Some of my podcasts not syncing

Not sure if this helps ... but throwing my experience in here. I am getting sporadic episodes skipped when I try to sync from iTunes to my iPhone 7 plus. like I have first, third, seventh etc ... skipping a lot of episodes. I tried to resync after verifying that my episodes are manually set to "Not Played" ... and setting say "download all unplayed". Still no good.

This worked though ...

with device not connected ... in iTunes only. Select all episodes, and select Get Info, and edit to change media type to "Music". It will now show up as an Album in your music. Connect the device and sync. Next, disconnect device and select all the "songs" in the album in iTunes, right click, and select Get Info, again, and toggle in OPTIONS from music to Podcast. Sync again. All episodes of the podcast that are in iTunes will go to the device.

Sometimes, this needs a few rounds for me ...

I will offer this about my situation. I created my own podcast from mp3 files ... they are teaching episodes that have 100 or more "episodes" ... not songs. I want them as PODCAST so that I can rewind 15 seconds and re-listen again to catch complicated things being taught in the course. I also do not want them deleted, once listened to, from my phone. I re-listen to them multiple times before I manually delete them from my podcast.

And this ...

I like id3edcmd works great to wrap perl scripts to quickly edit things like track x of X in the mp3 files, or change the title, or change the cover design (although I know you can do that in iTunes as well).

Hope this helped ... Let me know too, I'm interested.

Is this because there is some setting that only lets you sync podcasts you have not listened to onto your I-pod?

Yes. Double check to make sure podcasts and configured to sync to your device from under the iPod's Podcast configuration tab.

To access the Podcasts tab for your iPod, plug your iPod in and click on it from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes. This will bring you to the Summary tab. Along the top you should see a Podcasts tab, so go ahead and click on it. Here you can configure how and what podcasts sync to your iPod.

If you do make any changes to do this tab, make sure to hit the Apply button in the lower right hand corner to Apply the update changes to your device.

B-rock

So your iPod is now configured to sync all episodes of all podcasts? Could you perhaps provide a screenshot of your Podcasts tab to verify that the settings are correct? Are you getting any error messages during the sync of the iPod with iTunes?

Perhaps you should reset warnings on your device and then resync. Right->click on the iPod under Devices in the left hand pane and select Reset warnings. Then resync your iPod. This should bring back any previously acknolwedged or ignored errors.

B-rock

That means the podcast producer has started uploading their podcasts in a format that is no longer supported by your iPod Classic. It's likely that the format is intended for newer iOS devices.

iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod

B-rock

See here: Identifying iPod models

Or contact the producer about the issue.

B-rock

I know this is on the iPod classic thread, but I have a similar problem with mine. I have a 4th Generation iPod touch and I'm getting the same message lynnhopes recieved. I feel like the format should at least be supported on mine. I am attempting to sync some of my D23 DisneyGeek podcasts. Is it possible that the producers have it configured so that podcasts can only be viewed off a computer and not synced to an iPod?

It's possible, but either way I think you should contact the producer of those particular podcasts and let them know about the issues you are having trying to sync them to your iPod Touch.

B-rock

hey I think I know how to solve our problem:

You need to highlight all the podcasts that do not sync and got to "get info" and then go to "options" and change "media kind" to "iTunes U"

Now you go to iTunes U under LIBRARY and individualy get info of each podcast and change media kind to podcast.

this method may work for you.

hope it works, good luck!!

I am getting the same message with a tv show. I have 7 episodes on the classic the other 17 will not download? Anyone know why this is? I downloaded it from iTunes. I have already tried a restore.

Sounds like you are trying to sync the HD version of the TV Episode. You should try to download the Standard Definition copy instead and sync that to your device as HD content is not compatible with the Nano.

To prevent HD versions from being downloaded in the future head to the iTunes Store, click the Purchased link, and then select TV Shows and remove the tick mark next toDownload HD when available. You should be able to download the SD version now from under this same page.

B-rock

I have been fighting this for a few days with the new Chick McGee podcast and finally figured it out. Everything was set right in Itunes podcasts but I went to the podcasts tab on my iPod Touch and the podcast wasn't checked. I checked it and all is right with the world again, it synched right up like it's supposed to.

Thanks for sharing! 😝

B-rock