re: What happened to DL.TV video podcast?

It looks like the last update to DL.TV video podcast was back in Feb 09. Does anyone know what happened?

I went to their website and they the shows can be downloaded as mp4 but I can't figure out how to make the Zune believe they are a podcast. I put the mp4 files into the old dl.tv h.264 folder in my zune podcasts folder but they don't show up in the Zune software. Any ideas how to fix this?

I searched the podcast in the Zune software and found the wmv version of it in Zune Marketplace. Then I went to the official website and found two RSS feeds ("640x360 H.264" and "320x180 (iPod/PSP)") available, so I tried both of them.
(Downloading an episode is so slow that I haven't checked the format of "320x180 (iPod/PSP)" yet.)

"640x360 H.264"
Last updated on Feb. 5 (Episode #267)
Encoded in H.264 main profile, so the Zune software plays the videos, but they will be transcoded at sync.

"320x180 (iPod/PSP)"
14 new episodes (#1 to #14) are available, and you may have noticed it, but the first of them (on Apr. 7) says "Premiere Episode! And we're back!"

Anyway,
1) Copy "http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/DLTVvidcast.xml".
2) In the Zune software, go to "collection">"podcasts".
3) Click "ADD A PODCAST" (bottom, left), paste the link, and click "SUBSCRIBE".

FYI
It took a long time to download the episode #14 (of "320x180 (iPod/PSP)").
It's actually in 640x360, and I'm sorry that the video (& possibly audio too) bitrate is too high
so the Zune software had to transcode it at sync.

As you probably know Zune (4/8/16/80/120) supports
"H.264 video^[4]: Baseline profile up to 2.5 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second). Zune software will transcode HD H.264 files at device sync."
(http://www.zune.net/en-us/mp3players/zune120/specs.htm)

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General
Complete name                    : D:\Zune\Podcasts\dl tv iPod video\dl.tv 14 May 21, 2009.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                         : mp42
File size                        : 453 MiB
Duration                         : 21mn 31s
Overall bit rate                 : 2 940 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:36
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:52

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : Baseline@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : No
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 21mn 31s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 2 680 Kbps
Width                            : 640 pixels
Height                           : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16/9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.465
Stream size                      : 413 MiB (91%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:34
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:52

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 21mn 31s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Resolution                       : 16 bits
Stream size                      : 39.4 MiB (9%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:34
Tagged date                      : UTC 2009-05-21 23:22:52

Thanks I have them added as a podcast again.

It sounds like we need to update the RSS feed we have in the marketplace for DL.TV.  Let me forward this post on to the right person.  Thanks for the heads up.

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Tom
Zune Product Team 

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The DL.TV video podcast feed issue has been corrected.  You will all need to unsubscribe from the old feed and subscribe to the new feed with the new episodes.  Thanks for the feedback on this.

Rob Greenlee - Podcast Producer - Zune Product Team

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