Premium Podcast in iTunes Not Working?

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#1  Edited By Skywarpgold

I'm trying to subscribe to the premium podcast RSS feed in iTunes, but it doesn't seem to be working. I get prompted to enter my login information, but it doesn't seem to take it. I noticed it's asking me to log in to www.giantbomb.com rather than auth.giantbomb.com, but maybe I'm entering the incorrect RSS url?

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I'm entering the URL provided on the podcast page: http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/premium/. Is there a different one that needs to be used in iTunes though?

Thanks!

EDIT: Note that I've tried both my username and email address, and neither seem to work.

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Try unchecking "Remember password".

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#5  Edited By Skywarpgold

@rorie: Hmm, that works in a web browser, but iTunes is giving me a 500 error, although I have a hunch I know what the issue is now. I'm going to try something.

EDIT: OK, the problem was that my password had special characters in it, specifically an at sign (@) and an exclamation point (!). I changed my password to use only letters and numbers, and now the URL you provided works like a charm. Thanks Rorie!!

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Yeah, iTunes has some weird rules when it comes to passwords, unfortunately. For being the biggest podcast platform out there it does not support authenticated feeds very well, unfortunately.

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Yeah, you'd think they'd get on that. Oh well, it's working now, and that's all I need. Thanks again!