Podcast Name Issue

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#1

I hope this is the right place to post this. If not, feel free to have me boxed.

For the past few weeks, possibly since the mobo swap, my podcatcher (IcePodder) has been retrieving files with hexidecimal names rather than the traditional “GWC-Podcast-xxx.mp3” filenames.

Here is a directory listing from my GWC podcast folder sorted by time, most recent first:

ls -t ../Galactica\ Watercooler
0498833b660ff34d23977  GWC-Podcast-87.mp3  GWC-Podcast-70.mp3  GWC-Podcast-54.mp3       GWC-Podcast-37 Zen.mp3*
0ff28ed0a069be60a88dd  GWC-Podcast-86.mp3  GWC-Podcast-69.mp3  GWC-Podcast-53.mp3       GWC-Podcast-36 Zen.mp3*
0b545fa3c504f44693601  GWC-Podcast-85.mp3  GWC-Podcast-68.mp3  GWC-Podcast-51.mp3       GWC-Podcast-35.mp3*
0fd29b9b62119ed846941  GWC-Podcast-84.mp3  GWC-DTA-2.mp3       GWC-Podcast-52.mp3       GWC-Podcast-34 zen.mp3*
085f43b1a018f024a08d2  GWC-Podcast-83.mp3  GWC-DTA-1.mp3       GWC-Podcast-50.mp3       GWC-Podcast-33.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-99.mp3     GWC-Podcast-82.mp3  GWC-Podcast-67.mp3  GWC-Podcast-49.mp3       GWC-Podcast-32 zen.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-98.mp3     GWC-Podcast-81.mp3  GWC-Podcast-66.mp3  GWC-Podcast-48.mp3       GWC-Here-In-CIC.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-97.mp3     GWC-Podcast-80.mp3  GWC-Podcast-65.mp3  GWC-Podcast-47.mp3       GWC-Podcast-27.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-96.mp3     GWC-Podcast-79.mp3  GWC-Podcast-64.mp3  GWC-Podcast-46.mp3       GWC-Podcast-28.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-95.mp3     GWC-Podcast-78.mp3  GWC-Podcast-63.mp3  GWC-Podcast-45.mp3       GWC-Podcast-24.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-94.mp3     GWC-Podcast-77.mp3  GWC-Podcast-62.mp3  GWC-Podcast-44.mp3*      GWC-Podcast-25.mp3*
411_080403.mp3         GWC-Podcast-76.mp3  GWC-Podcast-61.mp3  GWC-Podcast-26.mp3*      GWC-Podcast-23.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-93.mp3     GWC-Podcast-75.mp3  GWC-Podcast-60.mp3  GWC-Podcast-43.mp3*      GWC-Podcast-30.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-92.mp3     GWC-Podcast-74.mp3  GWC-Podcast-59.mp3  GWC-Podcast-42.mp3*      GWC-Podcast-29.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-91.mp3     GWC-Podcast-73.mp3  GWC-Podcast-58.mp3  GWC-Podcast-41 zen.mp3*  GWC-Podcast-31.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-90.mp3     GWC-DTA-3.mp3       GWC-Podcast-57.mp3  GWC-Podcast-40 zen.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-89.mp3     GWC-Podcast-72.mp3  GWC-Podcast-56.mp3  GWC-Podcast-39 zen.mp3*
GWC-Podcast-88.mp3     GWC-Podcast-71.mp3  GWC-Podcast-55.mp3  GWC-Podcast-38 zen.mp3*

This not a huge deal, but it sort of wrecks the script I use to gather up podcast files for my portable mp3 player. I’d like to see if there’s not something that could be done on somebody’s part to fix it.

Am I using the correct subscription feed?


http://galacticawatercooler.com/feed/

I hate to be a bother, but if you can tell me anything I’d appreciate it.

Keep up the good work. I’m Really enjoying your content.

Mark

#2

I see it started with #100. There might be a filename length issue with your podcatcher. What OS are you on?

#3

Mandriva Linux 2008 (kernel 2.6.22.19).

Mark

#4

I doubt it’s an OS issue. Have you seen if it’s a known bug?

You might try subscribing to a 'cast like Slice of Scifi, which has longer filenames, and see if it happens there.

#5

Diggnation has a crazy long filename and it comes in just fine:


Diggnation (Large Xvid)]# ls
diggnation--0135--2008-01-31tokenuser--large.xvid.avi  diggnation--0145--2008-04-08tullamore--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0136--2008-02-07samureye--large.xvid.avi   diggnation--0146--2008-04-17xsanned--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0137--2008-02-15comhcinc--large.xvid.avi   diggnation--0147--2008-04-22earth--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0138--2008-02-22snow--large.xvid.avi       diggnation--0148--2008-05-01mightier--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0139--2008-02-28skyz--large.xvid.avi       diggnation--0149--2008-05-08sigh--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0140--2008-03-06burner--large.xvid.avi     diggnation--0150--2008-05-15heatwave--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0141--2008-03-13latenight--large.xvid.avi  diggnation--0151--2008-05-23flummoxed--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0142--2008-03-20hamsters--large.xvid.avi   diggnation--0152--2008-05-29dos--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0143--2008-03-27foxnews--large.xvid.avi    diggnation--0153--2008-06-05epic--large.xvid.avi
diggnation--0144--amsterdamnation2--large.xvid.avi     diggnation--0154--2008-06-12studbeez--large.xvid.avi

But I’ll grab Slice O’ SciFi and see what happens and get back to you.

Mark

#6

Slice of SciFi came in just fine.


Slice of SciFi]# ls
Slice_165_061408.mp3

I believe there is something wrong with the config for GWC’s podcast.

Mark

#7

IcePodder is a fork of Juice. Perhaps in IcePodder the hex-named files are just markers for things that are either not finished downloading or timed-out? You may need to adjust settings for max file size to download if IcePodder is anything like Juice.

#8

I just combed through the 14 or so active feeds I have in IcePodder and discovered three more that are renaming to hex numbers for some reason. The logs aren’t very helpful in determining why it’s happening, but it’s a problem on my end and not GWC’s.

Thanks for the attention on this. I’ll keep looking here.

Mark