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An error occurred while saving the comment @Anonymous because of the servers capacity to answer every requests ;)
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Jordi
The new position is automatically broadcasted everytime you changed the playback position. This feature request is different.
What you described looks like an issue/bug in which case please send me an email with more detail so I can help (Settings/Feedback)
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Unfortunately there's nothing I can do if the podcast owner removed old episodes from his/her server. The app doesn't host anything. Only the podcast owner can change this -
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Girish
You can already do that, by selecting a category in the main screen, then select all podcasts and apply an action.
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FYI there’s a setting in Settings/Player called Playback “speed factor” which allows to select how much of the current playback speed is applied when you listen through a loud speaker. For example, I set this at 33%.
This means that the podcast set to 2.5x is played at 2.5x only when listening with a headset (wired or BT). Otherwise the app will play at 1.5×. Once you enable this, you won’t have to change the playback speed based on the environment. The app will do it for youAn error occurred while saving the comment If you change the player speed in the app settings, then it's applied to every podcasts.
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Next Beta will have a new feature for this
Please contact me for more details on how to get the beta and test this (Settings/Feedback/Send email)
ThanksAn error occurred while saving the comment Please send me an email in case you have any question (Settings/Feedback)
Regarding your question, no it's not possible.
You can only link those files to the app data by restoring a backup.
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Just a heads up regarding the latest version of the app. It doesn’t provide cross device syncing yet, but it allows you to sign in to your Google Drive account and have all your data automatically backed up to make sure they are safe at all time. It also makes restoring the data on a new device really easy.
You can go into Settings/Backup to enable this and sign-in
ThanksAn error occurred while saving the comment @Anonymous the app will never be able to sync status with iTunes.
Apple doesn't provide such APIs, so that's not possibleAn error occurred while saving the comment @Matt
Thanks for the information, but unfortunately I cannot ask for this permission as it doesn't make any sense for a podcast app to use the camera.
Also their API isn't complete for now and only basic information can be synced.An error occurred while saving the comment @zed
I tried to contact them to ask some questions but I didn't get any answer.
It looks like it's missing some features, and there's no way to know if their server can handle the charge. Finally I already started working twice on this feature and both times the solution I chose was deprecated... I want to make sure this won't happen againAn error occurred while saving the comment @Max C.
Dropbox has deprecated is Sync API, so this isn't a solution anymoreAn error occurred while saving the comment @Phil
Google Plus is just used for the login mechanism.
The problem with Google native sync mechanism is that it can only be used where there isn't a lot of data to synchronize.
Some users have A LOT of subscriptions (200+). This can mean a number of episodes to synchronize of 50K, 100K or even more.
Because of that those solutions aren't adaptedAn error occurred while saving the comment @Abiel Enrique
There's no beta for this. I had to cancel twice this feature as Google reader service closed, then Dropbox Sync API was deprecated.
For now I'm still looking for a solution...An error occurred while saving the comment Sorry but I don't have any new ETA for now.
I'm still working on Android 6.0 update. Then a couple of weeks after the Android 6.0 release I will have more time to resume my testsAn error occurred while saving the comment I started developing this based on a Dropbox API. The subscriptions syncing was fully developed as well a 50% of the episode status syncing, but Dropbox announced that their were cancelling this feature...
So I have to find another solution. I could handle it on my side by adding more servers, but because I want this available in the free version as well I'm afraid it might cost me a lot to implement this, so I'm still looking for an alternative.
Also the upcoming Android M version will require a lot of work so Podcast Addict can work properly, so for now I don't have an ETA...An error occurred while saving the comment @iWampy
Yes but this is limited to devices with access to the Google Play Services. I'm trying to build a solution which will work on devices without Google Play Services. That way, you will be able to synchronize Kindle devices, BB devices, on Chrome, and Windows 10 ;)An error occurred while saving the comment Bad news... I was implementing this feature with Dropbox Sync API, but Dropbox just announced that these APIs were now deprecated...
