My podcast listing is empty, but my RSS feed is not. Why?

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My podcast listing is empty, but my RSS feed is not. Why?

I'm the maintainer of this podcast. This problem has just now come to my attention after several months of having no trouble.

When I look at the iTunes directory listing, none of my episodes are displaying now. When I look at the source RSS feed or the Feedburner feed, both display my content accurately. Why would my iTunes podcast listing be empty? How can I solve this problem?

The iTunes directory listing is here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ebay-radio/id449607385

The source RSS feed is here: http://www.voicemarketingradio.com/vmr/rss.xml

The Feedburner listing is here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ebayradioshow

Thanks in advance.

- Burt

Posted on Jun 17, 2012 1:32 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 17, 2012 1:57 AM in response to Burton Lo

Your feed has no 'enclosure' tags containing the URL of the media files - these are required for iTunes; hence the feed shows as empty in the Store and when subscribing. It is also missing the 'itunes declaration' in the second line which is essential for a feed to work:

All this makes the feed invalid as a podcast feed as far as iTunes is concerned. This page may be of help: it includes a sample basic feed so you can see how one should look:

http://rfwilmut.net/pc

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Burton Lo Author

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Jun 17, 2012 9:45 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Roger, thanks so much for the prompt and accurate answer to my problem. I'm implementing your suggestions now and I'll respond with my final solution. You have my gratitude!

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Burton Lo Author

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Jun 17, 2012 8:47 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Thanks again, Roger. My iTunes directory listing is correct now. My final solution was to use the "FileField Podcast" module for our Drupal site. It worked better than the iTunes module.

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