Oh, thats sad to hear.
Hope he had a good backup... but nevertheless a pain in the [...]

Perhaps, if this will need a bit more time, I found a new bug:

• Put 4 Files at your Playlist, delete File 3 (using File manager or gpodder) while you're playing File 4
• Seek back until you're inside File 3 and Panucci will stop working

I guess he is trying to load the deleted file.
I searched the correct place to put in a try / catch. But while searching I realized that skipping the missing file would be a better idea. But then I have to deal with the playlist and perhaps break more things. Could you try to look into it?