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RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

critter42 — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:05:39 GMT

This is exactly what FeedDemon does, and what FeedStation was initially created for (before Bradsoft was bought by NewsGator) - subscribe to a feed in FD and it will automatically send enclosures to FeedStation, which you can then sync with Media Player!

I don't do it much right now, 'cause there aren't many podcasts I listen to much any more and my current employer frowns on MP3 players at work, but here was my set up:

I was subscribed to a bunch of different podcasts in FD, and FD set to download the enclosures via FeedStation. I then had FS scheduled to download the podcasts overnight rather than right away. It would get the podcasts and automatically create a WMP playlist. My MP3 player would then sync with WMP, and all I had to do was grab my MP3 player and I had a day's worth of podcasts to listen to.

(I had a Windows Script set up to clear out the previous day's podcasts that would run at 2am and FS was then scheduled to start after 3am)

So you can certainly do what you want - you just have to use FD rather than NewsGator (and FD will sync with NewsGator, so the feed itself will be synched)

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

pixelriffic — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:44:22 GMT

I too found that I had to create a "My Podcasts" folder, but I read in a post here that I had to do so in the "My Clippings". Folder. After fighting with it a while, I realized you can't add a podcast subscription directly to the folder. I did find that you could drag the podcast attachments over to this "My Podcasts" folder, and feedstation will then grab it.

I may be missing something here, but I was hoping there was a way to automate this? Basically, I have a player I like much better than the ipod counterpart. My main goal is to get some way to automate downloading and syncing of pocasts to the player via Windows Media Player. Unfortunately, the crappy software included does not do the job. I will admit that iTunes does a great job of this task, but it's bloatware, and I prefer this player to an iPod anyway. This was so close! Am I missing something?

[quote][b]critter42 (2/5/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Jack Vinson (2/4/2008)[/b][hr]

Seriously? I have to create a My Podcasts folder. Why doesn't FS do that automagically? I've created it and FS has stopped complaining.

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You have to remember that FeedStation was initially written to be an exclusive podcatcher for FeedDemon before Bradsoft was purchased by NewsGator, and the sync capability was essentially tacked on to FeedStation at that point. I don't remember the exact details any more, but IIRC, it also had something to do with being able to sync NG's Clippings and FD's News Bins (which became clippings to make naming consistent across products). In any event the upshot was that in order to let FS download podcasts from NGO, the folder had to be created manually in NGO.

[quote] But I think the synchronization with NGOL is crummy, and FD decided that all those articles were new again.

As a result, FS wanted to pop up the application window to show me the full queue for hundreds of old podcasts. Argh!
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This can also happen if the feed producers monkey with the feed and do things that change the feed's unique identifiers like GUID, serial or date - since those identifiers have changed, they're seen as new items.[/quote]

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

critter42 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:24:01 GMT

[quote]Third problem: It is incredibly intrusive. Just do your thing. Stop popping up to tell me your are working.[/quote]
Hey! Looks like [url=http://forum.newsgator.com/Topic36608-18-1.aspx]this issue is actually a bug[/url] :D

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

critter42 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:20:55 GMT

Not much help there - only thing "mobile" I have right now is not-quite 2 year old Verizon Wireless RAZR with a cracked screen and an occassional squeal from the speaker :) (although once not-quite-two-years becomes two-years, guess what's happening? :) )

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

Jack Vinson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:44:33 GMT

Thanks. I think it is working now. Now for some questions about NewsGator Mobile...

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

critter42 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:59:57 GMT

[quote][b]Jack Vinson (2/4/2008)[/b][hr]

Seriously? I have to create a My Podcasts folder. Why doesn't FS do that automagically? I've created it and FS has stopped complaining.

[/quote]
You have to remember that FeedStation was initially written to be an exclusive podcatcher for FeedDemon before Bradsoft was purchased by NewsGator, and the sync capability was essentially tacked on to FeedStation at that point. I don't remember the exact details any more, but IIRC, it also had something to do with being able to sync NG's Clippings and FD's News Bins (which became clippings to make naming consistent across products). In any event the upshot was that in order to let FS download podcasts from NGO, the folder had to be created manually in NGO.

[quote] But I think the synchronization with NGOL is crummy, and FD decided that all those articles were new again.

As a result, FS wanted to pop up the application window to show me the full queue for hundreds of old podcasts. Argh!
[/quote]
This can also happen if the feed producers monkey with the feed and do things that change the feed's unique identifiers like GUID, serial or date - since those identifiers have changed, they're seen as new items.

