fine for me evey time:
http://tinyurl.com/dnmjf
By using XML, you simply extract your database data and that becomes
reformated automatically for each post.
One note, yes, sometimes individual posts will not show up in iTunes
if there is not a media file enclosed that iTunes can read.
For a great test/examination into what will and will not work, add
apollopony feed to iTunes manually (its not in the directory) and see
what posts are included and which posts iTunes ignores. Some mpgs are
included, some are not. I assume it has to do with the codec:
http://tinyurl.com/e25dq
I use Moveable Type which comes with XML templates so its very easy
to tweak. By adding the tags to the field, instead of the actual
field data, it auto wraps the data for RSS.
This brings up exactly the right question:
What tools are avil. to create your own XML templates?
On Jul 18, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Mark Cyr wrote:
> But FireANT and other clients see the posts with no problem. My
> understanding is that Feedburner does not modify the itunes tags in
> the individual posts, only on the feed itself. So how would they
> affect one post?
>
> And so how do you manage the itunes tags on individual posts? Are
> you posting with the same itunes tags on every post, or do you post
> specific (custom) tags for each post?
>
> Mark
>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> No, I am nearly certain your problem is Feedburner. We have 1000s
>>
> of
>
>> subscribers and I have spent about two weeks closely watching and
>> coming to understand how iTunes works.
>>
>> When iTunes launched, most of the videobloggers were out in the
>>
> cold
>
>> for one reason: Feedburner.
>>
>> When you depend on a 3rd party, you are at their mercy for your
>>
> feed.
>
>> I said this a long time ago but now we can see the direct effects.
>>
>> Also, Feedburner sucks for not having any control over updating
>>
> your
>
>> feed.
>>
>> Perhaps this has changed but the last time I looked a month or so
>> ago, updating your feed on schedule was out of your control.
>>
>> Problem: XML is supposed to make everything happen
>>
> instantaneously.
>
>> Is feedburner slowing everything down?
>>
>> Hey sorry Feedburner guys, I think you are doing great things and
>> people obviously need you. But this just sucks and makes the whole
>> thing not worth it.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2005, at 10:07 AM, mark_thisorthat wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I disagree. I know of several machines, all subscribed to my feed
>>> using itunes, all of which are missing my video blog posting from
>>> last Friday. All these machines updated with a new post I made
>>>
> last
>
>>> night and continued to not show the older missing post.
>>>
>>> Last week I asked Feedburner why I wasn't getting stats for more
>>> clickthroughs from itunes (in proportion to hits), and they
>>>
> responded:
>
>>>
>>> "I think this might be a side effect of iTunes... they do not
>>> actually follow any of the item links to display the enclosures...
>>> they parse the whole feed at once, pulling out all the
>>>
> enclosures...
>
>>> So now that you mention it, it doesn't surprise me that you
>>>
> wouldn't
>
>>> see item click throughs from iTunes... does that make sense?
>>> _________________
>>> Chris
>>> FeedBurner Team Member"
>>>
>>> http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=934
>>>
>>> One thing seems clear, the itunes client does not access the feed
>>> each time every client wants to download an enclsure, they access
>>>
> the
>
>>> itunes music store. Then Apple decides what to do.
>>>
>>> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> No, its not that bad. They cache their directory listing only.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thus
>>>
>>>
>>>> when you browse the podcast directory you are looking at static
>>>>
>>>>
>>> data
>>>
>>>
>>>> that is only updated whenever apple decides to update.
>>>>
>>>> However, the moment you click on the subscribe button, apple goes
>>>>
>>>>
>>> out
>>>
>>>
>>>> at that time and grabs your xml data like it should. Thus once an
>>>> itunes user is subscribed, they are set up with dynamic control
>>>>
>>>>
>>> over
>>>
>>>
>>>> your feed, no longer dealing with the cache in the directory.
>>>>
>>>> As a result, I get a full statistical report.
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> apple jax!
>>>>> this iTunes shit keeps getting worse.
>>>>> their communication sucks, as do their self-fulfilling
>>>>>
> strategies.
>
>>>>>
>>>>> sull
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/17/05, mark_thisorthat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> I have an email dialogue going seperately with the feedburner
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> folks
>>>
>>>
>>>>> about this very subject. Feedburner is reporting that I have a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> large
>>>
>>>
>>>>> percentage of subscribers using itunes, but that my page views
>>>>>
> and
>
>>>>> clickthroughs are mostly from 'unknown' sources. I noted to
>>>>>
> them
>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> last
>>>
>>>
>>>>> week that maybe these numbers didn't quite match up and they
>>>>>
> told
>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> me
>>>
>>>
>>>>> on Wednesday they were about to have a conference call with
>>>>>
> Apple
>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> on
>>>
>>>
>>>>> their reporting practices.
>>>>> However I have heard nothing from them since Wednesday. Yes it
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> seems
>>>
>>>
>>>>> to me that Apple is keeping control of the stats for themselves,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> since
>>>
>>>
>>>>> this would be a major revenue stream for them (and to be kind,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> maybe
>>>
>>>
>>>>> they haven't been able to get it together with the podcasts
>>>>>
> yet).
>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wait, so you're saying iTunes caches your feed so that when
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> people
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> subscribe you don't get any stats on it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WTF? Why do they need to do that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -josh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/17/05, andrew michael baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that iTunes has a static listing and also a dynamic
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> listing.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The main directory is cache on their server. They have not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> been
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> updating it daily. However, when you subscribe to a feed,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> once you
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> are subscribed in itunes, your feed is used dynamically and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> everytime
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the subscriber updates, by pressing the update key or
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> automatically
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> updating, it will be according to your xml page which is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> indexed at
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> that time and independent of Apple and their podcast
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> directory.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some posts that do not appear do not have readable media, for
>>>>>>> instance, if your post has a .wmv file, the entire post,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> including
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>> metadata, will not appear in iTunes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 17, 2005, at 7:13 PM, mark_thisorthat wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Has anyone had itunes refuse to display a post?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I posted to my blog last Monday, and the post did not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> appear
>>>
>>>
>>>>> in the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> itunes listing for my feed. Then when I posted again on
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> Wenesday,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> both posts appeared at the same time.
>>>>>>>> I next posted on Friday and the post has yet to appear in
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>>> itunes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> listings. About half hour ago (Sunday evening) I posted
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> again and
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this time the new post appeared in the itunes listing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> within 20
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> minutes. But this time there is no sign of the older post
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> from
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> Friday.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Has anyone else experienced this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My feed, "This or That!" Video from America's Favorite
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> Burlesque
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Game
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Show, is marked as explicit in itunes and tagged as having
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> adult
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> content on all posts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisOrThat-video
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is fine when viewed everywhere else.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The post that still hasn't appeared in itunes can be found
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> here:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisOrThat-Video?m=44
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone know how to contact Apple about this kind of thing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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