I will have to find another solution and re-implement everything :(An error occurred while saving the comment @OV51KGRV this feature will allow synching subscriptions and episode status. It won't store any downloaded episodes
An error occurred while saving the comment First I need to finish the v3.0 which comes with a small UI update and some technical improvements. Those technical upgrades will then allow me to resume working on the cross device syncing. There were some performance issues with my initial tests, and now it should work better
An error occurred while saving the comment Sorry I had to switch to a much urgent issue the past weeks.
With the increasing number of users I'm having some server issues so I need to rewrite all the server code. This will take like a couple more weeks, then I will switch back to the cross device syncingAn error occurred while saving the comment Because I won't be available much in the next weeks I won't publish anything yet.
I will publish the 1st beta in januaryAn error occurred while saving the comment In case of a phone upgrade you can use the app backup/restore feature which will allow you to keep all your subscriptions and episode status
An error occurred while saving the comment Still working on it but I'm having a technical problem to solve first... I think I will have to postpone the beta to January because I won't be available to work on the app the second half of december
An error occurred while saving the comment I'm having performance issue, so I had to switch to another solution.
Still doing some testing to see if I can finalize thisAn error occurred while saving the comment Usually I publish the beta so everyone can retrieve it on the play store (you need to be part of the beta tester group on G+), but in this case it will be limited to a few users first.
I will need users willing to do some testing and to send me some feedback in case they see some speed impact, battery usage issue, bugs, ...I don't know exactly how I will proceed yet but once the beta is ready I will post a comment with all the information
An error occurred while saving the comment I still have a couple releases to deliver will small improvements / new features and bugfix, then I will spend a couple of weeks developing this. Then it will take at least another couple of weeks for intensive beta testing...
I hope to deliver this feature before the end of the yearAn error occurred while saving the comment This feature will be added in 2014. But it requires a lot of work server side and also to find a solution that won't cost to much... So it will take a few month to implement it
An error occurred while saving the comment Do gpodder offer episodes favorites, read status, position synchronization or just subscription sync ?
AdminXavier Guillemane
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Edit: Microsoft just confirmed that their Astoria projectr is dead: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/02/25/microsoft-confirms-android-to-windows-app-tool-project-astoria-is-dead/
Unless they come back with an alternate solution there shouldn’t be a Windows port any time soon.
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Calum
It doesn't look like it. What they call a universal app is an app that will run on any Microsoft device/OS, but they don't provide the tools to convert Android apps anymore (at least for now)An error occurred while saving the comment @Aaron developing an app takes a lot of time, especially when you're alone and doing this on your free time.
This app won't be developed for other platform.
I might build a Windows Universal app once Microsoft fixes the framework tools/limitations.
But because the app doesn't have a cross device syncing feature the universal app might not be very useful for now.
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Patrick
What do you mean by 'questionary'?
Please let me know (podcastaddict@gmail.com)
Feel free to let me know which menus you want to remove as well.
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Mark Why are you saying so?
Please contact me in case of an issue so I can help you (Settings/Feedback)
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An error occurred while saving the comment This is a standard webpage. I don't see any feed there. Unfortunately you can only subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds urls
An error occurred while saving the comment Can you please send me some example of those feeds url so I can check why it doesn't work (podcastaddict@gmail.com) ?
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An error occurred while saving the comment You can press on the artwork to open the episode screen, then you can open the screen menu and select 'Custom Settings'
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An error occurred while saving the comment Sorry to hear that, but you can turn streaming and download off over data when you're in a foreign country (Settings/Network). That way you can still stream and download over WiFi
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An error occurred while saving the comment This isn't exactly what you're asking for but since v3.17, the app will lower the volume in the last 15 seconds before the timer expires (no gradual lowering though)
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An error occurred while saving the comment You can disable the playlist and the Continuous playback features in Settings/Playlist, that way the app will only play the current episode.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Please send me the podcast RSS feed url, not an episode url.
