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>I just like it a lot, and I don't want to switch because it does everything I need. Spotify seems like it wouldn't be as configurable Maybe I'm missing out on

by tmh88j 5y ago

>I just like it a lot, and I don't want to switch because it does everything I need. Spotify seems like it wouldn't be as configurable Maybe I'm missing out on part of the experience. What else is there to do with a podcast other than download/stream and listen? - Thanks for all the tips. I don't listen to a ton of podcasts but I'll give it a shot.

zomgwat 5y ago
Chapter support is a nice feature when it's available. There are some podcasts that I listen to straight through. I skip around others.
atoombs 5y ago
Not the parent commenter, but there's a lot of features I like out of Pocket Casts that Spotify doesn't do as well. - Queuing/auto-queuing to a next-up playlist (with features like add to start or add to end) - Faster playback (e.g. listening at 2x speed) - Alerts when new episodes drop to a given feed It's very configurable and works well. Also, I just dislike having to abandon my music queue when I listen to a podcast on Spotify. It's nice to have music playing at home, pause it, go for a walk listening to a podcast, finish the walk, then resume the same song/playlist at home.
tapland 5y ago
Well, why are we not coding on laptops from 1994? The user interface can be wildly different. Pocket casts changed recently but oh how I lived the old ui. Spotify had nothing on it. Haven't had a reason to download Spotify since even though I haven't liked all the changes in the new pocket casts.
- StavrosK 5y ago
  I believe (though I'm not sure) that AntennaPod is closer to the old Pocket Casts UI (but not as polished): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
- tmh88j 5y ago
  Your snarky response isn't helpful. You've only said "it's different" and dismissed Spotify while also not giving any reasons why you dislike it.
  - tapland 5y ago
    I don't dislike it. I'm happy with my podcast player and don't want two of them since I want to keep using the one with the interface I like. Other things than the pure content matter. It's not irrelevant.
StavrosK 5y ago
Playback speed, how many episodes to download on each podcast (some I listen to often, some rarely), what do with them when done, when to go to the next episode automatically, there's a lot. And I want these configurable per-podcast.
boardwaalk 5y ago
Some apps also have the ability to compress silent gaps in audio which can save a lot of time over time. It may not work if you’re listening to things that need ‘comedic timing’ but otherwise it’s entirely seamless. I’ve been using Apple’s app recently and its the one thing I quite miss.
rodiger 5y ago
Also configurable speed controls + skipping whitespace + easier to skip ads (Spotify podcasts break out the ads into their own streams so you can't skip them all in one go, though you can skip them individually).
divslinger 5y ago
Other nice features I haven’t seen mentioned - sort by most liked - save clips
Hiopl 5y ago
Favoriting episodes, bookmarks, auto-queues, prioritizing podcasts, downloading episodes for archival purposes, playback history, list of all episodes in progress, stripping empty audio, crazy amount of configurability, and an interface that isn't terrible. I'm sure there are a bunch of other features I'm forgetting. I've tried Spotify. It's not a podcast player. It's an audio player with none of the conveniences of a modern podcast player. If all you want to do is listen to podcasts, I'm sure it's fine, but it's not in any way sufficient for my needs. At this point, Podcast Addict is the only app out there that I can stand to use.
ahelwer 5y ago
You're not missing out on anything. The Pocket Casts UI is impenetrable and I can never remember how to tell which podcasts are downloaded, which I've listened to, etc. There's some overlap with the "archive" feature that is unintuitive.
klondike_klive 5y ago
I tweeted at the Pocketcasts team to recommend adding a feature that I would find useful (I think it was excluding "the" from alphabetised list of podcasts since it made titles clump together under "T"). They responded quickly and implemented it pretty soon afterwards. I was impressed. I love the web player interface (although have found problems using a VPN) but the Android app has been a bit tricky to use, having to navigate to filters to find episodes I've downloaded.
Cd00d 5y ago
Don't know about the competition, but PocketCasts has a lot of options in the share feature I use. Share podcast, share episode, share episode at this point. I'll often times send a share text saying "listen to the next 3 minutes".

by tmh88j 5y ago

zomgwat 5y ago

Chapter support is a nice feature when it's available. There are some podcasts that I listen to straight through. I skip around others.

atoombs 5y ago

Not the parent commenter, but there's a lot of features I like out of Pocket Casts that Spotify doesn't do as well. - Queuing/auto-queuing to a next-up playlist (with features like add to start or add to end) - Faster playback (e.g. listening at 2x speed) - Alerts when new episodes drop to a given feed It's very configurable and works well. Also, I just dislike having to abandon my music queue when I listen to a podcast on Spotify. It's nice to have music playing at home, pause it, go for a walk listening to a podcast, finish the walk, then resume the same song/playlist at home.

tapland 5y ago

Well, why are we not coding on laptops from 1994? The user interface can be wildly different. Pocket casts changed recently but oh how I lived the old ui. Spotify had nothing on it. Haven't had a reason to download Spotify since even though I haven't liked all the changes in the new pocket casts.

StavrosK 5y ago
I believe (though I'm not sure) that AntennaPod is closer to the old Pocket Casts UI (but not as polished): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
tmh88j 5y ago
Your snarky response isn't helpful. You've only said "it's different" and dismissed Spotify while also not giving any reasons why you dislike it.
- tapland 5y ago
  I don't dislike it. I'm happy with my podcast player and don't want two of them since I want to keep using the one with the interface I like. Other things than the pure content matter. It's not irrelevant.

StavrosK 5y ago

Playback speed, how many episodes to download on each podcast (some I listen to often, some rarely), what do with them when done, when to go to the next episode automatically, there's a lot. And I want these configurable per-podcast.

boardwaalk 5y ago

Some apps also have the ability to compress silent gaps in audio which can save a lot of time over time. It may not work if you’re listening to things that need ‘comedic timing’ but otherwise it’s entirely seamless. I’ve been using Apple’s app recently and its the one thing I quite miss.

rodiger 5y ago

Also configurable speed controls + skipping whitespace + easier to skip ads (Spotify podcasts break out the ads into their own streams so you can't skip them all in one go, though you can skip them individually).

divslinger 5y ago

Other nice features I haven’t seen mentioned - sort by most liked - save clips

Hiopl 5y ago

Favoriting episodes, bookmarks, auto-queues, prioritizing podcasts, downloading episodes for archival purposes, playback history, list of all episodes in progress, stripping empty audio, crazy amount of configurability, and an interface that isn't terrible. I'm sure there are a bunch of other features I'm forgetting. I've tried Spotify. It's not a podcast player. It's an audio player with none of the conveniences of a modern podcast player. If all you want to do is listen to podcasts, I'm sure it's fine, but it's not in any way sufficient for my needs. At this point, Podcast Addict is the only app out there that I can stand to use.

ahelwer 5y ago

You're not missing out on anything. The Pocket Casts UI is impenetrable and I can never remember how to tell which podcasts are downloaded, which I've listened to, etc. There's some overlap with the "archive" feature that is unintuitive.

klondike_klive 5y ago

I tweeted at the Pocketcasts team to recommend adding a feature that I would find useful (I think it was excluding "the" from alphabetised list of podcasts since it made titles clump together under "T"). They responded quickly and implemented it pretty soon afterwards. I was impressed. I love the web player interface (although have found problems using a VPN) but the Android app has been a bit tricky to use, having to navigate to filters to find episodes I've downloaded.

Cd00d 5y ago

Don't know about the competition, but PocketCasts has a lot of options in the share feature I use. Share podcast, share episode, share episode at this point. I'll often times send a share text saying "listen to the next 3 minutes".