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

Jack Vinson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:31:25 GMT

[quote][quote][b]critter42 (2/4/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Jack Vinson (2/3/2008)[/b][hr]
First problem: It keeps telling me it can't talk to "My Podcasts." I don't see such a folder in NewsGator.[/quote]
There are two options:
1) You actually have to create the folder yourself - In NewsGator Online, right click the "My Clippings" folder, click on New Folder and name it My Podcasts.
[/quote]

Seriously? I have to create a My Podcasts folder. Why doesn't FS do that automagically? I've created it and FS has stopped complaining.

[quote]
[quote]
Third problem: It is incredibly intrusive. Just do your thing. Stop popping up to tell me your are working.[/quote]
Are you saying it is restoring after you minimize it, or are you talking about the balloons that appear over the tray icon?
[quote]
Fourth problem: Can I tell FeedDemon / FeedStation to just download anything new - rather than everything available in the podcast? (when I set automatically "download enclosures")[/quote]
Again to clarify - do you mean not have FS download everything when you initially subscribe to a feed? Or is it trying to download every podcast in a feed every time?
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I think #3 and #4 are related. The issue has to do with my first subscription to all my podcasts. I thought I had told FD to mark-all-as-read before I turned on the automatically-download option. But I think the synchronization with NGOL is crummy, and FD decided that all those articles were new again.

As a result, FS wanted to pop up the application window to show me the full queue for hundreds of old podcasts. Argh!

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

Spyder — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:43 GMT

While you're in the FeedStation options dialog, down the bottom of the general tab is an option to turn off the system tray balloon notifications :)

FeedStation will download all enclosures on new posts that haven't been read - so if you're syncing multiple locations and download an enclosure at another location, as long as the post is marked as read FeedStation won't attempt to download it when you get home.

RE: Fails to connect to My Podcasts

critter42 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:25:01 GMT

[quote][b]Jack Vinson (2/3/2008)[/b][hr]
First problem: It keeps telling me it can't talk to "My Podcasts." I don't see such a folder in NewsGator.[/quote]
There are two options:
1) You actually have to create the folder yourself - In NewsGator Online, right click the "My Clippings" folder, click on New Folder and name it My Podcasts.
or
2) in FeedStation, click on Tools->Options->My Podcasts and uncheck "Automatically download My Podcasts" - this will only stop FS from downloading anything you send to the My Podcasts folder while you're using NewsGator Online, it will not stop podcasts from being downloaded by FD->FS.

[quote] And FeedDemon doesn't seem to be having any trouble with the synchronization activity. Also, note the error below in the Error log of FeedStation.

Second problem: Related to #1 - All downloads fail. "Failed - click to restart" and I have no idea which ones are failing, as there is no useful information provided in the list.[/quote]
I'm not sure what you mean by "I have no idea which ones are failing" - like you noted above, it says "failed" next to each one that failed. If you click on the failed item, the direct url of the enclosure is listed in the bottom status bar of FeedStation. Can you elaborate on this point?

[quote]
Third problem: It is incredibly intrusive. Just do your thing. Stop popping up to tell me your are working.[/quote]
Are you saying it is restoring after you minimize it, or are you talking about the balloons that appear over the tray icon?

[quote]
Fourth problem: Can I tell FeedDemon / FeedStation to just download anything new - rather than everything available in the podcast? (when I set automatically "download enclosures")[/quote]
Again to clarify - do you mean not have FS download everything when you initially subscribe to a feed? Or is it trying to download every podcast in a feed every time?

[quote]
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FeedStation
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Error downloading https://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/BroadcastingRSS.aspx: Failed (http 401)
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OK
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[/quote]
That is FeedStation trying to access your "My Podcasts" folder. In my first answer above, if you have "Automatically download from My Podcasts" checked, make sure that the credentials you have listed in the username/password field are correct and, as noted, that the "My Podcasts" folder exists in NGO under "My Clippings".

Fails to connect to My Podcasts

Jack Vinson — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:33:14 GMT

So, I just started asking FeedDemon to grab podcasts with FeedStation. It's very intrusive!

First problem: It keeps telling me it can't talk to "My Podcasts." I don't see such a folder in NewsGator. And FeedDemon doesn't seem to be having any trouble with the synchronization activity. Also, note the error below in the Error log of FeedStation.

Second problem: Related to #1 - All downloads fail. "Failed - click to restart" and I have no idea which ones are failing, as there is no useful information provided in the list.

Third problem: It is incredibly intrusive. Just do your thing. Stop popping up to tell me your are working.

Fourth problem: Can I tell FeedDemon / FeedStation to just download anything new - rather than everything available in the podcast? (when I set automatically "download enclosures")

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FeedStation
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Error downloading https://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/BroadcastingRSS.aspx: Failed (http 401)
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OK
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