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What are "podcast apps" for ? I thought podcast is just an mp3 that you download and listen to.
by reportgunner 3y ago
What are "podcast apps" for ? I thought podcast is just an mp3 that you download and listen to.
- the_snooze 3y agoPodcast apps let you subscribe to feeds, so it automatically downloads new content when available. Some also have quality-of-life features like speeding up playback, syncing progress between devices, and letting you view text data that accompany the audio (e.g., episode descriptions and links).
- jwells89 3y agoPodcasts also tend to carry different metadata than music files, e.g. chapters which makes a dedicated client a little nicer since it’s guaranteed to handle all of that correctly.
- nailer 3y agoIt's a combination of audio files (like MP3) and a feed file (like RSS).
- chihuahua 3y agoPodcast apps let you do the following: * discover/search podcasts and subscribe to them. * download new episodes automatically * create a playlist of episodes; when an episode is finished, it's removed from the list and deleted automatically * keep track of your position in an episode; since they can several hours long, you don't want to restart from the beginning