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[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I was asking because the last episode of this feed is a video file (TSP 33) so it won't be added into the queue. I had no problem downloading, queuing and playing audio episodes of this podcast.
[Android Apps and Games] rcurtice:
Video that is weird, but it would explain why it did not queue up right. How could you tell it was video? when I played it from the website, all I got was audio.
[Android Apps and Games] Jaiy:
Old article expiration

I may have missed something in the config, but I cannot see how to set an expiration time for old articles/episodes. My phone's SD card is filling up with tons of old stuff!

What I'd like is to be able to set an expiration time for articles/episodes - at that time, the article and any downloads associated from it are deleted from my SD card. Something configurable, but I am thinking values like 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, 30 days seem like suitable choices. And, if possible, separately configurable per podcast, please. It may also be useful to be able to mark individual articles/episodes with a do-not-expire flag so that specific items of interest can be kept around longer until they are manually deleted.

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While I am here, I am also noticing that reading an article doesn't mark the article as read!!! So if I return to a podcast later, it is hard to see which articles/episodes I have already read and where I should start from this time. I don't think I should have to specifically mark something as read, the act of reading something should do that.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
For now you cannot set an expiration date on downloads, so you have to delete them manually or to enable the auto deletion feature that deletes them once read.

I intend to add this expiration feature later.

Episodes can be marked read manually or automatically when you open the episode screen (settings), or once the episode has been fully listened to (settings)
[Android Apps and Games] slipmagt:
I like this app but I have a bit of an issue with it, and Im not sure if Im doing something wrong or not. I like to listen to a podcast, Nerd Poker, during my commute. Which is only about 15/20 minutes, and the podcast is much longer then that. So I pause the podcast and close the app. But it usually pops back up and sits in my notification bar. Is there a way to fully close the app until Im ready to use it again?
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Hi,

What do you mean by "close the app" ? On Android you don't close app, you put them in the background and let the OS manage it's resources. If your device needs more resources it closes background apps on its own.

How do you close it ?

If you display the notifications what does it says ?
[Android Apps and Games] slipmagt:
Backing out of the app, it continues to pop up in my notification bar even after Ive asked it to stop.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
So backing out of the app, just hide it, it does not stop the app (like every other android app).

But what to you mean by it pop up in your notification bar ?

What does the notification says ?

Is it the player notification with the 'Pause' status ?

Is it a notification telling you that you have new episodes or new download content ?
[Android Apps and Games] malistreber:
Can you fix the play on Samsung Galaxy Note 2
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Can you at least tell me what is wrong with it?

What ROM are you using
[Android Apps and Games] malistreber:
I use 4.1.2 JB Samsung Rom, and the podcast playing is jerky.

After the phone goes sleep the playing is interrupt for about 1sek. than ok and after a while again interrupted.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
This is because of a bug in the Samsung ROM. When upgrading your phone you need to do a factory reset to complete the upgrade, otherwise this issue can appear. Installing CM or doing a factory reset fixes the problem. No problem with other brands.

By the way which version of the app are you using ?
[Android Apps and Games] slipmagt:
Yes.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
So its normal. You got the player notification that allows you to resume playing from the notification. If you want you can hide it (settings/audio player notification) or you can press the stop button rather than the pause one if you really want to stop it.
[Android Apps and Games] rcurtice:
Re-Order Podcast Playlist Index Off by One

On Samsung Galaxy SIII, everything was working great until last update. Now when I select a podcast and try and drag it up or down, it ends up moving the show that was above it before it was moved. So the show that is moved is the one selected - 1. Also it doesn't end up in the location you dragged it to, it moves one spot above that. Make sense? Seems like you index is just off by one.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I guess you're talking about the playlist. Did you had access to a beta of the app ? If not it shouldn't happen.

