Thank you Esther, I appreciate you answering my concern and at least I'm not crazy. :) I will report the issue to them, just didn't know if it was my issue or iTunes store issue.
On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Esther wrote: > Hello, > > Scott's correct that there is something odd about the Blind Cool > Tech podcast page at the iTunes Store, but I suspect that the source > of the problem is with the feed they're mirroring. Some months ago, > the BCT podcast page at the iTunes Store stopped showing the most > recent episodes, and only listed the oldest episodes on the feeds > under the songs table. If you were subscribing, you would continue > to get the new episodes. However, I stopped using the automatic > subscription update, and was using the ability to refresh the feeds > to download selected episodes (like Mike Arrigo's podcasts). Since > I didn't have "Subscribe" turned on, for me, the automatic podcast > updates stopped in June (after Mike's Mac Demo 8 podcast and Dane's > Amadeus Pro batch processing podcast). Turning on the "Subscribe" > option and refreshing the feed with "Update Podcast" or using the > "Refresh" button for all podcasts on iTunes (buttons beyond the > songs table) didn't work. > > I ended up having to use the Advanced menu option on the iTunes menu > bar for "Subscribe to podcast" and type in the RSS feed address: > > http://www.blindcooltech.com/bct.xml > > This started up my subscription again, but in a new folder with the > same name, because it's coming from a different feed address. I > haven't tried to turn this off, so I just delete episodes I don't > want to keep. > > My guess is that if I started up a completely new iTunes account and > subscribed by pressing the "Subscribe" button from the BCT podcast > page in iTunes: > > http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=78111172 > > that the subscription would start correctly, and that if I added > podcasts from that subscription to my current iTunes library they > would even show up in the original BCT folder (that worked for me > through mid-June). > > Now, when you look at the songs table for the BCT podcast page, you > only get listings for the 101 episodes between June and September > 2005 -- before you used to see the latest episodes. Whenever this > sort of problem showed up before for a podcast subscription, it was > usually a problem with the way the original feed was maintained. > For example, I used to subscribe to audiobook podcasts and the > Highbridge Audiobooks feed got very flakey in 2007 (after iTunes > became accessible). They finally stopped issuing them (but if you > look at their web site, there's still an entry for podcast > subscriptions at iTunes that points to a feed whose last episodes > are in late summer 2007). > > Scott, you can select the podcast series in your library and use the > "Report a Concern" button, and type in your comments. It could be > that the number of BCT episodes on the feed exceeds some maximum, or > the default ordering for recent episodes got reversed. If you > subscribe again using the Advanced menu your subscriptions should > start up again, but the problem of the BCT feed at the iTunes Store > remains. I don't know which feed address they pass onto iTunes. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> That's very odd! I'm getting everything as its updated here. >> >> >> Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> >>> Folks, if any of you subscribe to the BLind Cool Tech podcast via >>> iTunes, I have a question. It seems that iTunes has no longer any >>> interest in BCT and has decided to stop all podcast beyond 2005. >>> I've >>> tried unsubscribing at one point, resubscribing, and even use the >>> context menu and update to try and refresh the list. So far none of >>> these steps has resolved the issue and obviously I'm missing out on >>> some of the podcasts. >>> Has anyone any thoughts? >>> Oh, this has been going on a while and yes before Snow Leopard. >>> I've >>> just run out of ideas so thought to pick some fresh brains out >>> there. :) >>> >>> tnx, >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> ****************************** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> From Melton Victoria Australia >> mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane >> blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com >> Phone United Kingdom >> 02032874641 >> Phone Australia >> 0390058589 >> Phone United States >> 8159261869 >> Fax: >> +61 3 9743 7954x >> MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net >> skype:grtdane12 >> >> ****************************** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
