Redirecting problems?

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MartinHoulind

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May 5, 2012, 4:20:30 PM5/5/12
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Hey guys!

I'm quite puzzled... This very evening, suddenly I couldn't download
my podcast in iTunes, nor via the Podtrac player embedded on my blog,
www.tegnefilmpodcast.blogspot.com.

I can get access to the podcast page in iTunes, I can see the list of
episodes, I can click on each episode and see the duration of the
episode, but it just won't download/play it. Same thing goes for the
Podtrac player.

I have checked the FeedBurner feed under "Troubleshootize" — both
Feedmedic and Podmedic report that everything is fine. Yet, when I
click the "Media enclosure" that seems to be working so brilliantly
according to Podmedic, I get this message:

"Not Found

The requested URL /tegnefilm/podcast/ep26_persepolis.mp3 was not found
on this server."

If I correct the lowercase letters so that the URL becomes ".../
podcast/Ep26_Persepolis.mp3" everything works fine and I can play the
mp3. Something strange and quite annoying happens during the
redirecting process — FeedBurner changes the URL (~r/TegnefilmPodcast/
~5/HFeERQjaQ9c/Ep26_Persepolis.mp3) to an all-lowercase URL (/
tegnefilm/podcast/ep26_persepolis.mp3) which makes the redirecting
fail.

Why oh why does it do this??? And why now??? And what's to do about
it? Help!! :)

Best regards,
Martin

Medros

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May 6, 2012, 1:18:38 PM5/6/12
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Do you use Podtrac tracking on your media enclosures? If so, that is
the cause of this. Their redirect is, for some reason, converting all
urls to fully lower case, no capitals. Their twitter account has been
silent since nov '09 and their contact form is messed up, so it
appears no way to contact them.

MartinHoulind

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May 13, 2012, 4:32:08 PM5/13/12
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Medros, You're quite right. I do use Podtrac. Thank you for your quick
help! :)
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