iTunes vs RSS title mismatch causes Audiobookshelf sync failures for some podcasts

[kar731]

Summary

• Some podcasts never have their episodes sync to Ryot during the Audiobookshelf (ABS) integration
• Root cause: iTunes uses the RSS <itunes:title> while ABS uses the RSS <title>
• When those two fields differ (common pattern: RSS <title> starts with "1. " but <itunes:title> does not), Ryot compares iTunes title to ABS title and fails to match episodes, so progress isn't synced.

Example

• Podcast: Video Palace (iTunes id: 1439247558) (Raw RSS: https://rss.art19.com/video-palace )
• Episode RSS:

<item>
    <title>11. Introducing The AMC+ Interview with the Vampire Podcast</title>
    ...
    <itunes:title>Introducing The AMC+ Interview with the Vampire Podcast</itunes:title>
    ...
</item>

• ABS uses the RSS episode's <title> ("11. …"), Ryot uses iTunes/itunes:title ("Introducing …"), so the two don't match and Ryot never links the ABS episode to the iTunes episode.
• Other podcasts with the same issue:
  • Outliers
    • Raw RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/outliers-realm
    • iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outliers/id1605246347

Images

• NOTE: Episodes had to be manually marked as seen in ryot due to this bug
• Ryot:

• ABS:

[kar731]

This issue can also be seen in the podcast "Hard Drive" where the difference in RSS is actually more than just "1. "

Raw RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/harddrive
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-drive/id1868448598

<item>
    <title>Episode One</title>
    ...
    <itunes:title>Birds Were Once Real</itunes:title>
    ...
</item>

Images
NOTE: Episodes had to be manually marked as seen in ryot due to this bug

• ABS:

• Ryot: