• Resolved DedicatedManagers

    (@dedicatedmanagers)


    Our podcasts don’t have a title or description in Downcast, yet both title & description show up in itunes. Anyone know what Downcast is looking for in the RSS feed for these values?

    The podcasts are:
    Al And Frank Try To Be Serious
    Comic Playground

    Thanks for any help!?

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • Plugin Support Shawn

    (@shawnogordo)

    Downcast runs on iOS and Mac. Which version of Downcast is not showing the correct information?

    Also, did you subscribe by searching for the show directly in Downcast? Or did you copy/paste a feed URL into Downcast and subscribe that way?

    If it’s the latter, please reply with the feed URL you used with Downcast.

    Thread Starter DedicatedManagers

    (@dedicatedmanagers)

    Hi Shawn,

    Thanks for the reply. I had multiple people tell me there were issues and send me screen shots. I just realized, thanks to your response, I needed to clarify my question.

    The description & title are not showing up in the search results.

    Here is a screen shot of the search results:
    https://ibb.co/mSJVPwB

    Once the podcast is subscribed to (via the search) the title & description fill in.
    https://ibb.co/ZHFKXP6

    Thanks for any help.

    Plugin Author Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    Ahh, we got it!

    The feed itself is including a title and description. Once subscribed, Downcast is showing the title and description as well. Considering that Apple podcasts is not having an issue, I suspect the issue is with the search system Downcast is providing for the app. Also odd, if you search for the term and it finds the show but it does not display the title that is also an indicating that the problem is on their end; how would they know to show should be in the results if they didn’t have that data in the first place. I would contact them about the issue.

    Thanks for using PowerPress,
    Angelo

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • The topic ‘Downcast not showing podcast title or description’ is closed to new replies.