My podcast doesn't work with ipodder

[bramley]

I can't seem to get my podcast from eatfeed.com to work with the ipodder aggregator. It works with Jaeger and other aggregators. The help section on the ipodder.org website also says there is nothing wrong with my xml code. Can anybody give me some help? I've copied the code below. Thanks.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
- <rss version="2.0">
- <channel>
<title>EatFeed</title>
<description>The food and cooking podcast that takes you back in time, across the country, around the world, and back to your own table.</description>
<link>http://www.eatfeed.com</link>
<category domain="www.eatfeed.com">food, cooking, food history, entertaining</category>
<copyright>Kelly Amienne 2005</copyright>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
<language>en-us</language>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:23:02 -0500</lastBuildDate>
<managingEditor>annebramley@eatfeed.com</managingEditor>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:01 -0500</pubDate>
<webMaster>tech@eatfeed.com</webMaster>
<generator>FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.1.0) unlicensed version</generator>
- <item>
<title>Easy Japanesey</title>
<description>Easy Japanese meals to make at home: soba, curry, green tea ice cream, tonkatsu, and marinated fish. Plus the theory of rice.</description>
<link>http://www.eatfeed.com/Easy Japanesey.mp3</link>
<author>Anne Bramley</author>
<category domain="www.eatfeed.com">food, cooking, food history, entertaining</category>
<comments>feedback@eatfeed.com</comments>
<enclosure url="http://www.eatfeed.com/Easy Japanesey.mp3" length="34537739" type="audio/mpeg" />
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:01 -0500</pubDate>
</item>
- <item>
<title>Beyond Cheeseheads</title>
<description>This week's podcast takes us to Wisconsin where we talk with regional food specialists. Hmong cuisine ingredients and restaurants, Scandinavian influences, church suppers, fish boils, and great beer and cheese.</description>
<link>http://www.eatfeed.com/Beyond Cheeseheads.mp3</link>
<author>Anne Bramley</author>
<category domain="www.eatfeed.com">food, cooking, food history, entertaining</category>
<comments>feedback@eatfeed.com</comments>
<enclosure url="http://www.eatfeed.com/Beyond Cheeseheads.mp3" length="33856869" type="audio/mpeg" />
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:45:51 -0500</pubDate>
</item>
- <item>
<title>At Shakespeares Table</title>
<description>This week's show is dedicated to cooking and feasting like a Renaissance man or woman. There's a Twelfth Night feast and a Pancake Day party. Recipes for venison pasties, wassail, Shrove Tuesday pancakes, and more.</description>
<link>http://www.eatfeed.com/At Shakespeares Table.mp3</link>
<category domain="www.eatfeed.com">food, cooking, food history, entertaining, recipes</category>
<enclosure url="http://www.eatfeed.com/At Shakespeares Table.mp3" length="24074522" type="audio/mpeg" />
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:45:51 -0500</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

[planetneutral]

Is it possible that iPodder does not like enclosure URLs with spaces in them?

[bob]

could be the space...

I had trouble with ours because we had a '&' in the title or description..
Perhaps the commas in the description?

[Craig]

It's the spaces...URLs should not have spaces. Replace each one with a '%20' (no quotes). This is the encoded equivalent of a space. (20 is hexadecimal for 32, which is the ASCII code for a space, if you want to get really geeky!)

This is called an escape code, and there are quite a few characters that you have to use an escape code for if you want to use them in a URL, including the ampersand. Here's a useful page that lists them:

http://www.dwfaq.com/Tutorials/Miscellaneous/special_links_encoding.asp

So http://www.domain.com/mp3s/bob%26aj.mp3 would be a valid URL for http://www.domain.com/mp3s/bob&aj.mp3 (which would be invalid).

I hope this helps.

Craig

[bob]

Bookmarked! Thanks for the link Craig!

[planetneutral]

Anne, just wanted you to know that your feed is now working fine.

[theFerf]

I love it that you guys are so willing to help each other out! That is what drives me to make this site better....you are fueling my fire! :twisted:

[bramley]

Doh! Indeed it was the space. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send me an answer.