Viewing chapter artwork in M4A enhanced podcasts

Hi, I just acquired a new iPod Nano.
I can't seem to see the chapter artwork when I listen (and watch) my enhanced audio podcasts (m4a) (Among others This Week in Media and sneaker.fm) .
I'm also a podcast producer and tried watching my podcast on the nano, but unlike my older iPod Photo it does not seem to show the album art coupled to each chapter. Do I miss some sort of setting?
I really really wanted just to see FULL SCREEN chapter artwork while watching the m4a files. Please fix this or help me!

I wanted to add my comments about how disappointing it is to not be able to view enhanced podcasts on the 3G nano. I develop them for educational use (you can embed large images for Quicktime computer based viewing and we have little need for live action video). I do hope Apple gets this fixed-or makes an official pronouncement if they intend to abandon the enhanced format. It would be a REAL pain to have to redo my extant material in the video format. There are many annoying minor bugs in the 1.1 upgrade-these are described in other posts. The price we pay as early adopters I suppose.

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Special Handling of m4a 'enhanced' podcast files?

I decided to try an enhanced podcast for my first attempt at podcasting.
I am getting into trouble.
First I notice that typing the url of my file in a browser window earns me an error message.
MP3s hosted in the same directory load up in a browser window just fine. m4a files somehow don't load at all. 404 error. MIME type error. My host swears there's nothing wrong with the way their servers are set up.
At this point I have:
1 - an enhanced podcast m4a file, produced by Garage Band, and tested fine in iTunes.
2 - a validated rss feed. http://www.asahramusic.net/podcasts/asahrafeed.xml
3 - a 'test' podcast (iWeb) of that same m4a file hosted on my iDisk. http://web.me.com/kolai/Site4/Podcast/Entries/2008/10/30_Sounds_at_thebeach.html
4 - an error message when I try to point my browser to the same file but this time hosted on my 'pro' host. http://www.asahramusic.net/podcasts/AsahraPodcastbyChrisBurns.m4a
Result: When I test the feed in iTunes (Advanced>Subscribe to Podcast) manually, all information tagged in the xml feed shows up fine. When I click to download the actual epidose I see iTunes spinning its wheel for half a second then hanging up. Kinda like my browser does..
Which leads me to believe there's something wrong with the way my host handles m4a files.
I thought I'd ask you all if there's anything I should know about m4a files or hosting enhanced podcasts in general.
Thanks for any tip.

The correct URL for your media file appears to be
http://web.me.com/kolai/Site_4//Media/Asahra%20Podcast%20-%20Chris%20Burns%20set .m4a
The '%20' bits are spaces in the filename, and you shouldn't do that, but the file will be located at this URL - I can't actually check whether it plays at the moment (I'm on Linux).
You should use this actual URL in your XML file, not the version starting with the domain name particularly as so far I can't find a version which works).

Looking for Chapter Tool Beta or other app to create enhanced podcasts

Hi all. I am looking at creating enhanced podcasts. On Google I found a mysterious app that Apple has apperantly created - "Chapter Tool Beta". However, all links to this app are dead. Any idea what happened to that app?
Also, what are some alternatives? Garage Band doesn't work well, as in this project I am working on, we have to show a screen shot, then in the next "frame" same screen shot, but with a highlight box over an area. And, it's hard to line up images in GB. Any ideas? Thanks,

I think the Chapter Tool is now dead - though someone did ask about this a few weeks back: it might be worth searching for the thread to see whether anyone could help.
I would suggest you look at Podcast Maker: this will take your pre-existing mp3 files and add chapters and images to make an m4a 'enhanced podcast', and incorporate the information you give it into a feed file. It will then upload the podcast to your iDisk or other server and ping the iTunes Store for you. I've used it for three years now and found it very reliable.

Enhanced podcast (don't see chapter and pictures in podcast app on iphone or ipad)

