I am trying to my podcast to work but I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. My tumblr feed is http://virtual-leftovers.tumblr.com/rss and the feedburner feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/virtualleftovers

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4683451?answerId=20981722022#20981722022

See the link above:

Plain and simple just don't use dropbox for your podcast files or RSS feed hosting if you actually want your podcast to work well with iTunes and iOS devices.

Dropbox is not meant for podcasting. There are many discussions about this on the forum boards - they all end the same way - dropping dropbox - and getting a real podcast host that can handle byte-range requests.

Regards,

Rob W

podCast411

You are unlikely to find a free hosting service which is satisfactory. They have to make a profit somehow, usually by adding adverts to customers' web pages, and there is no advantage to them in hosting media files where they can't do that - or in providing the bandwidth for a lot of downloads.

Any competent ordinary website hosting service will do - there are many to choose from, some quite reasonably priced - and indeed your ISP may provide some web space as part of your connection plan.

However the service must provide 'byte range requests' (this is the method used by the iPhone, where only part of the file is requested at a time) or Apple will reject your podcast: you need to ask any service you are considering using whether they can handle this, and if they say no or don't know what it is go somwhere else.

Libsyn.com supports byte range requests and starts at $5 a month. The service is 100% compatible with iTunes and provides not just the hosting but also the RSS feed creation and management you need for iTunes.