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plumeria

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Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« on: July 29, 2008, 12:12:12 am »

I am using the latest 12.0.526 build.

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Options -> Podcast -> Attempt each download at most "x" times

I am unable to change "x" to anything greater than 10.  It fails to store the value.

I am having trouble downloading all my podcasts from various sources but eventually most of them seem to work, so I need to set this number to something much higher. You should be able to set it to anything you want - e.g. 1,000.

thanks

Peter
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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 11:06:07 am »

I've increased the limit to 1000, but the problem really is that the podcasts aren't downloading.

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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 09:08:32 am »

Sounds like a flaky network connection (router probably) to me.  Wireless?
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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 09:52:57 am »

I'm seeing the same thing, podcasts aren't working (downloading) at all in .526

Anyone else?
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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 10:05:13 am »

I figured it out. I'm using Windows Live OneCare (no comments...please). It was in a bad state such that the firewall was brokenish. Anyway, I ran the program from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4BC2594B-95AB-4235-B5B8-41656B38480F&displaylang=en and that fixed it.
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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2008, 02:50:42 am »

I've increased the limit to 1000, but the problem really is that the podcasts aren't downloading.
Thanks John - they usually download in the end but it takes many, many attempts..  so this will certainly help as I let it try all night :-)

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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2008, 09:47:38 am »

Hi Peter, the point is they *shouldn't* require many attempts. I don't think anyone else is having this trouble. I'd guess you have a flaky switch/router somewhere. Luck... j

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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2008, 08:42:09 pm »

John - agree that this is not normal.  My web browsing etc. seems fine however. Any ideas on how I might be able to get to the bottom of the problem.  Is there anything in the MC logging that could help? 

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Re: Basic podcast bug - download attempts number not working
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2008, 10:22:49 pm »

To start, let's make sure it's not MC. Try downloading a podcast with MC, and if it fails, try again through a web browser. Does that also fail? If it succeeds, try again with MC and see if it fails.

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