Help! -Rejected podcast

My podcast has been rejected twice now. Any tips? My RSS feed is https://jrmichaux.libsyn.com/rss


Thank you in advice for taking the time to answer me !

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 7:06 AM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2019 7:57 AM

Your image's file size is way too large at 5.4MB. You need to get it down below 500kB. I would have expected this to have been rejected automatically when you validated the feed in Podcasts Connect prior to submitting it.


The validation there is for technical problems with the feed. The staff then assess your podcast for content. The sort of things which can get you rejected are listed in the page linked to in the email you received. I can't check on the content because I don't speak French.


However though my understanding (which means guess) is that they check only the top episode in the feed, your other episode is in fact the earlier one, and it has no playable media, so as far as iTunes is concerned it isn't an episode at all (and wouldn't show it). I suppose it's possible that it is this which has caused the issue, though I have no way of knowing. I would advise either putting some playable media into it or removing it, at least until you've been accepted.


Read the list they linked to and make sure you haven't breached any of the guidlines. If you have any strong or sexual language at all you need to change your 'itunes:explicit' tags to 'yes' - Apple are quite touchy about this sort of content, and though you are allowed- within limits - to include it they want visitors warned about it.

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Feb 10, 2019 7:57 AM in response to jean-romain48

Your image's file size is way too large at 5.4MB. You need to get it down below 500kB. I would have expected this to have been rejected automatically when you validated the feed in Podcasts Connect prior to submitting it.


The validation there is for technical problems with the feed. The staff then assess your podcast for content. The sort of things which can get you rejected are listed in the page linked to in the email you received. I can't check on the content because I don't speak French.


However though my understanding (which means guess) is that they check only the top episode in the feed, your other episode is in fact the earlier one, and it has no playable media, so as far as iTunes is concerned it isn't an episode at all (and wouldn't show it). I suppose it's possible that it is this which has caused the issue, though I have no way of knowing. I would advise either putting some playable media into it or removing it, at least until you've been accepted.


Read the list they linked to and make sure you haven't breached any of the guidlines. If you have any strong or sexual language at all you need to change your 'itunes:explicit' tags to 'yes' - Apple are quite touchy about this sort of content, and though you are allowed- within limits - to include it they want visitors warned about it.

Feb 10, 2019 8:15 AM in response to jean-romain48

I downloaded your image (referenced in the 'itunes:image' tag) to examine it:


<itunes:image href="https://ssl-static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/1/c/a/a1caf64812da4bf7/Instagram_Cover-01.jpg" />


Your episode is dated February 3rd. You also have an episode dated February 2nd, entitled 'Salut des Riches'. This has no playable media - meaning sound recording such as is in your other episode. This episode appears at the bottom of the feed: I suspect it's got in there by accident.

Feb 10, 2019 8:09 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Hi and thank you.


Could you tell me where did you see the image size ?


"However though my understanding (which means guess) is that they check only the top episode in the feed, your other episode is in fact the earlier one, and it has no playable media, so as far as iTunes is concerned it isn't an episode at all (and wouldn't show it). I suppose it's possible that it is this which has caused the issue, though I have no way of knowing. I would advise either putting some playable media into it or removing it, at least until you've been accepted."


I'm sorry I dont get that part. There is only one episode online right now. And there is no explicit language inside. What do you call some playable media ?


Thank you very much for your answer.

Feb 10, 2019 7:12 AM in response to jean-romain48


Dear Podcast Provider,


The following podcast has not been included in the iTunes podcast directory. 


Name: Salut Les Riches

Feed URL: https://jrmichaux.libsyn.com/rss 


Submissions may not be included on Apple Podcasts for a variety of reasons. See Podcasts Connect Help [https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itc8a10a0c56] for more information. 



Atentamente, 


El equipo del iTunes Store

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