What specifically is the difference between "published" and "unpublished" media? Can unpublished media be accessed via an external URL?
I'm trying to play an audio excerpt using the [powerpress url="..."] shortcode on a WordPress page (rather than a WordPress post with an associated podcast episode). I uploaded the audio segment as a separate file to my hosting account, and it appears on the "Unpublished Media" page. The audio player appears on the rendered page; however, clicking the play button displays "File Not Found."
The page is http://acongruentlife.net/acl-027-don-samuels-excerpts/. The shortcode is [powerpress url="content.blubrry.com/acongruentlife/ACL027-Don_Samuels_01.mp3"]
This yields the following href in the generated HTML: href="http://media.blubrry.com/acongruentlife/p/content.blubrry.com/acongruentlife/ACL027-Don_Samuels_01.mp3", which is analogous to the URLs that appear for my published podcast episodes. If I try to retrieve that URL, I get a bit of XML back with an "Access Denied" error, not an HTTP 404.
Do I need to change the URL for "unpublished" media in some way, or change the state of the audio file from "unpublished" to "published?"
Thanks --
--Andy