Restarting the computer seems to have fixed the problem, at least temporarily. I think a previous restart may have also fixed the problem once before. Not completely sure, but I do know that Rhythmbox has a lot of updates/upgrades, some to plugins and such, so maybe these just need a full restart.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1143282 Title: Unable to add podcasts in rhythmbox Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am unable to add a podcast in rhythmbox. Procedure: 1) Open rhythmbox 2) select "Podcasts" under "Library" on the left 3) Press the "Add" button 4) Enter a URL from a podcast feed that you know should work because you can see it in firefox, e.g. http://feeds.feedburner.com/Rsaudio (typing or copy/pasting appears to make no difference.) 5) Note that the "subscribe" button isn't lit up, so click "search" 6) You get a message saying "Unable to load the feed. Check your network connection." and the podcast URL is 7) Subscribe is now enabled, so press that. Result: 8) the feed URL disappears from the list, but you aren't subscribed to it Expected result: 8) you are subscribed to it. Notes: * My network connection is active * It is managed by network manager, although my desktop is xmonad and I don't have the applet visible (but apparently it is running) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: rhythmbox 2.97-1ubuntu6.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 4 14:45:43 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1143282/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp