Why does Podcast Addict sometimes try to stream episodes I've already downloaded started listening to?
Occasionally, I'll download an episode of a podcast over Wifi to my local storage, an SD card. I'll disable Wifi, and start listening to the episode in the car, using the downloaded version. Then, the next day, I'll start the episode again in the car from where it left off, and instead of continuing to play the downloaded version, Podcast Addict will complain that is cannot stream the episode over Wifi, and then fail to play the episode at all.
Is there something I'm doing wrong. Why doesn't Podcast Addict always play the downloaded version?
When I stop the car, and toggle my phone's Wifi settings on and off and Podcast Addict's network settings, I'll eventually get Podcast Addict to play the downloaded version.
What might be causing this issue?
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Regarding the issue, if the app try to stream an episode it means that the episode isn’t downloaded.
It can be that the episode has been deleted manually or automatically based on your Automatic cleanup settings. It can also be that your SD card is corrupted which mean that Android will keep unmounting it so the app won’t have access to the file and will then consider it as non downloaded. In that case it won’t be able to play the local file even if the SD card is available because it’s now flagged as non downloaded. So turning the Wifi on will just stream the file unless you download it one more time.
FYI corrupted SD card is the #1 issue of Android devices…
Xavier
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@Anonymous
I don't understand what the issue is with my answer.
I'm just aking whoever posted this 'feature request' to send me an email in case of an issue so I can help. Then I explain what could cause this.
Thanks -
Anonymous commented
@Xavier Guillemane
Is that seriously how you're answering this query? Without even reading the first 3 words of the post? -
@Ryan Ramsey
This is normal.
If you don't download a podcast the app needs an internet connection to stream the content. If you see the WiFi only message it means that the app is set up to only allow streaming over Wifi and you're not currently connected to a WiFi network. If you want to allow streaming over data go into Settings/Network and disable 'Streaming over WiFi only' -
Ryan Ramsey commented
I've had a similar issue. I was using the podcastaddict app. It was working fine, i haven't downloaded any podcasts btw, but i was listening to them via streaming on my phone. Then today it just started telling me that it suddenly would only allow me to listen to them if i was connected to wifi. I never was before, why do i have to be now?