Problem subscribing to a podcast

[jobidon]

Checklist

• I have used the search function for open and closed issues to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
• I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
• If the bug only to occurs with a certain podcast, I will include the URL of that podcast.

App version

2.5.2

Where did you get the app from

Google Play

Android version

10

Device model

A7

First occurred

First noticed about 4 months ago

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to “Subscriptions”
2. choose the “+” button to add new podcast
3. Type “dr. cowan” in the search box
4. Select “Conversations with Dr. Cowan & Friends”
5. Notice the error message

or (through the bitchute RSS feed):

1. add a new subscription by RSS address: Dr.TomCowan
2. The podcast is added to the “Subscriptions” page
3. Select the item from the list and select any of the episodes.
4. Notice the “Item does not contain a media file” banner above the description

Expected behaviour

Add a specific podcast to AntennaPod and be able to play the associated media content

Current behaviour

pop up displayed: IO Error. Too many follow-up requests: 21. It is my understanding that okhttp limits the number of recursive requests to a max of 20 (see reported issue on StackExchange. Apparently, the header of the request needs to be modified to avoid this redirect error). For some reason, maybe related to how this podcast is hosted on the server, the link redirects too many times and is rejected.

The error also occurs when the podcast is added through podcastindex.org

The same podcast is also available on bitchute, and using the recommended Bitchute RSS syntax (see format below) does indeed allow the addition of the podcast in AntennaPod, but the media content is not found and I get the “Item does not contain a media file” message. So although the podcast can be added, the content is not available.

** Note: This issue was initially reported on the AntennaPod Forum

Logs

IO Error. Too many follow-up requests: 21

[antennapod-bot]

This issue has been mentioned on AntennaPod Forum. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.antennapod.org/t/problem-subscribing-to-a-podcast/2138/5

[ByteHamster]

Notice the “Item does not contain a media file” banner above the description

That's a problem of that bitchute feed. They don't deliver a media file. There is nothing AntennaPod could do about this.

Too many follow-up requests: 21. It is my understanding that okhttp limits the number of recursive requests to a max of 20

It limits them with good reason :) That's to avoid ending in an endless loop. A well configured website uses no more than 3 or 4 redirects. 20 is an insanely high number. In the case of this podcast, it is actually just two websites that redirect to each other in an endless loop.

https://anchor.fm/s/96acfe54/podcast/rss <--> https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1280480.rss

There is nothing AntennaPod could do about this either - the podcast server is misconfigured. Try contacting the podcast hosts.