RSS feed issues

I'm trying to set up an RSS feed in our iTunes U and I'm getting errors as well. I seem to randomly get two errors: "Nothing responded at URL", or the "There was a problem updating group... URL could not be read" error mentioned above. I tried the suggestion of removing the XML line at the top of the document but that doesn't seem to be working for me.

I've used RSS in another course in the past and had it load successfully, but if I try pointing the new course to the working course's RSS feed, it won't load that one either. Is the RSS feature dead?

Are there still issues with RSS feeds? I successfully at added a feed last week, but am currently getting the generic "The iTunes Store is currently unavailable" error when I try to refresh or add new content.

Is it truly unavailable, or is that a catch-all message for "something bad has happened?"

I'm trying to use a feed provided by libsyn:

feed://podcastdoctor.libsyn.com/rss

And it is giving me the same errors as mentioned in this thread:

There was a problem updating the group titled TabName in course CourseTitle - the url http://media.libsyn.com/media/podcastdoctor/40Dr._Rudi_Ansbacher_-Menopause.mp3 could not be read

I don't have control over the libsyn feed, and cannot tell if:

1) the redirect on the media file is the cause
2) the xml feed is invalid (libsyn support said it was OK).

The frustrating thing is this feed is used in the Apple Store on the Podcasting side... so I am not sure why it won't also work in iTunesU.

Thanks!

John

Make sure the feed url ends with a .xml for the file. iTunes U requires the .xml suffix in order to parse the RSS feed correctly.

Thanks! That fixed the problem.

Duncan,

When did this change? We have been using feed urls that ended in .aspx since June and today they stopped working.

All of my feeds sent an error message to my email address today... so it may not be something wrong with your feed name.

Thank you for the information. The feeds are being accepted again, the problem appears to be resolved.

I am getting exactly the same "cannot read" error as mentioned by the original poster. Our xml file is being generated by Podcast Maker, and works fine as a subscription podcast in the "regular" side of iTunes. I've tried the suggestions in this thread to no avail. Even had an Apple rep look at it in an iTunes seminar here yesterday, and could not figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. The feed url is as follows:

http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/TalkAboutIT/TalkAboutIT.xml

I have successfully added other xml files from off campus. Is it something to do with the :8080 port designation?

Marty

Message was edited by: Marty Ellenberger