Thread: [Maemo 4] Podcasting: gPodder for Maemo 4 (N800, N810)
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2008-12-11 , 18:01
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#163
Originally Posted by danramos View Post
I have 14 feeds (would be 15, but I can't add one of them in the 0.13.0-maemo1 I have installed.. sigh)
Adding that feed should be possible in 0.14.0, now available in Maemo Extras.

and if I have to download more than 10 podcasts after an update, the tablet completely slugs along.. and will almost definitely reboot all by itself (probably thinking that there has been a crash); guaranteed to happen if I have 12 or more podcasts to download.
Please check if this still happens in 0.14.0. If it does, please file a bug with reproduction instructions over at http://bugs.gpodder.org/

Playlists! There are none. I can't just highlight a bunch of podcasts, even in the same show--if I'm trying to catch up on a show, and then just tell it to play them all. It seems sort of annoying to dangerous to pay so much attention to gpodder while driving. (Some of my podcasts are short, like the hourly CNN podcasts, which last about 5 minutes each... it would be nice to queue up the last 6 podcasts from that feed to listen for my drive to work.)
gPodder is the wrong place for this. This should (and will!) be implemented in Panucci most likely. Lacking time, interest and resources at the moment.

When you save podcasts, you get asked where to save them.. one.. by one. Each and every one of the podcasts you highlight produces a dialog which asks for the path. It would be better to ask the first time and save them all there, if you've highlighted a bunch. It doesn't even at least REMEMBER the last path you selected so you have to repeatedly navigate to a folder you're trying to save to. This has been my only other workaround to queuing up a bunch of podcasts for a trip, since I can't set up a playlist in gpodder (see peeve #2, above).
I've noticed this too a few weeks ago. gPodder 0.14.0 now remembers the last path that you selected for saving (only remembers it during the session, not after you have closed down gPodder).

I expect this stuff can be dealt with.. but I haven't had the time to work on a lot of things lately (barely even get to visit ITT anymore lately, work on my podcast again, etc.) much less take time to help out.. so I can't really 'scratch my own itch' to fix this and take the time to learn Python and participate--which would ultimately be the best solution for all involved, I think.
It's not just about learning Python (although that too would be great). Testing, giving hints on where the UI is bad or slow (specific hints like "when I play an episode, the episode list reloads - is this really necessary?", not like "ugh! it's so slow! fix it!") is also very, very important.

By the way: What happened to your podcast?

In the meantime, I'd hobbled along looking forward to each new release and hoping I can throw some donations at it, at least, when I can spare some money again. I think it's an excellent app for the N800 but I'd rather not see it depend on a web site to offload processing... a little too 'cloud computing' for me. I would prefer to avoid that.. and it would seem to defeat the whole purpose of RSS anyway.
Yep, if we implement some web service, it will be open source (so anybody can install it on their server as well) and gPodder will always function without that web service. Donations and contributions, bug reports, etc.. are highly appreciated But most of all, have fun, take a coffee break and give your spouse a kiss every time gPodder updates its feed. That's the real reason why there is some unnecessary delay when updating feeds. To make users socialize a bit more.

Nah.. just kidding. It's just plain slow. You can still use that time to do something social or useful Enjoy!