Mocoda Interactive Feed

Mocoda Blog


November 2011
07: We've changed our phone number
August 2011
18: Google + the Next Scoial Network
July 2011
29: It's Time To Include Social Technology In Your Crisis Communication Strategy
27: Facebook unveils Skype video chat
24: Google+ and Facebook: Is the Internet big enough for two social networks?
June 2011
12: Brand New Website Launches for The Hangbelly Lure Company
12: EcoTec Environmental Consultants Launches New Website
April 2011
05: Downtown Georgetown’s Website Has A New Look
March 2011
31: The +1 button - Google's Answer to Facebook Like - But Who Will Use It?
February 2011
20: Welcome Acer Landscapes Website to the World
December 2010
24: Happy Holidays from Mocoda Interactive
October 2010
09: Halton First Police Service in Canada to Introduce Online Reporting
September 2010
15: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Released Today
February 2010
11: Google get 'Buzzed' and IBM plays with the iPhone
December 2009
24: Warm Wishes from Mocoda Interactive
14: Who Flocks To Twitter?
July 2009
30: Use Twitter for Your Business
December 2008
23: Price Increases - Effective January 1 2009
October 2008
06: Spicy Web Designer Interview
July 2008
24: Cision Documents Rapidly Growing Blog Influence in Print Media Elevates Need to Develop Strong Blogger Relationships
May 2008
28: Firefox 3 Download Day 2008
09: Spam is 30-years-old and growing stronger
08: They don’t use social media in my industry
01: Newspapers are dead
April 2008
21: PayPal Plans to Block Safari and Old Browsers
19: Should you forward that email?
18: British Police Use Facebook to Gather Evidence
09: Drop Down Menus A Bad Idea
03: Scotiabank uses Wikis and Blogs
March 2008
19: Create PDF documents on the fly - for Free!
12: Windows Live Messenger gets a fresh new look
05: Microsoft Releases Latest Email Program
February 2008
25: Report: Consumers spending more time online
23: Textile - Quick Reference Guide
22: Pixton the user-generated comic strip.
21: Small Companies are Finding a Home on the Web
20: Got iTunes? Get Podcasts!
18: RocketDock - The single greatest piece of software for Windows. Ever.
16: A Warning to Our Hosting Customers
12: CutePDF Writer the Free PDF Creator
10: Scribus the Free Professional Page Layout Program
January 2008
08: "Secret Crush" Facebook Application Spreads Zango Adware/Spyware
December 2007
13: Spam: Where it Came From, and How to Escape It
06: Do Your Potential Customers Forget About You?
November 2007
29: A New Breed Of Autoresponder, Auto Message Setup
22: Holiday Action Saves a Sour Shopping Season
18: Mac iTunes Podcasting Frustration
15: Putting The "Service" Back In "Customer Service"
08: 4 Steps to Guarantee Better Search Engine Indexing
01: Splashup Free Photo Editing
October 2007
27: Easy Voice Broadcasts
22: Overwhelmed by e-mail?
05: Sign of the times?
03: Welcome to our new website!
01: flauntR the free online photo editor
September 2007
24: CalendarsQuick create professional-looking printable calendars
17: BatchBook Contact Management
April 2007
18: Bridgewatercontracting.com featured on design showcase sites
March 2007
07: Online to Account for Majority of US Travel Market
05: OMG, Teens Phone, IM, MySpace and Text!
02: Is Your Mom Blogging?
01: An exploding trend: real estate blogs
January 2007
10: What the Heck is RSS?
09: Time's Person of the Year: You
December 2006
01: Entrepreneurial Growth Opportunity
November 2006
29: MSN, Windows Live Release 'Blogging India: A Windows Live Report
28: Time to start blogging
27: Blogging is a powerful means of communicating
04: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) launches first blog: nextgreatinnovator.com
October 2006
27: Microsoft Releases New Browser IE 7
25: Cardinal hopes his blog clicks with Web-savvy Catholics
09: IE7 to ship with Windows patches tomorrow
08: Today, Small Business Can Think Really Big
04: India's First Blogging Site on Relationships
01: Your Blog Is (or Should Be) A Coffee Shop
September 2006
30: Sacramento Police Use Blog To Connect To Community
27: RSS Helps Law Firm Cut Through Information Clutter
26: Blogs and RSS gain momentum
25: Windows Live Search Goes live
17: Naked Conversations
06: What a Blog Can Do For Your Small Business
August 2006
30: Small Business Blogging
25: Blogs Will Change Your Business
16: Marketing Tool?
15: Business Blogs

Mac iTunes Podcasting Frustration

Posted: 2007-11-18 Under: General

A recent job for a client had us building a blog and a podcast, not that unusual for a modern site. However, we noticed a small issue, the podcast would load properly on a PC, you could load the audio file directly from the site, enter the feed into iTunes from the site, or subscribe to the podcast directly from iTunes, but not on a Mac.

iTunes and iPod

We did a lot of research, both online and off, and couldn’t find a solution, everything looked correct. As we were using Feedburner for the podcasting feed we tested and retested the feed using the large number of tools available from Feedburner.

Nothing.

The feed was valid.

Everything was fine.

Then it struck me, I was looking at the XML for the feed and noticed that the filename for the audio file had spaces in it! This was in the URL for the audio file for the feed. Feedburner wasn’t encoding the spaces to the expected %20, they were just spaces.

I quickly renamed the file trading hyphens for spaces, reset the feed, waited for iTunes to sync up, about 5 minutes. And like magic everything was working perfectly on a Mac.

I can’t tell you why this feed with the spaces works on the PC version of iTunes and fails in the Mac version, but if you ever run into this problem, check your filename for spaces.


Like this article? Share it!