emily_a

Q: Certain podcasts won't play in my iTunes. Help?

I'm trying to stream episodes of podcasts I'm subscribed to, but when I double-click them, nothing happens. If I try to download (which I thought would fix it), the little exclamation point pops up next to it. I've tried quitting and restarting iTunes itself and restarting my computer, but nothing has helped. They worked fine yesterday, and this has been an issue all day.

 

Should I just wait it out and see what happens tomorrow, or is there a quicker fix?

MacBook Pro, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on May 1, 2016 3:39 PM

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Q: Certain podcasts won't play in my iTunes. Help?

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz May 1, 2016 3:45 PM in response to emily_a
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    May 1, 2016 3:45 PM in response to emily_a

    It might be that you have no connection to the podcast server, hence nothing streams or downloads. Are your other internet connections fine?

     

    You can try and go to the podcasts section of the iTunes Store, search for the podcast, then click Get the specific episode directly from the store.

  • by emily_a,

    emily_a emily_a May 1, 2016 3:51 PM in response to Rysz
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    May 1, 2016 3:51 PM in response to Rysz

    Yeah, my computer and phone are both connected to wifi. It's only happening with a couple of the handful I'm subscribed to, not every single one.

  • by emily_a,

    emily_a emily_a May 1, 2016 3:55 PM in response to emily_a
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    May 1, 2016 3:55 PM in response to emily_a

    ETA: I tried clicking "get" for the specific episodes and that didn't work. The previews for the episodes don't work for me either.

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz May 1, 2016 4:00 PM in response to emily_a
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    May 1, 2016 4:00 PM in response to emily_a

    Since only specific podcasts are affected it's like this is a server issue at the publisher's end. You can attempt to contact them, but as you suggested, giving it time might be all that can be done.