[IDEA] Podcasts

[JohnG]

it would be very useful to be able to both

• add Podcasts e.g. via an OPML (or similar) file
  
• access "closed" podcast systems such as Mixcloud
  

I've seen comments about quality, I think some of the ones I listen to are pretty decent.
Nonetheless - my speakers and amp sound so much better than the embedded computer ones!

I've got a second Moode player working in the office, it would be just great to have one interface to listen to whatever I want...

[swinokur]

This would be a more "build it yourself" version - but, maybe:
- install gpodder (https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder)
it has a command line client, but someone else has started a web interface:
- https://github.com/nmaggioni/DashPodder

I've not played with the webUI (i use gpodder to archive podcasts on Windows), but looking at the source code it appears to have the ability to start playback (but no reference to mpc/mpd). Maybe adding MPD support to the webUI is all that might be needed for a minimal implementation?

[JohnG]

This would be a more "build it yourself" version - but, maybe:
- install gpodder (https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder)
it has a command line client, but someone else has started a web interface:
- https://github.com/nmaggioni/DashPodder

I've not played with the webUI (i use gpodder to archive podcasts on Windows), but looking at the source code it appears to have the ability to start playback (but no reference to mpc/mpd). Maybe adding MPD support to the webUI is all that might be needed for a minimal implementation?

yes

I've separately created a pod capture system (PodGrab) which creates podcasts into a /podcast directory ( and similarly radio recordings).  So Moode sees 3 folders
/albums
/podcasts 
/radio

the podcasts display is a little ugly - which I think means I need to sort out the metadata 
and I've just been listening to fascinating podcast on Mac automation & realised I can't write messages & pay attention simultaneously 

[philrandal]

it would be very useful to be able to both

• add Podcasts e.g. via an OPML (or similar) file
  
• access "closed" podcast systems such as Mixcloud
  

I've seen comments about quality, I think some of the ones I listen to are pretty decent.
Nonetheless - my speakers and amp sound so much better than the embedded computer ones!

I've got a second Moode player working in the office, it would be just great to have one interface to listen to whatever I want...

I use podget to achieve this, with a cron job downloading my podcasts daily.

Works a treat.

Phil

[phorize]

Podcast subscription would be a great feature. Perhaps integrating gpodder into the Ui would be achievable.

[Tim Curtis]

Might be better to just use the full featured application on Window, Mac or Linux client and then stream to moOde using Bluetooth or Airplay.

[phorize]

@Tim Curtis I know what you mean, but Bluetooth does fall short in a few ways. My issue is that I can’t maintain a connection via Bluetooth to my living room pi as it’s in a storage unit hidden away with my system. It connects over Ethernet. Airplay is great but that locks me in to an Apple device, which has been fine until I wanted eq on the go, which iOS basically can’t do.

A native podcast aggregator would be the most elegant solution and would be the most control OS agnostic . I’m wondering how feasible it would be to use gpodder cli with configuration through the moode ui.

[Tim Curtis]

I'm not really into podcasts and so my interest in working on something like this is not very high but maybe another dev that has interest will take on the feature.

[phorize]

swinokurThis would be a more "build it yourself" version - but, maybe:
- install gpodder (https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder)
it has a command line client, but someone else has started a web interface:
- https://github.com/nmaggioni/DashPodder

I've not played with the webUI (i use gpodder to archive podcasts on Windows), but looking at the source code it appears to have the ability to start playback (but no reference to mpc/mpd). Maybe adding MPD support to the webUI is all that might be needed for a minimal implementation?

Interesting. I'm wondering whether the best approach would be to see if gpodder can complile without gtk dependencies, use gpo for aggregation only and just have moode scan and present the download folder to  the system in the usual fashion. It would require a "podcast directory" view from the library. This does of course beg the question as to whether there are better non-gui aggregators out there. Super busy work wise but I'll have a look.

[soundchippy]

I control moode from my laptop using cantata, which supports podcasts. It tells mpd to play the relevant episode url as opposed to aggregating them on the moode device