Podcast file size shows as 0 bytes

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  m1sterbultitude · Member · September 28, 2023 at 10:05 pm

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  https://pca.st/podcast/2d253b60-82ae-0133-2d64-6dc413d6d41d

  In the above podcast downloading an episode is impossible, as file size shows as 0 bytes. 

  Podcast publisher sees no problem on his end.
  

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  m1sterbultitude · Member · September 28, 2023 at 10:31 pm

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  Pocket Casts 7.47 (7.47.0.4

  iOS 16.5.1 (20F75)

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  staff-joey8 · Staff · October 6, 2023 at 6:03 am

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  Hi there, @yguy14159!

  I checked out the enclosure tags for each episode and can see that the length set in the RSS Feed is set to 0, as shown here: https://d.pr/i/QDcOak

  This is likely why Pocket Casts will show the file size as 0 bytes. Can you please ask the author of the podcast to change that?

  Additionally, are you able to stream the episode? Or does that also give you an error?

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  m1sterbultitude · Member · October 7, 2023 at 2:14 pm

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  Can you please ask the author of the podcast to change that?

  I relayed your request along with a link to this thread. And yes, I can stream the episodes.
  

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  staff-joey8 · Staff · October 9, 2023 at 6:48 am

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  @yguy14159 – thanks for doing that! That will solve the 0 bytes issue you reported.

  With regards to the issue you’re facing when you download the file, our developers are looking into these cases here. It is most likely that the file is getting corrupted, so we’re working on determining what is causing this. If the author of the podcast can also look into that too, it would be great!