Help with podcast feeds and m4a file type.

[Amandomino]

I have to say I am so pleased with Podlove Publisher but I just need help with one more thing.

I want to start using enhanced podcasts so m4a file type. I understand sometimes the file type is not recognized as audio so in my htaccess file I've added AddType audio/x-m4a .m4a AddType audio/x-m4b .m4b

I am still having problems getting the feed to pick up the episode in m4a format. Mp3 works fine.

My feeds are currently set like this:

http://makingstarwars.net/feed/podcast/ MP3 Audio (mp3) 
http://makingstarwars.net/feed/podcast/ MPEG-4 AAC Audio (m4a)

However, when I check the feed through iTunes, I'm told this is the correct feed:

http://makingstarwars.net/feed/mp3/

In the mean time I set up a redirect for http://makingstarwars.net/feed/mp3/ to go to http://makingstarwars.net/feed/podcast/ but I have no idea which feed is correct and if the confusion is what is preventing the m4a file type from being picked up in the feed.

Thank you so much for this awesome plugin and all your help!

Here is my log file if you need it:

Website http://makingstarwars.net PHP Version 5.3.24 WordPress Version 3.8 Publisher Version 1.9.7-alpha Web Player Version 2.0.17 curl Version 7.19.7 iconv available allow_url_fopen 1 simplexml ok max_execution_time 120 upload_max_filesize 128M memory_limit 256M disable_classes
disable_functions
permalinks ok podcast_settings
web_player ok

0 errors 0 notices Nice, Everything looks fine!

[eteubert]

You need to create a separate feed.

Go to

add a new one and fill out the form like this

[Amandomino]

I made the separate feed and once again my m4a file is not being picked up by any feed.

Which feed should itunes be looking at?

[eteubert]

I guess m4a is fine for iTunes.

I just reread your first post and see that both of your feeds have the same slug "podcast". This cannot work! Each feed must have a separate URL (see my screenshot above).

One more verification: In the Podlove → Dashboard "Validate Podcast Files" box, are there green checkmarks for all files?

[Amandomino]

Yes, all the files are there and validated.

If I'm supposed to have two separate feeds, which one is iTunes reading? When I submitted my podcast to iTunes it was with the "podcast" feed, so how will it use two separate feeds that don't use "podcast" for the slug?

On Jan 8, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Eric Teubert notifications@github.com wrote:

I guess m4a is fine for iTunes.

I just reread your first post and see that both of your feeds have the same slug "podcast". This cannot work! Each feed must have a separate URL (see my screenshot above).

One more verification: In the Podlove → Dashboard "Validate Podcast Files" box, are there green checkmarks for all files?

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[eteubert]

1. Go to Podlove → Expert Settings → Redirects.
2. Add a rule from /feed/podcast to /feed/m4a

Now all requests to the old feed will be redirected to the m4a feed. iTunes should pick it up after some time (maybe days).

[Amandomino]

Yes, I already did that and it didn't pick up the episode. I will try again.

Since all my older episodes are in mp3 will I need a redirect from the mp3 feed as well?

Thanks.

On Jan 8, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Eric Teubert notifications@github.com wrote:

Go to Podlove → Expert Settings → Redirects. Add a rule from /feed/podcast to /feed/m4a Now all requests to the old feed will be redirected to the m4a feed. iTunes should pick it up after some time (maybe days).

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[eteubert]

Ah, now I think I see the misunderstanding. You cannot have a "mixed" feed, so you need all your episodes in both mp3 and m4a. So in the end you have a complete feed with all your episodes in mp3 (say /feed/mp3), a complete feed with all your episodes in m4a (say /feed/m4a) and a redirect from /feed/podcast to /feed/m4a.

If you are not already using it, https://auphonic.com/ is great for media file conversion. They also have a batch mode to easily convert a lot of files.