hi people !
i create enhanced podcast, and try that podcast on itunes app on my pc. Everything work ok, except pictures but i know that this is bug with curent version of iTunes. Then i opet same m4a enhanced podcast in quicktime app on my pc, again everything work ok, i see chapters and i see pictures. Then i put same file on my server, i see that podcast in my podcast app on my iphone and ipad and when i stream it , i don't see pic and logo for chapters. when i scan my enhanced m4a podcast file i see that my file have: general,audio, video & menu section
in first general section
Format :
M4A
Codec ID :
M4A
this not working on podcast app on iphone or ipad !
then i scan enhanced podcast file downloaded from podcast app from my iphone with working chapters and pic made with garage band on mac by someone
and i see sections: general,audio, video and text 1 and text 2 sections (my not working does not have that last 2 , my last is menu section)
Format :
MPEG-4
Format profile :
Apple audio with iTunes info
Codec ID :
M4A
look at format profile ! it says Apple audio with iTunes info !
last thing is that i download from appstore app called Downcast, and try my enhanced podcast in that app wooow, everything work again ok when i stream, i see chapters i see pic. then at the end i download
Podreel — Enhanced podcast authoring tool for Windows
and try to build test podcast with that app, when i analyze enhanced podcast made with that app i see info say that podcast is made with garageband ??? this is fake tag made by podreel because podcast is made with podreel and not garage band, file made with podreel have this
Format :
MPEG-4
Format profile :
Apple audio with iTunes info
Codec ID :
M4A
again format profile is same like one from that working.
is podreel make fake tag because podcast app in iphone and ipad play exclusively enhnaced podcas make with garage band (podreel fake tag) or somebody know where I'm wrong. why my enhanced podcast don't play pics and chapters when is on iphone or ipad podcast app. i will write again that my file work on downcast app on iphone or ipad, work on pc in itunes, work on quicktime player etc work everywhere except there where i want to work in podcast app on iphone or ipad

hehe if somebody knows something this is def you Roger about first thing with seeing pic in itunes i think that i read all possible posts on web in last 7 days and nights and this is not working on my pc with control-click (Windows) but i don't care ! i wait for apple do magic bug fixing on new itunes version. And now about main problem. iOS devices are capable displaying chapter images because this is working right now with some podcast on my phone, i give you pic example iphone 4 iOS 6.1.2
in first pic you can see streaming podcast and chapters (little white dots on bar),second picture is first song with cover of single playing, and if you look close right from the clock zzz simbol is chapter logo, if you press it you will be see pic no.3 so this def working but working when you mad your podcast on mac with garage band ! that's why i write about format ids, tags etc
http://i.imgur.com/vy33H9y.png
http://i.imgur.com/g4P5iM1.png
http://i.imgur.com/zDOIwrC.png
i test your podcast episode 36 then episode 33 and 31 ! bad news my friend no chapters and no pictures only one main pic. but when i test your podcast in downcast app in my iphone wooo i see text i see your pic i see chapters i see everything. so that mean it's working everywhere like mine except iphone and ipad app and now we come to theory of garage band things tags in m4a files. you write that you have done all this in podcast maker not garage band. This is now real mistery to me !
i analyze your file here and you have in last section menu1 and menu 2 so maybe problem is somwhere around this, not in format id because you have ok format id like one that working ok

Viewing Enhanced Podcasts?

Hopefully I'm overlooking something, but I can't seem to figure out how to automatically view still images included in enhanced podcasts on my iPad. When I download the podcasts from iTunes, they load and play via my iPod application. I see the poster frame and the audio plays fine, but I can't see subsequent images the way I can when viewing the same podcasts in iTunes on my MBP, MP or MB.
The podcasts I'm trying to watch is "The Martin Bailey Photography Podcast," in case an example will help.
Thanks!
--jag

here's been my work around solution that seems to work fine - there's probably a quicker way, so let me know.
1. from garage band, share to disk (for better quality images, i took off the set images to 300x300 box). don't send to itunes yet. file exports as an .m4a.
2. open .m4a file using quicktime (i use quicktime player 10.0). file uploads images, chapters, etc.
3. save file as .mov file. (select format that works for you - i've been trying the HD 480p option).
4. drag .mov file to itunes.
5. sync MOVIES. play within movies.
6. play out of the video APP.
hope that helps. let me know if you have any better luck or other options. seems terrible that i would have to save every enhanced podcast as a .mov file.
-jjr

Enhanced podcasts

No where on Apple's site does it say that YOU MUST HAVE CHAPTER TOOL to post enhanced podcasts made in Garage band.
Yet it seems that other people on the web have posted this info.
http://www.voxmedia.org/wiki/PodcastChapterTool#iPodChapterBug
Why doesn't Apple have all the info we need to create and upload enhanced podcasts using Garage band and iweb posting to .mac and itunes?
After many calls to apple care no one mentions this in any support area! Yet at macworld posting an enhanced podcast required no chapter tool or work in Terminal! Please post the actual way to do this! Somewhere official from Apple.

This forum is for the program iWeb, which is not involved in the creation of podcasts. You should post your problem in the forums for Garageband:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=127
In any case, in the forums you are just talking to other users like yourself. To convey your wishes to Apple, use the feedback channels.

Enhanced Podcasts - opitmal photo sizes

The Nano, 4G and 5G iPods have a different screen sizes, so what's the best size for the pictures in an Enhanced Podcast?
Also, what format is best to avoid re-compression? -- Jpeg?
Thanks!

