I probably totally do not understand the way podcasting does work. I was under impression that podcasting is just a convenient way to provide automatic downloads for regularly provided media content. iTunes here is nothing but a marketing tool that will present the feed link to anybody looking. All the rest is done by the program that I use for listening/watching.
I had been listening and watching podcasts for years. Now decided to provide this convenient way to our site's visitors. But seems to be I am too naive. I've learned now that iTunes (as all stuff from Apple) will jerk up when something is not their way. Well, I've manually added the video podcast to my phone to testrun the whole thing. And here's what we have:
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- videoversion does find episodes, even takes time from settings. Though it won't read the filesize and won't play, failing with error.
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(tried both Vimeo and YouTube). Of course iTunes on my PC won't get episodes even when videopodcast is added manually, yet will see the feed was updated -
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. Though the audioversion of the same does work (files are stored on AWS):
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At the same time while audioversion does work in iTunes, on the phone it will be found (I guess it is found through iTunes PodcastConnect, I doubt it searches all the sites of the world and finds it on my site). Yet, no episodes...
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So, I am totally lost. Could you, please explain how the whole thing with podcasts is working? What happens between storage, my site, and users device? What does Podcast Connect do in this lineup?