[icon-discuss] Re: MSNBC podcast feeds screwing up again

  • From: Terrell Jones <terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:25:50 -0500

That would make sense.
When can this be done?
Terrell
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:22:30 -0400, MICHAEL MCDONALD wrote:


>The problem is that NBC is redirecting the URL in their feed and that 
>is where the QuerySplicedItemContent filename is coming from.  IE, is 
>probably keeping the original filename, since the second one doesn't 
>make sense given the Mime type, so I will probably have to put in a 
>similar solution to what they are doing.
>
>Mike
>
>>>>terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 04/25/08 06:49AM >>>
>Hello,
>I don't think it's the Braille+. do this:
>1. Go to
>http://www.podcast.msnbc.com 
>2. Look for NBC Nightly news (audio).
>3. With internet explorrer, Click on the subscribe link were this has 
>to be IE 7.)
>4. Where it says Open attached file, press Apps key then press A.
>Look at the file name. You'll see that's named properly.
>I've sent 2 problem reports concerning this issue.
>TerrellOn Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:33:15 -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
>
>
>>yep, really bad, it doesn't even attempt to launch the music player 
>>which I 
>>suppose is actually a good thang.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Richard Ehrler" <REhrler-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:21 PM
>>Subject: [icon-discuss] MSNBC podcast feeds screwing up again
>>
>>
>>
>>I'm sorry to report that the old problem with feeds from MSNBC
>>seem to have returned. For the last two days the podcasts of the
>>NBC nightly news have failed to play within the rss program. I
>>had to use file explorer to rename the misnamed file in that
>>folder to add the .mp3 extension and play it from within file
>>explorer. Too bad. I thought this problem was over with once and
>>for all. Don't know what MSNBC is doing with their podcast feed
>>lists but I'm getting ready to just dump them.
>>Richard Ehrler
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