I started this post thinking the 4G and nano's ratios were the same, but now I've learned different! The 5G and nano resolutions have the same ratio, ie. a 320x240 picture scaled for the nano will still fill the screen. AND, I believe I ran tests earlier that showed that a picture at a 4:3 ratio will still fill an iPod color 4G screen with no black edges (I believe the left and right edges are chopped off.)
Anyway, the "perfect" solution would be to have three different sets of media (like this guy http://www.ipodsubwaymaps.com/) to prevent re-compression, but outside of that, if this is photos (not map info which has to be pixel perfect) create one 4:3 picture that will match either the nano's or 5G's native resolution. I'm not even certain if you should consider the 4G since, when I last checked, you couldn't get the artwork of an enhanced podcast to stay on the screen, so no one on those pods would see it anyway (unless Apple updates the firmware to handle this one day).
To answer your other question, I believe any image you offer is going to be recompressed by iTunes to show on the iPod, so start with a nice lossless format so the algorithm has a good source to sample from, like PNG.
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Podcast Episode and Chapter Artwork Lost in Export

I have been trying and trying to export my podcast to disk, but when I do, only the audio content comes through. The episode artwork and the chapter artwork do not appear. When I drag-and-drop the episode into iWeb, "Drag Image Here" appears where the artwork used to be. This is the first time this has happened I have not changed a thing about how I produce my podcasts.
While troubleshooting, I also tried to export to iWeb. Then the audio content and episode artwork appeared, but none of the chapter artworks did.
Please help! My listeners expect my podcasts every Sunday morning. Thank you!
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I'm also having a problem with this, although for me it's compounded slightly by the fact that I'm not even sure where I would view the podcast track.
The podcast track does not show up when I play the file from my disk, nor when I subscribe to the podcast via iTunes from my server. It also doesn't show when viewing the .m4a file in either Quicktime Player or in a web browser (via the QT plugin), nor in the Finder preview when I Get Info... (but I can hear the audio portion in all cases).
Is there any way to check if the podcast track is actually contained in the exported file? It's a 30 second .m4a file and weighs in at 616kb.
My export settings in Garageband are for Video Podcast, I have publish podcast checked, my podcast track is visible and there is no video track. My podcast track is 7 pictures, and I've set named and assigned urls to all of them, and selected Episode artwork and named and written a description for the episode.
I've tried a couple things like hiding and re-hiding the podcast track and such, but to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas on this? It's starting to make me annoyed =)
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Trouble viewing enhanced podcasts

When I am using iTunes, I can click on the album art and it displays (almost) full-screen in its own window.
When I am watching a video in iTunes, I can option-click the small image and the movie will play (almost) full-screen in its own window.
If I am watching an enhanced podcast (.m4b) in iTunes, the pictures change (like a slide show) at the beginning of each “chapter.” If I click one of these pictures, it displays (almost) full-screen in its own window. (So far so good...)
Here’s my question / problem:
When viewing an enhanced podcast in its own window, the pictures do not change in the large window. I can see the pictures still changing in the smaller “album art” window, but the only way to view the picture sequence in the larger window seems to be to click on the small image every time it advances to the new image.
Is this right? Is there some way to watch the changing pictures in their own window?
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here's been my work around solution that seems to work fine - there's probably a quicker way, so let me know.
1. from garage band, share to disk (for better quality images, i took off the set images to 300x300 box). don't send to itunes yet. file exports as an .m4a.
2. open .m4a file using quicktime (i use quicktime player 10.0). file uploads images, chapters, etc.
3. save file as .mov file. (select format that works for you - i've been trying the HD 480p option).
4. drag .mov file to itunes.
5. sync MOVIES. play within movies.
6. play out of the video APP.
hope that helps. let me know if you have any better luck or other options. seems terrible that i would have to save every enhanced podcast as a .mov file.
-jjr

View images from enhanced podcasts on AppleTV (2nd gen)

Is there a way to view the images embedded in enhanced audio podcasts through AppleTV? I listen to a number of photography podcasts that discuss particular images but the audio isn't much good if I cannot see the image. Thanks.

An example would be any audio podcast of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast or the History of Photography podcast by Jeff Curto... Is there a way to view the images embedded in enhanced audio podcasts through AppleTV?
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1) Download the podcast in your normal manner.
2) Delete the podcast from iTunes and send it to your trash can.
3) Drag the file back to your desktop.
4) Change the M4A (".m4a") file extension to M4V (".m4v").
5) Re-import the file to your iTunes library.
Your audio podcast will now load/play on the TV2 as if it were a video podcast.

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We have successfully put up artwork and have edited what we can for now on our Otis iTunes U Welcome page and course page. I have also added all audio-only Podcasts for now successfully (hooray for small victories!)
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When I upload a video, I can double click on it, and the video shows up.
When I upload an enhanced podcast, I see the same thing you do. I have to download the file to get the visual part of the enhanced podcast.
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Viewing chapter artwork in M4A enhanced podcasts

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