"We had difficulty downloading episodes from your feed" problem persists with valid feeds

When you enter the URL of one of your media files in the address bar in Safari it should play directly in the browser. Yours are downloading instead. The iTunes application downloads the files anyway, but the Store has to be able to play them off the server for them to work there. For this reason files where there is a forced download are rejected.

This is a common issue with SoundCloud - downloading appears to be the default setting. You need to set your files so that they play in a browser and don't force a download - I'm afraid I can't advise on the specifics of that.

Unfortunately I can't see your image (the forum software strikes again) but the instructions seem clear enough - thanks for the useful information.

I know, but neither the display nor your link work. This is a common problem in the forums and it's random - some people may be able to see it.

Eiznem,

I've tried this but iTunes keeps with the same error message 😟

brunosofia wrote:

I've tried this but iTunes keeps with the same error message

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What is the URL of your feed?

http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:108484280/sounds.rss

Your media file is still forcing a download (and downloading extremely slowly, in fact it seems to have stalled). If you've followed Eiznem's instructions exactly then I can only suggest taking it up with Soundcloud Support (if any).

I configured in the same way!

But now appears a new error messegage \o/

Podcast cover art must be at least 1400 x 1400 pixel JPG or PNG, in RGB color space, and hosted on a server that allows HTTP head requests.

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Your image is 2500 x 2500px and it has become apparent that this will be rejected as being too large. There is certainly no point in having it that size, it won't be displayed at anything like that. Furthermore at 532kB the file is too large - it must be less than 500kB. You should reduce the image to 1400 x 1400, which will also bring the file size down - give it a new name.

Roger,

I really don't know whats happening ... the old error message, backs !

I've changed the cover to 1400 to 1400

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The image has not changed (it's the image in the 'itunes:image' tag which matters) and the media file is still downloading. Both of these will get you rejected. You should check these points by entering the URL of the media file in a browser to confirm whether it is still downloading, and by examining the image referenced in that tag in the feed, before submitting again. I'm happy to check your feed whenever you think you've sorted it but there may well be a delay as obviously I can't be on here 24/7.

In this Apple Support site have a test to see if your feed URL pass ...

http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/podcasts/specs.html#testing

And it works...see image below.

That is simply subscribing manually to the feed. As doing this downloads the episodes, the forced download isn't an issue (though it may prevent playing without prior downloading): and the itunes:image is not used at all when subscribing. I'm afraid that as a test this isn't going to show up your problems.