />
<itunes:category text="Religion & Spirituality">
<itunes:category text="Christianity" />
</itunes:category>
<itunes:author>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities</itunes:author>
<itunes:owner>
<itunes:name>Calvary Church of the Quad Cities</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>[email protected]</itunes:email>
</itunes:owner>
<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:image href="http://calvaryqc.org/wp-content/uploads/podpress_img/CCQCpodcast600.jpg" />
The feed validates, the source code shows all of the necessary header info for itunes - what am I missing... why isn't it updating?
Thanks for your help!

iTunes is looking for a feed at
https://www.calvaryqc.org/xml/podcasts/02080425.xml
and not finding it. The connection is a secure one - https - and when tested in FireFox reports that it uses an untrusted certificate: but even over-riding that shows that there is no file at that address. It is to that feed that you have to add the 'itunes:new-feed-url' tag (it's present on the feed you link to but simply links to the same feed so it's redundant).
Unless you can place a feed at the URL I quote above which iTunes can read (as it must have done once as there are episode showing in the Store, albeit rather out-of-date) you will not be able to redirect iTunes to your new feed.

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