Podcast upload doesnt work.

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  efipylarinou · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 2:15 pm

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  I created a podcast with CallRecorder and converted the audio to .m4a format. But I cant upload it to my blog post from ‘Add media’.
  I have WordPress premium already. Do I also need to buy the Space upgrade in order to upload a podcast (audio file on my computer drive)?

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 7:28 pm

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  No you do not need another upgrade. Audio

  With the purchase of the WordPress.com Premium or WordPress.com Business plans, you are also permitted to upload zip files and the following audio file types, in addition to the basic file types listed above:

  .mp3
  .m4a
  .ogg
  .wav

  There is an embedded audio player built in to WordPress.com that will work with .mp3 files. http://support.wordpress.com/audio/

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 7:29 pm

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  If you are not successful type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  efipylarinou · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 7:50 pm

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  Thanks timethief.
  With WordPress premium, I can’t upload .m4a format. I tried to add it to my Media library but the format doesnt work.
  I have my audio already produced. I want to add it to a new blog post but I dont want it to appear as a link that my readers have to click on. It should be embedded.
  I cant find the “embedded audio player’ that you referred to. And anyway, I thought that was to produce audio from WordPress.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2015 at 7:53 pm

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  I’m sorry I was unable to help. Please be patient while waiting for Staff help.

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  helper-brucea · Member · Nov 26, 2015 at 7:12 pm

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  @efipylarinou –

  Which blog are you attempting these uploads on?

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  efipylarinou · Member · Nov 26, 2015 at 7:14 pm

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  http://Www.dailyfintech.com

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  helper-brucea · Member · Nov 26, 2015 at 10:09 pm

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  Thank you.

  That account actually does not have WordPress.com Premium, it is a free site. As such, you would not be able to upload those audio files.

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  efipylarinou · Member · Nov 27, 2015 at 7:49 am

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  The http://www.dailyfintech.com has WordPress.premium. The admin (Bernard Lunn) bought it last month and we have been able to upload video since then. See our post
  http://dailyfintech.com/2015/11/03/salivating-for-unadvised-assets-a-videographic/

  At the same time, I dont see the ability to upload .mp3, .m4a, .ogg, or .wav files in the media library.
  This is puzzling and I appreciate if we can resolve this so I can upload a podcast (audio file i have created on my computer via CallRecorder).

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  helper-brucea · Member · Nov 27, 2015 at 3:19 pm

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  Thanks for the reply, @efipylarinou –

  dailyfintech.com has several upgrades – including the videopress upgrade which allows the uploading of video, but…it does not have the Premium Upgrade which allows the uploading of the audio files for podcasting.

  The Premium Upgrade would include the Videopress upgrade as well as the ability to upload those audio files.

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  efipylarinou · Member · Dec 1, 2015 at 1:05 pm

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  There must be some bug here. We have purchased WordPress.com premium and used to upload a video in our posts. Today our admin tried to order it (as per your instruction) and correctly, the system responded that we already have it.
  so, we have WordPress.com premium; we can upload video but cant do audio-podcasts. Please, advise us.

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  helper-brucea · Member · Dec 1, 2015 at 2:18 pm

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  @efipylarinou –

  Can you try uploading a podcast again?

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  efipylarinou · Member · Dec 1, 2015 at 2:30 pm

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  I worked now!
  What was the problem?

  thanks alot
  Efi

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  helper-brucea · Member · Dec 1, 2015 at 2:35 pm

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  I removed the Videopress upgrade and replaced it with the Premium. I’m not sure what was preventing the upgrade before, but we’ll cover the difference in cost for the year.