Hello. I am trying to upload my first podcast to iTunes by pasting the below link and it keeps coming up with 'we had difficulty downloading episodes of your feed.' I've been all over the forums and can't find an answer that works. Please let me! Thank you.
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:166206588/sounds.rss
The URL you have given for your media file is
This is plainly wrong; the correct URL is
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/217420629-prize-pig-pigcast-episode-1-be-wow. mp3
However 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 this and future files not to download. eiznem has posted the process:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6523821?answerId=26564459022#26564459022
Thank you for your time Roger. I have updated the 'downloads' as you suggest and pasted the below however I am now getting a new error message:
Error parsing feed: Invalid XML: Error on Line 1: Content is not allowed in prolog. Any ideas?
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/217420629-prize-pig-pigcast-episode-1-be-wow. mp3
That's the URL for the media file. You need to submit the URL for the feed:
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:166206588/sounds.rss
However the URL for the media file in the feed is still the incorrect one I quoted above, and even with the correct URL the file is still forcing a download.
Thanks Roger - that URL is coming up with We had difficulty downloading episodes your feed. Do you know the steps I can take to fix this?
The feed still has the incorrect URL for the media file, with your own domain stuck on the front of it, so it's coming up as 'file not found'; and even when you correct it the file still forces a download.
Thank you Roger. It seems I had my URL in the Stats service URL prefix
I have now cleared that and it works! Have a great nnight. Thank you.
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