[iTunes] Podcast error?

[Jeff Carruthers]

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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