erico
Oct 3rd, 2006, 11:20 AM
I'm new to the coding behind podcasting and its relationship with XML. We are having an issue with audio files playing all the way to then end but stopping a couple of seconds short of completion. Translated: the listener using iTunes or Apple iPods can't hear the closing statement.
Example: Thanks for listening to ABC Radio " your dog podcast ".
The listener can't hear the last statement of the broadcast. I'm happy to provide code examples but first I need to find someone who is really good at this stuff.
Any takers?
FrankJKimeJR
Oct 25th, 2006, 05:40 PM
Check that the filesize you list in your feed is correct for each show.
BridgeHands
Oct 29th, 2006, 11:23 PM
I'm new to the coding behind podcasting and its relationship with XML. We are having an issue with audio files playing all the way to then end but stopping a couple of seconds short of completion. Translated: the listener using iTunes or Apple iPods can't hear the closing statement.
Example: Thanks for listening to ABC Radio " your dog podcast ".
The listener can't hear the last statement of the broadcast. I'm happy to provide code examples but first I need to find someone who is really good at this stuff.
Any takers?
Well, you certainly have company with this problem - CNET podcasters like "Buzz Out Loud" and "CNET News.com" that have hundreds of podcasts are still plagued by the missing last few seconds. I agree with Frank that they probably are entering the wrong file size in the RSS feed critical to iTunes. My money is on that they are using the *WRONG* number - for PC users, there is the:
File size (as 26,201,251 bytes for my last podcast) and then there's the
File size ON DISK ( as 26,202,112 bytes for the same podcast).
Care to guess which number results in losing the last few seconds? At any rate, there are those of us who are superstitious enough to leave a few seconds of extra blank audio after the end of our podcast anyway - and that's with exit music on a fade-out!
Hope that helps, Michael