Feeds are not compatible with Apple podcasts
Attempt to Submit to Apple Podcast (or verify the feed at CastFeedValidator.com)
- Visit the page at https://itunesconnect.apple.com/login (or, since that requires a login, visit CastFeedValidator.com, that's the site Apple Support cited in their reply)
- Submit your Funkwhale RSS feed
What happens?
The feed is unable to validate because episodes can't be downloaded.
What is expected?
The feed should validate just fine.
Context
Funkwhale version(s) affected: 0.21.1+git.820b53c3
Additional Notes
I reached out to Apple Podcast for help after several unsuccessful attempts to troubleshoot the issue myself. Here is their exact reply:
There appears to be issues with the audio files. See here:
https://castfeedvalidator.com/?url=https://open.audio/api/v1/channels/thenewoilpod/rss
The validator is indicating that the audio files are downloading as attachments, and won’t be compatible with every service.
Also, it appears that the audio filenames contain unsupported characters. This would prevent our system from being able to read the files.
Please remove any %, &, ;, or any other unsupported characters from the audio filenames.
Once these issues have been resolved, reattempt to validate and submit your feed in Podcasts Connect.