I can't find the UI for entering iTunes channel info. for a feed.

I can enter audio files, and using View Type "View RSS: iTunes RSS feed" the view correctly pulls the episode information including the iTunes fields that are entered in the audio node form.

I also see that there is a table for audio_itunes_channel, and it has the right fields for the iTunes channel info. (such as image_url, etc.) But there is nowhere in the view edit page to enter the data. How do I get the iTunes channel information to be in the RSS feed, so iTunes will pick up the channel image, etc.?

Believe I have all the required modules, have installed getid3, and all the sub-modules for views and audio are active. Individual episodes work fine on the site. Drupal version 5.2

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toddwoof’s picture

toddwoof commented
Version: 5.x-2.x-dev » 5.x-1.2

Sorry, I entered the wrong module version earlier. Am using 5.x-1.2. (re: http://drupal.org/node/175015)

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drewish commented
Component: Views support » audio_itunes

it should be a separate tab when editing the view. i haven't used it recently though...

toddwoof’s picture

toddwoof commented

That's what I was expecting, but there are no extra tabs -- just the usual: Basic Information, Page, Block, Fields, Arguments, Filters, Exposed Filters, Sort Criteria. Nothing in any of those but the usual fields. Is there some special setting I'm missing?

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drewish commented

those are actually fieldsets. the tabs should appear at the top of the view edit form.

toddwoof’s picture

toddwoof commented

The tabs are the standard ones as well: View, Edit, Clone and Export. Nothing for iTunes tags. Anything else I could look for?

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drewish commented

make sure you're running the latest version of views. the paths it uses changed at one point and audio_itunes uses the new ones.

toddwoof’s picture

toddwoof commented

I'm running Views 5.x-1.6 (which is the latest version). I just upgraded to 5.2, so all the modules I'm using are the latest ones.

Any other ideas? Do I need to install one or more modules in some other folder besides the modules folder, to create some particular path that audio_itunes needs?

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drewish commented

wait are you using the itunes argument handler? you should replace the RSS argument handler with the itunes one.

toddwoof’s picture

toddwoof commented

AHA! That's what I was missing. It never occurred to me that I needed to add an argument in order to have the tab show up in the view. I assumed that selecting the iTunes RSS feed view type was supposed to expose the functionality.

I edited the View, added an Argument of type "iTunes RSS: RSS Feed Selector," set the "Default" field to "Display all values" -- and now the iTunes tab shows up in the view, and I can enter the data for itunes:image and so on. (Anything else I should do? The feed looks okay, now.)

Thanks for your help! Hope this will help others trying to get complete iTunes RSS feeds working.

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alsears commented

I've done all this on my site, and I still cannot get itunes to accept the podcast feed. I've configured a view as follows:
* Page View with View Type: Views RSS: iTunes RSS Feed
* I selected: iTunes RSS: RSS Feed Selector, Display All Values
* I configured the iTunes tab.

When I submit to iTunes, it says "The feed has no episodes."

I've tried adding an .xml extension. I've tried selecting only one audio node which has full iTunes tags. I tried adding the Audio: Tag artist as a field. The feed is at:
http://www.urbanministy.org/podcast4.xml.

If I run it through a feed validator, I get: "Missing recommended iTunes channel element: itunes:category", but I don't see where I can add this, and I expect this is not required.

What am I missing? Any ideas?

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alsears commented

I finally figured it out. I didn't have downloading of audio available for anonymous users.

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slindhurst commented

I also had the same problem of not being able to find where to enter the iTunes channel info, and finally figured it out in my case.

I have to click the Edit button by my podcast's view on Administer >> Site Building >> Views, not the Edit tab that appears when looking at my podcast.

Hope this helps anyone else who comes across this issue in a search.