I think I have the problem identified as an embedded player. WP supports the SoundCloud embedded player, but iTunes seems to be blind to it.

However, WordPress documentation clearly states support for a SoundCloud embedded player when submitting to iTunes via Feedburner: http://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/podcasting/

Bueller ... Bueller... is this correct?

The feedburner links passes FeedMedic and PodMedic tests for podcasts. However, testing for submission into iTunes still fails.
... iTunes points to Feedburner with a problem .... Feedburner points to WordPress formatting problems. I just dont see any issue.

My WP category feed is: http://reasonup.wordpress.com/category/podcasts/
(The audio podcasts are embeded through SoundCloud.)

I tried burning the original category feed through Feedburner, but that didn't help.
(The feedburner feed link is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ReasonUpPodcasts)

Research seems to point toward the original WP category feed not creating an 'enclosure' tag for the actual podcast file, but I need help to verify and how to resolve it this is the case.

If it is pertinent, the audio that the WP (and feedburner) feed is trying to 'enclose' is linked here: https://soundcloud.com/reasonup/tm001-icebreaker-mysecret

If you're a podcast producer who lists their podcast(s) in the iTunes Store, you may have recently received an e-mail, such as I did, from Apple outlining a couple updates to their requirements. One has to do with cover art (makes sense considering today's retina displays) and the other is a web server configuration detail. Here are the pertinent paragraphs:

New Cover Art Requirement
iTunes has been completely redesigned and there are new requirements for podcast cover art. To be eligible for featuring on iTunes Store, a podcast must have 1400 x 1400 pixel cover art in JPG or PNG format using RGB color space. The image URL must end in ".jpg", ".jpeg" or ".png" and the server hosting the image must allow HTTP HEAD requests. See our technical spec for details.

Server Configuration Requirement
Podcast streaming playback on iTunes requires all hosting servers to enable Byte Range Requests. Please confirm your hosting servers have this functionality enabled. If you work with a third-party hosting service, please contact them to confirm this functionality is enabled on their servers.

Can anyone verify whether WordPress.com both supports HEAD requests and Byte Range requests? I apologize if this is something that can be easily checked from afar...it's been quite a while since I ran a server myself (that's why I use this site, hehe) and I don't have much in the way of developer tools or HTTP packet inspection stuff installed on my desktop anymore.

Thanks in advance! :)

I have been searching for a solution with no luck since the Podcast app originally came out, and had just about given up all hope, until I found this thread. It's frustrating to see those crazy titles persist and yet be so helpless to do anything about it.

I would hate to think that the only way to fix this is to switch to another blogging platform. That would be a bummer, because I'm a huge WordPress fan and longtime user.

http://www.tincup.com is a WordPress site. Theme = Thesis Version 2.0.3.1

I have a relatively popular podcast... DriveThruHR...

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drivethruhr

I'd like for visitors of my blog to listen to the shows via the BTR widget.

I've tried embedding the code... whatever I tried didn't work. Tried downloading the episode and uploading via media library... it worked but it looked ugly... think text link to audio file. The BTR widget is nice enough looking... just trying to figure out how to render it.

Any help you can give is totally appreciated.

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The short answer to your question is Yes. You can do that because your upgrade includes the space upgrade.

I used this to embed the audio:

[audio https://ia801609.us.archive.org/11/items/VoiceoverDemo_201303/VoiceoverDemo.mp3 ]

And this is the Feedburner feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/thesundaychillpodcast

The only thing I have on it is a test post that links to a test mp3 file that is one archive.org

my feedburner link is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/faithfulfatherhoodpodcast

The file plays fine with the wordpress player, but the feed doesn't seem to be working properly. When I try to subscribe to the feedburner feed, the podcasting software says there is no audio files. I have search around a quite a while and I can't seem to get it to work.

Anyone have any thoughts on what is not working?
Thanks

In our case, we draw from the image title as it is essentially the "cover" image.

I have, however, noted your suggestions for possible future enhancements.

... so it turns out that this is working as designed... it's pulling the title for images, not incorrectly naming the podcast.

It looks at the HTML for the post and looks for all the Images and then sets the title based on the tags that appear in the generated HTML giving priority to the title attribute over the alt attribute

If it pulls the title of an image as the post title, then each episode of the podcast is indeed being incorrectly named. I have a podcast setup form an independently hosted WordPress installation and the feed that it is outputting does not include any of the additional <media:title> tags.

Please see if it possible to clean up the XML outputted from WordPress.com, or at least include the option to output a "simple" feed without any unnecessary information such as gravatars and images.

Thanks,
Erik

It seems to be working, with one exception. If I search the iTunes store for Anacortes Christian Church, I can find the podcast channel and the episodes are listed underneath with the option to download.
HOWEVER, if I subscribe to the podcast, and pull it up in my library, it doesn't show any episodes unless I have already downloaded them from the store. This is unlike other podcasts, where episodes are displayed with the option to stream them or download them, right from your library. Any suggestions? Is this a feedburner issue? I noticed that the same thing is occurring on the Google Nexus 7's podcast service - you can only download, while other podcasts can stream. What's the deal? Any help?