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Multiple downloads and you hate my guts?

Sorry, man. I’ve done what I assumed would correct the problem. But some of you, like anyone using iPodderX and Juice, are gonna get (or have received) everything all over again. If you care, read more. If not, know that I tried and try not to hate me. At least not for this.

Still here? Techy freaks. Here’s my assumption: in the RSS 2.0 world, there exists a tag called . That stands for Global Unique Identifier and it is supposed to be the “fingerprint” for the media file. In my perfect world, all podcatchers would be evaluating the contents of this tag to determine if a media file is new. If the podcatcher doesn’t have the exact same GUID in it’s history files, then the file must be new. Download it. But if the GUID does exist in the history, it’s not new and should be skipped.

To that end, and quite logical assumption, I busted my hump and Dan’s hump (he’s made the very cool PodPress pluggin) to add the old GUID from the old file to the new system. Open the XML and look at the GUID for the show items. Note how they all say “dragonpage” in them? That’s the EXACT same thing they said when the shows were part of the tDP install.

I’m sure the podcatcher-makers have valid reasons for not simply following GUID files. And I’m sure they do something like checking the

or perhaps the actual file name. That’s a shame, because it means anyone that moves a hosting company or RSS generator is fucked beyond belief.

I don’t know the solution for the problem, only that I tried my level best to not make it happen. I’ve written a Tech Tip and presented it to Podcast411. It simply suggests that everyone, right now, access all of your existing feeds and set them to “download the most recent” file instead of “download all files”. I just recieved every single Seanachi and every single Cory Doctorow podcast on Monday, so I feel your pain. But if you change your settings for podcasts you are already subscribed to, it’ll never happen again. In theory.


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16 Responses to “Multiple downloads and you hate my guts?”

  1. Jim Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 11:38 am

    That’s ok Evo we know you are doing the best that you can in your limited way.

    Cheers,

    Jim

  2. Andrea Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 1:00 pm

    Evo- how can anyone possibly hate you?

  3. Mark Forman Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 1:38 pm

    I think we need to go back to simpler times like heavy wooden doors and draw bridges across moats. Make mp3 players out of legos-that’s the ticket.

  4. Josh, 14 year old listener Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 6:27 pm

    I didn’t get muliple downloads, and Evo, hating you isn’t hard, but loving you is the task that keeps us busy

  5. Evo Terra Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 7:18 pm

    Check it out, peeps. Josh is 14 years old and wittier than the lot of you.

  6. Alvie Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 7:38 am

    I love your guts, baby.

  7. Michael R. Mennenga Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 7:49 am

    Gut lover….

  8. Jeremy from Seattle Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 8:03 am

    I think you just want everyone to hear Andrea get some 3 times.

  9. Jeremy from Seattle Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 8:11 am

    Oh, and to maintain my pervy status:

    With my comment about the red Star Wars chick, I was hoping for something that clarified this area of the body:

    http://www.x-dezyn.com/MySpace/closeup.jpg

  10. Alvie Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 9:09 am

    Ive been called a lover of worse things, Mike. Much worse…

    Jeremy - THE CARPET MATCHES THE DRAPES?!?!?!?!?

  11. Jeremy from Seattle Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 9:19 am

    Is she even wearing any undies???

  12. Alvie Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 10:11 am

    In my mind shes not.

  13. Alvie Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 10:15 am

    Wait, does that give new meaning to “Red Delicious”?

  14. Mark Forman Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 10:38 am

    And I thought that “Red Wings” was a hockey team?

  15. Jeremy from Seattle Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    ew…yuk.

    Ever heard of green wings? Don’t ask…its really gross.

  16. Alvie Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 8:21 pm

    People PEOPLE! Again you suprise and delight me. Just how in the hell did we get from talking about downloading the show to talking about eating bodily fluids?

    Im sure, somewhere, Phil Rossi is smiling…

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