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Show HN: PodCastle - Reddit for podcasts

40 points by KevBurnsJr 16y ago

kkawai 16y ago
yooo nice
colkassad 16y ago
Very cool idea. Can you optimize the front page? Scrolling lags a lot on my Droid incredible.
- KevBurnsJr 16y ago
  Working on ways around this. Reason for lag right now is that iPhone requires that play events come from a UI event rather than any arbitrary javascript function call. To get one-click play on the homepage, you have to load all 40 players on page load. The alternative is 2-click play. 1 click to load player, 1 click to play. Opted for 1-click and laggy over 2 click and snappy.
  - colkassad 16y ago
    Ah, I see. I didn't even notice you could click once to play (the play icon should have been obvious to me). Honestly, I would always click through to the description anyway to see what's up, unless it was a podcast that I regularly listen to.
roryokane 16y ago
For the first instant I saw the page, I thought it was one of those spammy, ad-filled domain placeholder pages. It's because the design is similar - boxy, list of links, no images. I'm not sure if that first impression will actually drive people away, but you think it might, you should change the design a little to distinguish your site from those placeholder sites. Perhaps adding a podcast-related image or a large logo to the main page would work.
llimllib 16y ago
I tried to submit this excellent podcast: http://castroller.com/podcasts/BigIdeas/2085839-Craig%20Kaplan%20on%20Mathematical%20Art%20and%20Artistic%20Mathematicians http://castroller.com/podcasts/BigIdeas/2085839-Craig%20Kapl... And it failed. What exactly do I need to submit?
- spaetzel 16y ago
  Note, I'm the developer of CastRoller. I was able to submit that episode by getting the RSS feed from the podcast's main page (http://castroller.com/Podcasts/BigIdeas http://castroller.com/Podcasts/BigIdeas) and submitting that directly. I don't know if PodCastle is able to pick up the MP3 on the CastRoller episode page. The episode is on PodCastle here: http://podcastle.us/e/CMB5V http://podcastle.us/e/CMB5V
sorbus 16y ago
Might be worth noting that there's already a podcast called Podcastle, so that might present some naming issues - I was confused for the first few seconds. Also, seconding what roryokane said, your design does not look good. It's bland, it's boring, and it looks a bit spammy.
glenngillen 16y ago
Really loving some of the things happening in the "podcast" space lately (check http://said.fm/ http://said.fm/ for another approach). Does make me wonder why it's taken so long for these types of services to come to market though, I've been after decent way to discover interesting content outside of iTunes for years. But was obviously not motivated enough to do anything about it myself :/
reidab 16y ago
/me adds an episode of PodCastle(.org) to PodCastle(.us) http://podcastle.us/e/kbQub http://podcastle.us/e/kbQub Namespace collision proved non-fatal, but still a bit confusing.
beagledude 16y ago
I listen to podcasts 2 hours a day on my drive to/from work. Looking forward to you expanding on the site, keyword searches, tags, descriptions would be nice
Koldark 16y ago
Horrible name! There is a fantasy fiction podcast called PodCastle (http://podcastle.org http://podcastle.org). Seems like a conflict there.
rb2k_ 16y ago
Maybe Related: Over the last few months, I've really come to like most of the 5by5.tv podcasts. Two picks: - the dev show, good combination - on the internet, entertaining
pdenya 16y ago
Thank you for building this, I've been having trouble finding good podcasts lately and this is just what I need. It keeps crashing my tabs in Chrome OS X
shaunxcode 16y ago
Isn't reddit primarily about the comments/community? I don't see a way of logging in/creating a throwaway account or commenting on the particular podcasts?

40 points by KevBurnsJr 16y ago

kkawai 16y ago

yooo nice

colkassad 16y ago

Very cool idea. Can you optimize the front page? Scrolling lags a lot on my Droid incredible.

KevBurnsJr 16y ago
Working on ways around this. Reason for lag right now is that iPhone requires that play events come from a UI event rather than any arbitrary javascript function call. To get one-click play on the homepage, you have to load all 40 players on page load. The alternative is 2-click play. 1 click to load player, 1 click to play. Opted for 1-click and laggy over 2 click and snappy.
- colkassad 16y ago
  Ah, I see. I didn't even notice you could click once to play (the play icon should have been obvious to me). Honestly, I would always click through to the description anyway to see what's up, unless it was a podcast that I regularly listen to.

roryokane 16y ago

For the first instant I saw the page, I thought it was one of those spammy, ad-filled domain placeholder pages. It's because the design is similar - boxy, list of links, no images. I'm not sure if that first impression will actually drive people away, but you think it might, you should change the design a little to distinguish your site from those placeholder sites. Perhaps adding a podcast-related image or a large logo to the main page would work.

llimllib 16y ago

I tried to submit this excellent podcast: http://castroller.com/podcasts/BigIdeas/2085839-Craig%20Kaplan%20on%20Mathematical%20Art%20and%20Artistic%20Mathematicians http://castroller.com/podcasts/BigIdeas/2085839-Craig%20Kapl... And it failed. What exactly do I need to submit?

spaetzel 16y ago
Note, I'm the developer of CastRoller. I was able to submit that episode by getting the RSS feed from the podcast's main page (http://castroller.com/Podcasts/BigIdeas http://castroller.com/Podcasts/BigIdeas) and submitting that directly. I don't know if PodCastle is able to pick up the MP3 on the CastRoller episode page. The episode is on PodCastle here: http://podcastle.us/e/CMB5V http://podcastle.us/e/CMB5V

sorbus 16y ago

Might be worth noting that there's already a podcast called Podcastle, so that might present some naming issues - I was confused for the first few seconds. Also, seconding what roryokane said, your design does not look good. It's bland, it's boring, and it looks a bit spammy.

glenngillen 16y ago

Really loving some of the things happening in the "podcast" space lately (check http://said.fm/ http://said.fm/ for another approach). Does make me wonder why it's taken so long for these types of services to come to market though, I've been after decent way to discover interesting content outside of iTunes for years. But was obviously not motivated enough to do anything about it myself :/

reidab 16y ago

/me adds an episode of PodCastle(.org) to PodCastle(.us) http://podcastle.us/e/kbQub http://podcastle.us/e/kbQub Namespace collision proved non-fatal, but still a bit confusing.

beagledude 16y ago

I listen to podcasts 2 hours a day on my drive to/from work. Looking forward to you expanding on the site, keyword searches, tags, descriptions would be nice

Koldark 16y ago

Horrible name! There is a fantasy fiction podcast called PodCastle (http://podcastle.org http://podcastle.org). Seems like a conflict there.

rb2k_ 16y ago

Maybe Related: Over the last few months, I've really come to like most of the 5by5.tv podcasts. Two picks: - the dev show, good combination - on the internet, entertaining

pdenya 16y ago

Thank you for building this, I've been having trouble finding good podcasts lately and this is just what I need. It keeps crashing my tabs in Chrome OS X

shaunxcode 16y ago

Isn't reddit primarily about the comments/community? I don't see a way of logging in/creating a throwaway account or commenting on the particular podcasts?