How to view iTunes U without itunes?

I want to view Stanford's iOS programming course.

How can I see it without installign itunes on my PC and on my Android mobile device?

How to see iTunes U courses without iTunes

iTunes U courses are RSS feeds, so you will need:

• An RSS reader, either web browser-based, like Google Reader(*) or Feedly, or standalone, like RssReader.

  Make sure that in either case it can display H.264/MPEG-4 videos.

  (*) Google Reader will not be available after July 1 2013.

• The feed URL, which for the iOS programming course Coding Together: Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad (Winter 2013) is:

  https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZDirectory.woa/ra/directory/courses/593208016/feed

For example, after subscribing with Google Reader you'll see a list with links to the course videos:

How to obtain the feed URL

Neither Standford University nor iTunes Preview publish the feed URL, so you will need iTunes to get it:

1. Open iTunes and look for "Stanford coding together"

2. Select the course and subscribe:

   

3. Navigate to iTunes U, right click the course and select Copy iTunes U URL:

   

Here's an alternative which worked for me without using iTunes:

• Get course URL, for example:
  • https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/this-text-doesnt-matter/id775395339
• Use a feed extractor like feedflipper. This eventually gives you the raw xml file:
  • https://p1-u.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/LZStudent.woa/ra/feed/COFFWM26TD
• The file is served as text/rss so may not display nicely in the browser.
  • Open with an RSS reader OR
  • Download as *.txt file, reopen in firefox and use DownThemAll or alternative OR
  • Copy the entire XML file and use a link scraper like the one built into JDownloader.