The RSS feed of my podcasts are not working (Ithink?)
March 21, 2018 3:04 PM Subscribe
I run several podcasts, including Role Playing Public Radio and RPPR Actual Play. Lately, I have heard from many listeners that the RSS feeds are not updating correctly and I can't tell what is broken. Details below.
I use Wordpress with the Powerpress plugin to manage the RSS feeds for the podcasts. They are both listed on iTunes and are updating fine at the moment. I am also using a service called Podcast Mirror to speed up the RSS feeds. It redirects the /feed/podcast to a mirror which is much faster than my own site.
So I think the problem is related to different URLs for the feed - I have had the podcast up for years and I think the URL has changed from /feed to feed/podcast - but this is pure speculation. The RSS on iTunes is correct.
RPPR Actual Play RSS
Role Playing Public Radio RSS
Listeners comment about their problems here.
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this problem. When I check my podcasting apps, they work fine for me but if all of these listeners are having problems, then it can't just be them, can it? I just checked Google Play Music's podcast settings and it was set to /feed/ instead of /feed/podcast for both feeds. I asked them to change it. Are there other podcast directory sites that might have the old URLs? Where should I look?
I use Wordpress with the Powerpress plugin to manage the RSS feeds for the podcasts. They are both listed on iTunes and are updating fine at the moment. I am also using a service called Podcast Mirror to speed up the RSS feeds. It redirects the /feed/podcast to a mirror which is much faster than my own site.
So I think the problem is related to different URLs for the feed - I have had the podcast up for years and I think the URL has changed from /feed to feed/podcast - but this is pure speculation. The RSS on iTunes is correct.
RPPR Actual Play RSS
Role Playing Public Radio RSS
Listeners comment about their problems here.
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this problem. When I check my podcasting apps, they work fine for me but if all of these listeners are having problems, then it can't just be them, can it? I just checked Google Play Music's podcast settings and it was set to /feed/ instead of /feed/podcast for both feeds. I asked them to change it. Are there other podcast directory sites that might have the old URLs? Where should I look?
Response by poster: Are the newest episodes from a few days ago?
posted by clockworkjoe at 3:23 PM on March 21, 2018
posted by clockworkjoe at 3:23 PM on March 21, 2018
RPPR Actual Play's episode "Spirit of 77..." (Mar 18) just loaded and plays in Overcast. In the other RPPR feed, the newest show appears to be from Dec 19, 2017.
(Comcast/Tallahassee, FL, if ISP/geography play a role.)
UPDATE: Clicking through to your listeners' comments, I see that's not really new information. Sorry!
posted by easement1 at 4:47 PM on March 21, 2018
(Comcast/Tallahassee, FL, if ISP/geography play a role.)
UPDATE: Clicking through to your listeners' comments, I see that's not really new information. Sorry!
posted by easement1 at 4:47 PM on March 21, 2018
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posted by Fortran at 3:19 PM on March 21, 2018