Feed Your Head

We've received a couple of emails/comments recently like this one from Matt: "Hey guys -- if you subscribe through the iTunes store, it uses some strange feed to download the show... if you are using iTunes and want the latest two shows to load, the solution is to go to ADVANCED > SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST and enter the normal feed (shown on the home page) for Cinecast... this will sort everything out :)"

Yes, in a nutshell, there are two feeds now for our show: Our normal feed -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/cinecast -- and our iTunes feed. The iTunes feed is definitely not functioning properly as, last time I checked, multiple shows are appearing (such as two Cinecast #20's and three Cinecast #19's) and none of them seem to be downloading when you subscribe. Shows #10-18, however, are downloading.

Basically, Matt is right... if you want to make sure you get #19 and #20 (and #21 when we post it this weekend), your best bet would probably be to follow his instructions. Go to Advanced-->Subscribe to Podcast and enter our FeedBurner feed. At this point we don't have any control over our iTunes feed, so whatever problems there are, we can't do anything but wait for Apple.

My one concern is that subscribing through this feed (let's call it Cinecast v.2) won't help maintain/improve our spot in the Top 20 Podcasts list because the ranking is based on subscriptions to the iTunes feed (Cinecast v.1). But ultimately I'm much more concerned with people being able to get our shows than where we fall on that list.

I hope this all made sense. Please feel free to email or comment on this post if you have any further questions or concerns. As always, thanks for listening!