You can fix this by emptying the playlist then repopulate it. You can do it easily using action bar menus.
[Android Apps and Games] rcurtice:
your latest update fixed it. THANKS!
[Android Apps and Games] dpatrick3:
Love that there is a new podcasting app, but without playback speed control it's a non-starter for me. Also, BeyondPod's ability to sync play location across devices is invaluable.

Keep working at it. :)
[Android Apps and Games] wcterp:
One suggestion/feature request, and I don't know if it has already been made. In playlist view, there's no way to see the description of the episode you're about to click on. I subscribe to enough podcasts where I don't have time to listen to every episode of everything I've subscribed to. I'd like to be able to see the description from playlist view so I can decide whether I want to listen to that episode. I know I can go to the downloaded episodes view and I'll see the description, but it would be nice to also see that information from the playlist view since that's where I spend most of my time.

Otherwise, excellent app, and I plan on donating!

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Or, instead of that, allow us to specify the default view. For example, I'd like the downloaded episodes view to be the first thing I see when I open the app.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
If you click on the episode thumbnail in the playlist screen you will open the episode description. Then you can swipe between episodes description.
[Android Apps and Games] wcterp:
Ah ha! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Playback speed control should be available pretty soon ;)

Working on shipping a beta tonight
[Android Apps and Games] Warell:
Excellent app.

I´m testing it for a few days now, and really enjoying it.

There is two things I would like to suggest:

1) Give us an option to edit the feeds. I have a few who have 3 lines in the name, and I would like to be able to rename it to better fit the list in the screen.

2) I use it to listen to podcasts in 2 languages, Portuguese and English. But when adding new feeds, if I go to the top podcasts, all I see is in english. I believe it´s because the ones in english have way more people listening to, and thus, are far more popular. Then, if I want to see the ones in Portuguese, I need to disable english, refresh, look again, add, and then go back, re-enable english etc. I think it would be really better if when searching for new feeds, we was able to have different lists for each language.

And thanks again for the great app!
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
1- is already in my todo list but has a low priority compared to other improvments

2- yes I thought about that and I will soon allow filtering by languages and podcasts type (audio/video)
[Android Apps and Games] Warell:
Really good to see this fast development! Thanks for the reply.
[Android Apps and Games] doragasu:
This app looks neat, but it is closed source, right? Would you consider opening the sources?
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Sorry for now I'm not opening sources
[Android Apps and Games] kobyz:
So I liked the idea for a new podcast app but I ran into a lot of problems with it:

SGS1

Fishears JB 4.2.1

1. Updating takes a long time. gets stuck a lot even on WIFI in the second and third run.

2. DL the same.

3. Playing didn't work at all for me. Got to the playlist. Pressed PLAY and it gets stuck for ~30sec then the marker jumps to show ~20sec were played then it's stuck again for another ~30sec and so on. Gives FC all the time.

So I went back to Beyond-pod for the time being. It works just fine so it's not my device.
[Android Apps and Games] tedricb:
Bugs

I love this app but there are a couple of bugs that have been annoying me lately. My device is an ASUS TF700T tablet running JB 4.2.1 with the latest ASUS firmware.

First the big one: When the player is running in the background, it often encounters a bug while transitioning to the next episode. Let's say I have three episodes in my playlist: A, B, and C. When episode A finishes, the player often just stops. When I open up the playlist, A has been marked as read and removed as normal. B is at the top of the playlist. But episode C is the "active" episode, as though it was playing and has been paused. If I press play on either B or C at this point, C is marked with a white circle as though it's been played to the end and paused at the very last second. Playing C marks it immediately as read and removes it from the playlist. Then I have to hunt that episode down, mark it unread and add it back. My only workaround for this bug so far is to drag an episode to the bottom of the playlist before playing it, or to ignore the playlist altogether and play episodes manually -- either way it means I have to micromanage the app after every episode. (By the way, I would love a "play from beginning" option).

Second: Sometimes the lock-screen widget freaks the frak out when I turn the screen on, blinking and jittering like crazy. This does not seem to affect playback or any other behavior.

