Podcast app made with Electron, lots of ❤️ and ☕️
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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Hi, this app is a portable app.
I need an installer for windows like this:
Describe the bug
A well maintained Podcast with a valid FeedUrl throws an error on loading time or when visiting the Podcasts detail page.
The Podcast gets highlighted with the connection error icon.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Well maintained Podcast should load the episode list properly.
Being able to download episodes to your machine - so you'll be able to listen to your favorite Podcasts when you're offline.
User can add podcasts only by searching for them in iTunes catalog and subscribing them manually. Option to import OPML files would allow user import all his podcasts with a single click.
Sometimes there is a change in some podcast. The name, the artwork, the URL, etc. might change. This can lead to podcast no longer working and syncing. There is now no option to check, or see, which podcasts (URLs) are working and able to sync. Now, user has to open each podcast in "Favorites" and check if the feed with episodes loads or not.
It would be nice to have some way to check either if all podcasts, or specific podcast, work. Some indicator, like a red/green dot would be also useful. User would immediately know that some podcasts are unreachable, and potentially broken.
@MrChuckomo What do you think?
Hey,
is it possible to host this app on a web server?
Best regards,
Jonas
e.g. you can call a context menu by clicking on the "More Option" icon in the Podcast detail view, where all episodes are listed.
Describe the bug
When the app starts, the latest episodes are pulled. However, if you switch to another page during this process, you will automatically be shown the content of the latest episodes as soon as the pulling is complete.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Two options here to choose from:
Keep it up - I like where it's going.
Need any help?
Adding some charts to give the statistics a new look.
Finding new ways to aggregate and visualize the episodes/historical data.
Additional context
The number of new episodes shown next to the "New episodes count is wrong" label in menu is incorrect. It shows double of the real value.
Screen:
To support latest Electron JS version, features and security, the app needs an overall restructuring.
This will be a bigger task. The benefit will be to deal with latest versions of Electron more easily.
The restructuring includes support of the IPC concept (introduced with Electron version 5+). This leads to more security within the app. And further Electron updates can be merged more easily into the app.
Keeping persistent history of played tracks is not necessary. User should be able to clear the history of played tracks if he wants.
The app doesn't have to be visible all the time when user listens to podcast. Option to minimize app to system tray would allow to hide the app without closing it.
At this moment, Poddycast updates/syncs podcasts automatically on start. Option for manual sync would allow to update podcasts without the need to re-launch the app.
At the moment icons are selectively downloaded and stored as svg in the project.
Using Bootstrap Icons gives more flexibility in dealing and experimenting with icons (e.g. using font-icons).
It also allows you to maintain a consistent look and feel for the app.
Describe the bug
The new episodes list does not show the latest episodes until you switch to a different tab then switch back. The new episode count on the left side is correct, but the right side does not include the episodes added since last launching the app.
To Reproduce
Expected behavior
New episodes should be added to the list automatically.
Screenshots
Platform Info:
Describe the bug
The OPML contained a folder, but import to poddycast lost it.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Folder remained.
Screenshots
As upper image, the OPML have a folder named "test". (Right is FeedBro, imported the same OPML file)
Desktop (please complete the following information):
Additional context
This is what is in the OPML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<opml version="1.0">
<head>
<title>Feed Subscriptions</title>
</head>
<body>
<outline text="字谈字畅" title="字谈字畅" type="rss"
xmlUrl="https://www.thetype.com/typechat/feed/" htmlUrl="https://www.thetype.com/typechat/"/>
<outline title="Test" text="Test">
<outline text="文化有限" title="文化有限" type="rss"
xmlUrl="https://s1.proxy.wavpub.com/weknownothing.xml"/>
</outline>
</body>
</opml>
Hi, The Poddycast app is great.
but the search doesn't work on Windows
Please fix it.
Thanks.
Describe the bug
When uncheck the option "Push to New Episodes" on a Podcast it seems it still pulling latest episodes.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
When disabling the option 'Push to New Episodes' the Podcast should be set to a kind of 'quiet-mode'.
And no new episodes should be pulled and pushed automatically to the 'New Episodes' tab.
The Podcast still exists in the 'Favorites' tab and episodes can be explored manually.
There is no way to export favorite (subscribed) podcast from Poddycast. As a result, when something happens, user can lose all his data. Option to export podcasts, in opml file for example, would allow the user back up his data.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It is not clear to me that the skip buttons only skip a set amount of time and not the entire episode.
Describe the solution you'd like
The icons should match the common icon that other audio players use for skipping based on time.
Example:
When podcast contains a lot of episodes, or the connections is slow, it takes a while until the list with episodes appear. During this time, the app shows the podcast "detail page" with empty list. There is no feedback or indicator about anything happening on the background. There is also no feedback if app fails to fetch the episode list.
Current state step 1:
Current state step 2:
The application window does not get smaller than one size.
Please reduce the minimum window size.
Sorry...wrong github account on previous issue. :-(
First...thank you for releasing this app. I'm currently listening to Chris Hardwick's new podcast, ID10T, as we speak on my ubuntu desktop. I have a suggestion based on my initial onboard experience.
When I first opened the app, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to add podcasts to my lists. I saw the search box right away but assumed it would be searching the within podcasts I had already added to my lists. Simple change that might help with initial usability would be changing placeholder text to "Find podcasts" from "Search"
I'd be happy to submit a pull request if that might help.
Some Podcast-Feeds support chapter-marks for their episodes.
One ways to structure chapters, see the example below:
psc:chapters:
psc:chapter: [
{ @_start: '00:00:00.000', @_title: 'Intro' }
....
