"Can't download episodes from your feed" - no idea what I'm doing wrong

I currently am hosting my podcast at https://forscreenandcountry.blogspot.com/ and host the files on my Google Drive account where I set the folder I'm using to allow anyone to view the files. I then used FeedBurner (http://feeds.feedburner.com/4screenandcountry) to run a feed from my Blogger page. I've included the file enclosures and my feed is valid but when I try to submit to iTunes it says that it "can't download episodes from your feed." Can anyone take a closer look at this and possibly help me out? Thank you SO much.

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 9:31 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2018 12:44 AM

The URL given for your media file is feedproxy.google.com/~r/4screenandcountry/~5/vbICOD6aCeo/open (http:// removed so that the forum will show the URL not the title). Feedproxy is dodgy where podcasts are concerned, and in any case iTunes can't recognize files without the extention - .mp3, .,4a etc.


This redirects to a Google Drive URL which is a web page with an embedded player - this won't work: you must provide a direct link to the file. You need to find somehwere else to host your files - Google Drive simply doesn't work with podcasting. The URL must lead directly to the file, it must show the extension, if you enter the URL in a browser the file must play directly in the browser, not download, and the server must support 'byte range requests' (the method used by iPhones to download files), something you'd need a proposed host to confirm.

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Oct 30, 2018 12:44 AM in response to brenw30

The URL given for your media file is feedproxy.google.com/~r/4screenandcountry/~5/vbICOD6aCeo/open (http:// removed so that the forum will show the URL not the title). Feedproxy is dodgy where podcasts are concerned, and in any case iTunes can't recognize files without the extention - .mp3, .,4a etc.


This redirects to a Google Drive URL which is a web page with an embedded player - this won't work: you must provide a direct link to the file. You need to find somehwere else to host your files - Google Drive simply doesn't work with podcasting. The URL must lead directly to the file, it must show the extension, if you enter the URL in a browser the file must play directly in the browser, not download, and the server must support 'byte range requests' (the method used by iPhones to download files), something you'd need a proposed host to confirm.

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