Third: The update cycle often hangs halfway through, for instance when my building's crappy wireless network drops out for a moment. The cycle does not resume and does not restart. It's just stuck there in my notification bar at "15/27 episodes" or whatever. I can restart the cycle manually, but there really should be an automatic time-out.

Thanks for all your work on this app! I bought the paid version a while back and have been glad to see all the attention you've given to continuing development and addressing feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
This is really strange. Only your network bandwidth can explain this slow update/download/streaming...

Were you using a 3g connection? Did you disable the update/download/stream over WiFi only settings?
[Android Apps and Games] kobyz:
I tried both on wifi and on 3g (with wifi only disabled of course).
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Podcast Addict v1.17 has been published. Variable Playback speed is now available (Android 4.1+)!
[Android Apps and Games] kobyz:
This fixed both slow dl and playback for me!

Thanks a lot!

Some suggestions:

1. Put a playlist button on the podcast list screen. Getting there through the menu is not so fast...

2. Allow the first screen to be the playlist. Once I got my podcasts all configured and dl I just want to go in and play them

3. On the playlist screen allow to delete a file

Great work! looking fwd to using this one for a long time!
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
There's a way to access the playlist with a single click from the main screen. You can press the app icon from the action bar to do so. The v 2.0 will improve the app design and navigation.
[Android Apps and Games] kobyz:
That's great Thanks.

Is there a way to get video podcasts on the playlist? I know they are played through an external player, but to have them on the playlist would be very convenient.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Not in the current version
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I added a way to delete a file from the playlist (long press on the episode to delete).

The new version should be available before the end of the week
[Android Apps and Games] electr0n1:
Great app

Can you tell me how the auto delete feature works?

I marked my podcasts as read but they were not auto deleted.

Do I have to enable something?

Great app so far, I just downloaded it.

BTW I have 1.7.1 on a Google nexus 10.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Right now automatic deletion only works for audio files because the internal player doesn't support video files (will be soon available). You just need to enable the automatic deletion in the app settings and as soon as an episode has been fully listened to it will be deleted.
[Android Apps and Games] electr0n1:
auto delete

I'm sorry but I still can't find it. Where specifically is it?

I've looked in both the podcast and playlist settings context and I don't see any option for enabling auto deletion.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tedricb:
"Mark Read" option not working

So the last playlist bug I reported (see above) has stopped happening, but another one has started!

Episodes are no longer being marked read when the end is reached. They're staying in the playlist, too. I have to mark & remove them manually every time. In Settings, both Mark Read and Auto Delete are checked. Finished episodes used to get cleared out just fine, until a recent update.

Related to this, I wish the long-press context menu in Playlist view gave a full suite of options like "mark read"/"mark read and remove from playlist" -- not just for this issue, but because sometimes I get halfway through an episode and decide I don't want to hear the rest. It's clunky to have to open the episode view and click several other buttons each time.

Of course, this is a relatively minor complaint on an otherwise great app (and I much prefer this problem to the crazy behavior it replaced)!
[Android Apps and Games] mezger:
I really like your app, it does exactly what I want it to do, and it doesn't look half bad - although I can't wait to see the redesign :)

For the past few weeks I do have a problem though - the player seems to lose track of where I left off.

I listen to a file, stop (either with the stop button or with pause plus enough time for the app to get destroyed eventually), and when I press play it sometimes jumps back to a point near the beginning before playing. The numbers aren't steady - depending on the length, it can jump 10 or 30 minutes back.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the problem started after the update with the variable playback speed addition. It has persisted over a device change (backed up and restored app+data with Titanium), so I don't think it's a device-specific issue.

