I'm trying to build a wordpress site for podcast

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    I have at this for 10 hours straight now and I am kinda going crazy.
    I am just trying to create a wordpress site for a podcast and get it on itunes.
    Here’s my site: http://jtfilmcast.com/2015/02/10/3/
    I’m hosting the audio on archive.com and embedding it on the page through the “Ogg Vorbis” link that pops out an audio file in a separate tab. I copy that link onto the wordpress page and put it in brackets.

    So everything I’ve read says I need to use feedburner to translate the wordpress so that it can go to itunes, but every single time I get the error “Not a valid XML file.”
    I have searched and searched and tried different versions of everything I can think of to no avail.

    Please help.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    Also, does anyone have an email for support? I found they don’t have phones, but surely someone in service has an email address where they can be reached?

    Thanks in advance.

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    So everything I’ve read says I need to use feedburner to translate the wordpress so that it can go to itunes, but every single time I get the error “Not a valid XML file.”

    Could you let me know what URL you’re inserting into Feedburner (step #5 here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/podcasting/#submit-to-feedburner)?

    Also, does anyone have an email for support? I found they don’t have phones, but surely someone in service has an email address where they can be reached?

    Yep! You can always reach us at help@wordpress.com.

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    Hi Jeremy!
    Thanks for the response!

    The URL I enter into feedburner is:
    http://jtfilmcast.com/category/podcast/feed/

    Thanks.
    -Tyler

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    Some additional info just in case it is helpful in solving this problem.

    Very strange, but today feedburner seems to be recognizing the wordpress site. I can even get itunes to ready all the data from feedburner. I can “add the podcast” from the instructions that itunes gives to test you website and podcast. But no actual audio file shows up.

    Just for the hell of it, I tried submitting the podcast to itunes. I enter this link as the URL:
    http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheJTfilmcast
    and I get this error: “we had difficulty downloading episodes from this feed”

    I looked up this error message and found one answer saying to add a clickable download link on the podcast page my copying the audio file link and pasting it as a clickable link. I’ve added this and tried going through all the steps again but it didn’t help.

    Thanks again for the help, Jeremy. I’ll be back online today around 1:30PM EST. Maybe we can figure this out then!

    Best

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    I also found this:

    Archive.org issues
    Archive.org can be used to host podcast audio files but archive.org uses re-directs on the file paths it publishes – this confuses WordPress, and consequently, the Podcast publication fails (missing enclosure tag error).

    To avoid this error, if you are hosting your audio files on archive.org, you need to add a Custom Field called “enclosure” and paste the full url for the mp3 file in the Value field.

    I have no idea how to add a custom field called “enclosure.” Maybe this would solve the problem? I’m so lost.

    Thanks again for the help.

    -Tyler

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Howdy Tyler,

    The good news is that iTunes appears to be recognizing your feed. I was able to submit your feed on iTunes and temporarily subscribe to your podcast as shown here:

    http://d.pr/i/1lKFw

    There isn’t an option to create a custom field at WordPress.com so I don’t think that bit of instruction is helpful in our situation.

    Could you try replacing the URL you’re using with the following?

    https://ia801500.us.archive.org/2/items/101whiplash/101whiplash.mp3

    I’m wondering if that download URL is causing an issue.

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    tzbfilm · Member ·

    You are spot on Jeremy! Moments before you sent this I discovered it was in fact the URL. I tried the direct link to the mp3 on archive.com by viewing the pages source code and then I used that on WordPress. I also deleted the link to soundcloud.com just in case for some weird reason that was causing a problem. The mp3 is also now showing up for me and iTunes let me submit it!

    Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Awesome! Glad to hear it. Let me know if you need anything else.

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