Rysz
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Q: Podcasts & Episodes multiplying like a plague

Many podcasts are listed multiple times, usually with the same episodes inside. In the attached example It shows The New Yorker: Fiction twice with the same five episodes inside plus an additional six times with the same two episodes inside.

 

Did anyone find a solution for this issue? I already tried Unsubscribing, Deleting, then Resubscribing on all synced devices, not just on the iPad.

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iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 9.3

Posted on Apr 23, 2016 1:00 PM

by turingtest2,Solvedanswer
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I tend not to sync very often and will download independently on my device. I turned off the sync podcast settings feature when it was first introduced and it tried to throw away some 1,700 saved episodes. (Bad hoarder!)

 

tt2

Posted on Apr 24, 2016 1:34 PM

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  • by turingtest2,Helpful

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 24, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Rysz
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    Apr 24, 2016 1:53 PM in response to Rysz

    This seems to happen whenever the feed URL for a podcast changes. In the past I made an effort to fix my older episodes with an external editor (since iTunes cannot get to the field) and then refreshed iTunes view of the information which fixed things. However it is altogether too tedious to do on a regular basis and I gave up.

     

    tt2

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Apr 24, 2016 1:01 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Apr 24, 2016 1:01 PM in response to turingtest2

    The URL changes do affect downloads from time to time. In this case, however, it would mean that New Yorker is changing them many times each day. Just doesn't seem likely...

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    Rysz Rysz Apr 24, 2016 1:11 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Apr 24, 2016 1:11 PM in response to turingtest2

    tt2,

    Did you by chance experiment with turning Podcasts syncing OFF?

     

    Doing that would greatly affect my workflow, but if it solves the many issues I've been having with Podcasts, I might need to consider this option.

     

    Thanks in advance

  • by turingtest2,Solvedanswer

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 24, 2016 1:34 PM in response to Rysz
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    Apr 24, 2016 1:34 PM in response to Rysz

    I tend not to sync very often and will download independently on my device. I turned off the sync podcast settings feature when it was first introduced and it tried to throw away some 1,700 saved episodes. (Bad hoarder!)

     

    tt2

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Apr 24, 2016 1:52 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Apr 24, 2016 1:52 PM in response to turingtest2

    In my case, syncing of saved episodes from devices to my Mac (the only place I want to keep Saved podcasts) is the main reason I have syncing turned on.

     

    Anyway, I think I'll take your advice and give up on syncing, this is also the only way that I know of to have different podcasts on different devices, i.e., video podcasts only on iPad, audio podcasts only on iPhone.

     

    Thank you.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 24, 2016 2:28 PM in response to Rysz
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    Apr 24, 2016 2:28 PM in response to Rysz

    You're welcome.

     

    tt2