I did pull some logs, if it helps:

Normal playback

05-16 01:49:38.198 D/AudioSink( 108): flush
05-16 01:49:38.198 D/OMXCodec( 108): mPreRollStartTime = 6585075185
05-16 01:49:38.198 D/MP3Extractor( 108): before getFramePos seekTimeUs=420669000
05-16 01:49:38.198 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): getFramePos--TargetTimeUs=420669000,tableTimeUs=343687154,bMandatory =1
05-16 01:49:38.198 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): getFramePos--mTocInterval=64,mEntryCount=206
05-16 01:49:38.198 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): Mandatory and little than 8 min
05-16 01:49:38.209 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): mEntryCount =252,start=0,end=251
05-16 01:49:38.209 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): +seek::curpos=5035572,nowTs=419623808,entry =251
05-16 01:49:38.210 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): -seek::curpos=5048425,nowTs=420694810
05-16 01:49:38.210 D/MP3Extractor( 108): after seek mCurrentTimeUs=420694810,pActualPos=5048425
05-16 01:49:38.211 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): mTocInterval=128

Jumped-back playback

05-16 01:49:11.105 D/AudioSink( 108): flush
05-16 01:49:11.106 D/OMXCodec( 108): mPreRollStartTime = 6557983062
05-16 01:49:11.113 D/MP3Extractor( 108): before getFramePos seekTimeUs=932791000
05-16 01:49:11.115 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): getFramePos--TargetTimeUs=932791000,tableTimeUs=284364092,bMandatory =1
05-16 01:49:11.116 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): getFramePos--mTocInterval=64,mEntryCount=171
05-16 01:49:11.116 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): difftime >8min seek::curpos=3410547,nowTs=284207360
05-16 01:49:11.117 D/MP3Extractor( 108): after seek mCurrentTimeUs=284207360,pActualPos=3410547
05-16 01:49:11.145 D/TableOfContentThread( 108): mTocInterval=128

I'd really like to get to the bottom of this - let me know if you need any more info or tests done. It's a great app and I don't want to switch, not over this.
[Android Apps and Games] governmentissuejoe:
Would it be possible to keep folder structure when you add a virtual feed (local directory)? Currently, I have podcasts in multiple folders under one main podcast folder and I would like to keep this structure as opposed to the current behavior of all podcasts being listed as if they're in one folder. I hope that makes sense.

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I love the metadata support in this app. I may have found a possible bug though. When I play a podcast then switch to another without pausing/stopping it does not update the metadata. If I pause the podcast first then play another it updated the data. If I play a podcast then hit stop and play another podcast it doesn't update the metadata. Basically the only way I can get it to update the metadata from podcast to podcast I have to pause not stop the podcast first then play another. Is this intended? I'm using this in my car fyi. I have tested with my music player just to make sure it is not my stereo.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Sorry for the late answer, I missed the xda notification...

Update to the last version. Then open Settings / Player, then enable the last setting => Automatic deletion
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I added a new entry to the Playlist contextual menu => 'Delete and dequeue episode'

Regarding the other issue go into Settings / Playlist and make sure 'Automatic Dequeue' is enabled
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I don't think it''s related to the latest release. Did you change your phone / tablet recently ?

Some brand / model have an issue in their ROM and are failing to return the correct position when asked by the code.

For example Wiko phones have this issue.
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
I think I answered your mail.

The Bluetooth issue should now be fixed with the latest v1.18.1.

I will try to add the virtual podcast folder structure, once I'm done working on the v2.0 (which will take me a couple of month).
[Android Apps and Games] mezger:
Thank you for your reply,

The problem persisted across two different phones - first on a ZTE Blade, and now on a MTK6577 based phone. The Blade was running a Cyanogenmod-based ICS rom, and the new one a custom Jellybean one. I transferred the app data with Titanium. Since the only common thing between the two phones is the app + data, I assumed that the problem was located there - if the phones/ROMs are to blame, then I'm a really unlucky guy :)

I just tried clearing the data and redownloading some episodes - no luck.