You can find it by long pressing on the podcast (not the episode), then select Copy to clipboard and paste the result here
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Borek Bernard
The problem is that Feedly might give access to old content that some podcast owner removed from their RSS feeds because they want the user to go to the podcast website to retrieve this old content.
If podcast owner want to give access to archives they can do this by using RSS feed paging mechanism. Podcats Addict support it and will retrieve all the available archives in that case.The problem isn't a technical issue but a legal one.
An error occurred while saving the comment Hi,
Sorry but this app 'Ivoox' seems to be only available in Spanish so no I don't know this service.
Yes there are podcast owner who are choosing to make older episodes available only through their website so they can earn some money by selling them.
I can assure you that they don't like it if you provide content not available in their RSS feed. I have been contacted quite a few times because of this, and they asked me to remove those content.
Once again, podcasts are available through the podcast owner RSS feed.
You can open the podcast RSS feed on any web browser and you will see that the app only show the content of the RSS feed.
To do so, long press on the podcast (not the episode), select Copy to clipboard and paste the result in a web browser, then you can scroll down to see what the older episode is.
Please share the podcast RSS feed so I can take a look at it.
Once again any server can store past episodes and make them available once they aren't available in the RSS feed anymore, but this might be illegal as explained earlier and more importantly, this will make those episodes not available anymore on the #1 podcast platform which is iTunes.
iTunes only shows the episodes which are still in the RSS feed... Feel free to take a look at this podcast page on iTunes to see what the oldest episode available is.So if the podcast owner really wants to give access to every episodes he should make sure not to truncate his RSS feed.
Feel free to send my email to the podcast owner if he want to talk about it, but this is a really simple issue.Podcasts relie on RSS feed. Anyone can open a RSS feed a check its content.
The app just provide the same content as the web browser does. If you don't have those older episodes, you won't find them either in the web browser page.Maybe this podcast has different RSS feeds, some of them containing every episodes, other containing only the last XX episodes, in that case please give me some information so I can check if a more complete RSS feed exist
Xavier
An error occurred while saving the comment I'm sorry but there's nothing I can do about this.
The app displays the content of the RSS feed provided by the podcast owner.
If the podcast owner doesn't want old content to be in the RSS feed then it's his choice. He's the only one who can decide what's available or not.
The app supports RSS feed paging, so if the podcast owner wants to keep the RSS feed light for performance reason, he can create archive pages for the feed and link them together. The app will then find those archive pages and display their content as well, but once again, this is the podcast owner choice.I don't know what IVoox is, but any service that handles the RSS feed parsing server side can store older episodes. They just add new content without removing older content when it's no more available in the RSS feed, but this isn't legal...
If the podcast owner wants you to go through his website for older content (to display ads, or for you to buy them) it's is choice and everyone should respect that.So, I'm sorry but I won't reconsider this. The app will keep displaying unlimited content provided by the RSS feed, while respecting the podcast owner choice to limit access to past content or not.
BTW I can assure you that more than 90% of the podcast feed in the app database gives access to every episode without restriction. Most podcast giving access to a limited number of episodes are done by professional podcast owner who are making older content available on paid platform or by radio station.
Feel free to send me your podcast RSS feed url, so I can check what kind there are.
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An error occurred while saving the comment As I already explained, the app is getting its information from the RSS feed. If the RSS feed is truncated by its owner then you wont be able to get older episodes. There's no server behind the app that parses the feeds and stores their episodes. Everything is handled at the app level
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An error occurred while saving the comment What do you mean by 'Podcast/Playlist' menu item in the Top left ?
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're asking.
Please give me more detail or some screenshots.Thanks
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An error occurred while saving the comment Please give more detail about the way you're using those files into the app.
Did you create a virtual podcast ? Please send some examples of the episode titles as they are displayed in the app. Feel free to send me a short sample of one of those file as well (podcastaddict@gmail.com)
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Please contact me in case you have a question so I can help (Settings/Feedback)
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