]
Describe the bug
Enable or disable the dark mode (the menu item) doesn't work anymore.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
ViewDark ModeExpected behavior
If this menu item is enabled the app should be in dark-mode.
If the menu item is disabled the app should be in light-mode.
... finding a new convenient way to render/build simple or complex DOM elements
... from a central place or tool or framework
... easy to change/update/manipulate
... dynamically build HTML elements for the app (e.g. list elements, podcast feeds etc.)
Love the app! Having a little trouble with proxy mode.
I have HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY set as environment variables and Proxy Mode checked in settings. My proxy is working with other applications just not Poddycast. I'm using Windows 7.
Entering a search term logs errors to console:
Problem with request: connect ECONNREFUSED 143.102.42.55:8080
Any tips for getting this setup? Thanks!
If you unsubscribe to a podcast the remaining episodes are still there (but not visible).
So the 'New Episodes' counter shows a wrong number.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am using the Pine Phone which is a phone that basically runs Debian and would like to use this but without the side being collapsible it isn't viable unless in landscape mode.
Describe the solution you'd like
Left side of the screen and section with play buttons being collapsible
Describe alternatives you've considered
Being able to change the size of those areas manually.
Hi there,
I couldn't find a SECURITY.md in your repository and so am not sure how to best contact you privately to disclose the security issue.
Can you add a SECURITY.md file with your e-mail to your repository, so that I know who to contact? GitHub suggests that a security policy is the best way to make sure security issues are responsibly disclosed.
Once you've done that, please let me know so I can ping you the info.
Thanks! (cc @JamieSlome)
hey! i love the app! faster and easier to navigate than iTunes, which is what i usually use. the only issue i have is not being able to favorite a podcast for listening? the specific cast is Alice Isn't Dead, I click the heart and it doesn't fill in?
Sorry couldn't find any other way of reaching out to you. Just have to give some feedback. I've been testing a few podcast players on Ubuntu and so far Poddycast is the one player that works best (for me). Please keep up the good work on Poddycast!
Merge ...-podcast_setting.json into ...-favorite_podcasts.json
The settings file contains just one unique property (addToInbox). Which can be included into the favorites file. This should result in less file handling.
Related Issues
Click on a show to view episodes. See all that white space?
How about sprucing these list elements with some more info. For example, description, publication date, time remaining, etc.
For reference here's the layout in Google Music.
Maybe even options of sorting episodes? Sort by date for example.
When you create a new playlist you need to press enter to create the new list.
An alternative should be in place to make it easier for users to create a playlist.
The plus + icon (next to the playlist input field) can be a button to create the new playlist.
First...thank you for releasing this app. I'm currently listening to Chris Hardwick's new podcast, ID10T, as we speak on my ubuntu desktop. I have a suggestion based on my initial onboard experience.
When I first opened the app, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to add podcasts to my lists. I saw the search box right away but assumed it would be searching the within podcasts I had already added to my lists. Simple change that might help with initial usability would be changing placeholder text to "Find podcasts" from "Search"
I'd be happy to submit a pull request if that might help.
The thumbnails can be too small and ux for the app is not that great. If you want help on the design I can help you massively and be of help to the project.
Describe the bug
If you have the history tracking setting disabled, when you open the app it will load the latest episode for all of your favorite podcasts. It does not take into account whether you have listened to them or not.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Only episodes that I have not listened to or deleted should be displayed.
Desktop (please complete the following information):
Additional context
This happens because history was used to determine whether you listened to (or deleted) an episode. We should save info about the latest listened to, deleted, or displayed (on the new episodes page) to use for loading newer episodes. This would also resolve an issue where if a podcast releases more than one episode since you last loaded the app, it will only show the most recent.
The app is missing npm scripts and dependencies in package.json. Without them it is hard to contribute to the codebase of the project.
I found this app while searching for a desktop application to use with a Patreon podcast RSS feed. It would be nice to be able to save RSS feeds the same way as the current itunes podcasts. I have already started implementing this, so I can take on the task. It'll be beneficial if we discuss the implementation here such as new UI to accommodate this, backend implementation, etc.
A couple of podcasts are found. I favourite them. But no episodes are identified.
See images:
Windows 10 Pro build 19041. x64 app version. Always-on VPN. Proxy mode not used.
Looking good - saves me disk space - but see bug above.
Describe the bug
If there is an episode actively playing while you delete a playlist, the window refreshes and the active episode is removed from the bottom bar and stops playing audio.
To Reproduce
Expected behavior
The audio player should not be refreshed. The active episode should continue playing and the playlist gets deleted.
Desktop (please complete the following information):
The project needs a code style guide. This will ensure the code is consistent and uses unified style (indentation, quotes, vars, etc.).
A very good starting point is https://standardjs.com/rules.html.
What do you think about this @MrChuckomo?
System: Ubuntu 18.04
I clicked on View > Dark Mode
dark_mode.js:18 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'checked' of null
at darkMode (dark_mode.js:18)
at click (/home/phellipe/Downloads/Poddycast-linux-x64/resources/app.asar/menu.js:30)
at CallbacksRegistry.apply (/home/phellipe/Downloads/Poddycast-linux-x64/resources/electron.asar/common/api/callbacks-registry.…:48)
at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/home/phellipe/Downloads/Poddycast-linux-x64/resources/electron.asar/renderer/api/remote.js:299)
at emitThree (events.js:116)
at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:197)Allow user to set default playback speed that will be loaded and set on app start.
Distinguish between the general Podcast picture and episode pictures
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