Also when I'm at the playlist, the correct position is displayed - only when I press play the player jumps back. Sometimes it will play a fraction of a second of audio in the correct position before jumping back. So unless I misunderstand what you suggest (which is entirely possible as I don't know much about media handling), it's not a problem with finding out the position
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Then I really have no idea what is going on. The only users that reported such a bug are using a Wiko device and which is known for having a buggy ROM.

I don't know what's happening here.
[Android Apps and Games] mezger:
Those Wiko phones look like they might be based on MTK65xx , and on another podcast player forum some people are reporting similar problems with such phones, possibly with not seeking to the correct position. No luck with a workaround or fix so far - I'll have to live with it and hope later ROMs play nice I suppose, thanks anyway for the help and for making an all-round great app :)
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Didn't know about that. I thought it was just a Wiko ROM issue.Thanks a lot for this information !
[Android Apps and Games] michi491:
Hey, great app, but just a question,

in which folder can we find the downloaded poscats ?
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
You can find/change it in Settings/Download/Storage folder
[Android Apps and Games] michi491:
Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
FYI you can ask/vote for new features here: https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com
[Android Apps and Games] mmugatti:
I have the same problem with a iocean x7 with mtk6589.

DoggCatcher application has an option to fix it.

It's the only way I've found to avoid this problem.

Please try to put a fix in podcast addict.

:crying:
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Please vote for this feature on podcastaddict.user voice.com

It will allow me to prioritize next features development
[Android Apps and Games] mmugatti:
I did it.

:good:
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
FYI I just published a new version with an improved UI
[Android Apps and Games] questionesse:
Hey there,

thank you for this wonderful app!

I have a question regadring the dash clock widget integration.

As far as my almost non existing french and google translate tells me, there's an option for a dash clock integration

http://podcastaddict.fr/tag/dashclock-widget/

But I couldn't figure how this should work and google doesn't give any results.

Could you give us a hint?

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Hi,

There's nothing special to do. Just open DashClock settings and you will see Podcast Addict plugin if the app is installed, then you can select what kind of information you want to display. There's nothing to do on Podcast Addict side
[Android Apps and Games] Gambit727:
Comments feature

Bambou51,

First, thank you for a fantastic podcast app. I have switched from Pocket Casts.

Second, could you please briefly explain how the "comments download feature" works?

I see the option to "Update comments" and "Mark comments read", but I don't see where to read comments. Where are the comments pulled from (what is the source, iTunes)? Are the comments based on each episode or on the podcast itself (ratings comments)?
[Android Apps and Games] DaWeav:
I am subscribed to both audio and video podcast, but podcast addict won't enqueue the audio podcast with the video podcast, or visa-versa. It seems like it won't play podcasts on the other playlist until all of the podcasts on the playlist playing have finished which could be never as various podcast continue to be downloaded and enqueued in either the audio or video side. Can't there just be one master audio+video mixed mode playlist that are all enqueued together using the order selected?
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
Comments are extracted from the RSS feed. They are set per episode and you can see them at the bottom of the episode description screen. But just a few feeds are using this feature...
[Android Apps and Games] bambou51:
You cannot merge audio & video content. They both have their dedicated playlist
[Android Apps and Games] 7sen:
:good: download
[Android Apps and Games] copecu:
I am Podcast Addict user after being user of Pocket Casts and BeyondPod. I like the configurability. My suggestions:

1. Have a clear theme.

2. Option to change the font size in the descriptions.

3. The option to add the file to share an episode.

4. To edit the information that incorporates the podcast file itself from the information provided by the feed.

Greetings.

Enviado desde mi Evo 3D GSM mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ehcool:
Found this through the play store after getting my nexus 5 great app use it everyday to listen to my favorite podcasts keep up the good work
[Android Apps and Games] DaWeav:
Yes I can merge them so long as I use the other podcast app I have that does. This app is pretty good, but I'm not sure I want to use a podcast app with very little, if no support at all for podcast playlist management/manipulation as your response implies. Thanks.