[iTunes] Podcast error?

[John Griffin]

Another thing that helps with Satellite Internet is to get Cocktail  
and optimize the Network settings for Satellite connections. This is  
the only of the many such utilities available for the Mac that  
actually can tune your network settings for Satellite. But the main  
problem with Satellite is that often it will often disconnect briefly  
in the middle of a download and cause a timeout. As far as I know,  
there is no way around this; it is just something you have to live  
with. I also use Speed Download. Speed Download tends to stay with the  
download even if the connection is lost briefly.

jg

On 1-Jul-08, at 2:39 AM, Jeff Carruthers wrote:

>
> Becca: if you are using satellite highspeed, I have found that three  
> things really help:
>
> - downloading podcasts one at a time (uncheck "allow simultaneous  
> downloads" on the download page);
>
> - scheduling the downloads late at night, just when you are heading  
> to bed (less traffic and fewer time-outs); and
>
> - if you continue to have errors, resetting the satellite modem  
> (unplug for a minute or two).
>
> Satellite highspeed is often bandwidth constrained and the download  
> times out, with an error being reported by iTunes.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Ken Stevens wrote:
>
>> Becca -
>>
>> I think it may be caused by your Hughes Satellite connection.  Go  
>> back and right click on one of the
>> little exclamation points and select "update podcast" from the  
>> popup menu.  Hopefully it will now
>> download.  If a podcast server doesn't respond in a timely manner  
>> iTunes will assume it is an error.
>> Your connection can cause iTunes to think there's a problem.  Let  
>> me know if it works.
>>
>> Ken
>> On Jun 30, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Becca wrote:
>>
>>> I've been away from home for 6 days, so I've got a slew of  
>>> podcasts to download. I've got the newest version of iTunes, and  
>>> I'm seeing something I've never seen before - a new 'podcast  
>>> error' entry that lists a bunch of podcasts. Does this mean that  
>>> those podcasts didn't download properly? if so, how do I re- 
>>> download them so they'll be the full podcast? (on some of them,  
>>> the time looks right for it to be the full podcast.)
>>>
>>> curiously, they transferred over to my iPod that way, under the  
>>> heading Podcast Error rather than under the title of the podcast  
>>> itself.
>>>
>>> iTunes help is no help at all on this matter.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> - Becca
>>>
>>>
>>>
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