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I'm trying to create a podcast and I'm having issues submitting it to itunes. I created an MP3 file which is hosted on archive.org. I then took that file and put it in a blogger post and then linked it to a Feedburner feed. So far I have tried removing the s in https along with a few other things. If someone can help I would appreciate it very much.


MP3 File-https://archive.org/details/mark_usdualsports_Fdx

Blogger site-http://dirtbikepodcast.blogspot.com/

FeedBurner-http://feeds.feedburner.com/DirtBikePodcast


Keep in mind this is just a test file so the audio on it will make you laugh.


Thanks

Posted on May 27, 2015 6:24 PM

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Posted on May 27, 2015 11:34 PM

The URL your feed gives for the top episode's media file is


http://archive.org/details/mark_usdualsports_Fdx


This is a link to an Archive.org web page and won't work - you have to give a direct link to the media file. If you copy the URL of the 'VBR.MP3' option in the sidebar, and you change the http to https, you get


http://ia801506.us.archive.org/27/items/mark_usdualsports_Fdx/fdx.mp3


This works. However I shouldn't try submitting your podcast in its present state. The Store staff won't accept 'test' feeds; part of the process is checking your episode to make sure it has no unacceptable content, so they need to see a proper episode, not the current brief one.

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May 27, 2015 11:34 PM in response to usdualsports

The URL your feed gives for the top episode's media file is


http://archive.org/details/mark_usdualsports_Fdx


This is a link to an Archive.org web page and won't work - you have to give a direct link to the media file. If you copy the URL of the 'VBR.MP3' option in the sidebar, and you change the http to https, you get


http://ia801506.us.archive.org/27/items/mark_usdualsports_Fdx/fdx.mp3


This works. However I shouldn't try submitting your podcast in its present state. The Store staff won't accept 'test' feeds; part of the process is checking your episode to make sure it has no unacceptable content, so they need to see a proper episode, not the current brief one.

May 29, 2015 11:50 PM in response to usdualsports

The image itself is OK, but its filename is Podcast+logo.png, appearing in the feed with the html code for the + sign, Podcast%2Blogo.png. This works OK in a browser but it's quite possible it's upsetting the Store. You shouldn't use anything in a filename other than letters, numbers, hyphen and underscore. Try substituting a hyphen.

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