Why is a podcast appearing as "Live" even though the livestream ended a while ago? #15

mitchdowney · 2023-10-10T02:37:46Z

mitchdowney
Oct 10, 2023
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Why is a podcast appearing as "Live" even though the livestream has ended a while ago?

From Sir TJ the Wrathful:

2hr folk hour has been "live" in my podverse app for like 2 weeks now. Is that supposed to be like that?

There are a few things that can cause this. In most cases, this is something the podcaster has control over, rather than an issue with Podverse.

Did the podcaster remove the <podcast:liveItem> tag, or at least remove the status="live" attribute from their <podcast:liveItem> tag? If the status="live" attribute is present in their RSS feed, then Podverse will display the podcast as live.
After the podcaster updated their RSS tag as described in 1), did they send a liveEnd Podping event? If no, then podcast apps will not be notified that the livestream has ended, and may continue to display the podcast as live.
If the podcaster already did 1) and 2), but the podcast still appears as li…

mitchdowney · 2023-10-10T02:45:35Z

There are a few things that can cause this. In most cases, this is something the podcaster has control over, rather than an issue with Podverse.

Did the podcaster remove the <podcast:liveItem> tag, or at least remove the status="live" attribute from their <podcast:liveItem> tag? If the status="live" attribute is present in their RSS feed, then Podverse will display the podcast as live.
After the podcaster updated their RSS tag as described in 1), did they send a liveEnd Podping event? If no, then podcast apps will not be notified that the livestream has ended, and may continue to display the podcast as live.
If the podcaster already did 1) and 2), but the podcast still appears as live in Podverse, then there may be an error in Podverse that we need to fix. Please email [email protected] to report the issue to us.

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