SoundCloud RSS problem

It's the usual problem. When you enter the URL of your media file in a browser it downloads instead of playing within the browser as it should. This means that although it works in the iTunes application, the Store can't play it within its own page.

You need to set each file not to download. eiznem has posted the process:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6523821?answerId=26564459022#26564459022

I can't advise on how SoundCloud works; only that the experience is that if you have it set to download the Store can't read the files and your podcast won't be accepted there (and if you turn it off now but back on later your episodes won't play in the Store). The feed itself is already iTunes-compliant and I would have thought shouldn't be affected by what you do with the media file settings.

I'm having this problem as well and making the tracks not downloadable has not solved the issue. Any other ideas?

egambrill wrote:

I'm having this problem as well and making the tracks not downloadable has not solved the issue. Any other ideas?

Well, not without being able to look at your feed.

Whoops, I'm so sorry! This is my first time on these help boards. Here is my RSS feed:

http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:109705101/sounds.rss

Thank you for any help you can give!

I checked your most recent episode and it is forcing a download rather than playing in a browser - this will cause it to be rejected as the Store cannot handle it.

Hmmm. I'm not sure why that is, as I disabled the download feature in the permissions. Maybe I will try uploading the file again. Thank you for helping.

I have the same problem.

Currently I have 20 episodes up on Soundcloud, all with the download disabled and also the profile pic is 1400x1400 and below 500 KB.

Hence I don't understand what I am doing wrong. My RSS feed is the following:

http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:73035108/sounds.rss

Any help/support is greatly appreciated 🙂

Thanks, Alex

It's the same issue - your audio files are downloading rather than playing.

Thanks Roger,

BUT.... the downloading is set to DISABLED for all the audio files in their permissions, so that can't be the issue. If you check here, https://soundcloud.com/djalexvega you will also see that the download icon does NOT appear 😉

I also updated the profile pic to meet the requirements, but it still does not work 😟

All I can tell you is that when you enter the URL of your top episode's media file in a browser it downloads, when it should play in the browser. This will prevent the iTunes Store from being able to handle it since it needs to play it from the server. You need to set each file not to download. eiznem has posted the process:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6523821?answerId=26564459022#26564459022

As to the image, it has all the correct parameters. Are you getting a specific message about the image?