Altivo's Fabulous Furry Tales podcast #5

[altivo]

<==Download podcast here.

Fourteen and a half minutes this week, about 7.1 MB download. This week's topic: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. (Just in time for the film premiere on Friday.)

<==For those brave enough to want to subscribe.

Note that the RSS/XML link has been revised since the original announcement. I wasn't happy with the one generated by Ourmedia, since it combined everything I post into a single subscription. Those of you who want Fabulous Furry Tales without adulteration will probably want to unsub and resubscribe here.

Written transcript also available upon request. (You can also download it directly in PDF format.) Hope you enjoy it. :)

P.S. After some earlier confusion, here's a bit of info for the uninitiated. You do not need an iPod in order to listen to a podcast. The 'cast is just an mp3 file and it can be played back on any device that reads mp3 files, including, most likely, the same PC you are reading this on. The XML link is used to subscribe with an RSS reader that automatically downloads each new podcast when it is released. You don't need such software in order to listen, though.

Comments

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Am I correct in assuming that you downloaded it directly from the link in my LJ posting? Or are you using an RSS reader?

I wondered because I'm trying to figure out the statistics I get on downloads.

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

I used the link from your LJ posting.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. That helps.

Seems to be a problem with your XML file

[space-wolf.livejournal.com]

This may sound funny, but Tivo cannot subscribe to your poscast.

Seriously, the latest upgrade to tthe TiVo DVR operating system lets it subscribe to podcsts and Live365 radio now - and for some reason it cannot connect to yours.

iTunes itself can subscribe to your podcast just fine, so I don't know what's wrong.

Re: Seems to be a problem with your XML file

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Certainly it's possible there's a problem, since my knowledge of XML is minimal. However, the fact that the file works in iPodder, jPodder, Thunderbird, and on everypodcast.com seems to suggest that it does meet some level of standard. My guess is that TiVo has made some assumptions about the level of the XML that may not be valid, given that there are already multiple versions of the standard.

On the other hand, if by "cannot connect" you mean that TiVo cannot even find the XML file, that surely suggests some problem with the TiVo, its DNS definitions, or its connection. The file is definitely accessible.

The correct URL is http://home.earthlink.net/~overo/rss/afft.xml

Since I have nothing to do with TiVo other than hating them for stealing my name, I don't know how else to help.

Ourmedia.org, where I upload the files, provides an alternative RSS file. I don't recommend it, because it lumps together everything I upload and not all of it is podcast. But if you want to try it, the URL is

http://www.ourmedia.org/mediarss/user/45968

Re: Seems to be a problem with your XML file

[1a.livejournal.com]

maybe TiVo doesn't like you ;-)

Re: Seems to be a problem with your XML file

[altivo.livejournal.com]

The feeling is in fact mutual. *grin*

It occurs to me that TiVo may be expecting the web server that delivers the xml file to assign it a correct mime type, and my ISP may not be doing that. The other applications may not care as long as the file has a .xml name or is syntactically acceptable.