Episode not playing on app but playing on website

I have a new episode which is playing well when I test via the apple website but not playing on the apple podcast app.


I have multiple listeners making the same complaints.


It error says, "something went wrong, try later "


How do I solve this.

Posted on Jul 1, 2023 05:11 AM

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Jul 13, 2023 05:47 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Hi.


It seems all of my episodes are not playing on app. When I first posted, I was being hosted on Anchor/Spotify.


I have migrated to RSS an still they are not playing.


My feed is:


https://media.rss.com/date-my-supplier-the-srm-podcast/feed.xml


My episode links:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cost-of-innovation-apple-and-foxconns-dance/id1694345712?i=1000618685000



Jul 13, 2023 08:24 AM in response to simbarashe177

Your file, though the URL in the feed has the extension .mp3, is actually an mp4 file and does have the extension .mp4. Why this would work on the web site I don't know, but it's not surprising that the Podcasts app falls over with it.


I checked the trailer as well - that appears to play but is silent. The actual file is.wav, not .mp3, which is not acceptable.


You should rework your episodes to be actual .mp3 files.

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