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Projects => The F Plus => Topic started by: Lemon on February 12, 2014, 12:39:14 pm
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Hiya!
So I just wanna get an informal poll here and figure out what people are using to listen to The F Plus. I know there's a lot of options out there and I pretty much write the XML to follow iTunes' standards just because that's what the market penetration is, but it'll be helpful to know what people are using.
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I download them to a folder, then put it on my phone. Sometimes I download them straight to my phone but they seem to only sometimes work with Android's Chrome. I prefer that level of control, and also never found a solid android podcast app. Also it turns out now I may have to start putting them on my clip zip mp3 player because I think I broke my phone's headphone jack.
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I've heard a lot of very, very nice things about PocketCasts (http://www.shiftyjelly.com/pocketcasts), but I can't personally testify. Personally, I'm waiting for them to add Chromecast support, at which point I'll be happy to plunk down the $4 for it.
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Pocket Casts is wonderful. It doesn't absolutely everything I'd ever want a podcast app to do.
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It doesn't absolutely everything I'd ever want a podcast app to do.
Boots Raingear, February 12, 2014, 01:26:12 pm
You wanna try that sentence again?
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You wanna try that sentence again?
Lemon, February 12, 2014, 01:37:44 pm
Not really.
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iTunes is the most convenient way for me.
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iTunes is most convenient. I tend to listen to Podcasts at work and I already use iTunes to synch music to my iPod so using it just feels like the easiest route.
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Headphones, mostly.
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Mostly I use the podcast app on my iPod along with one of those speaker/charger things. Occasionally I just play the podcast through the main website using Chrome.
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I use the podcast client I wrote in high school on my computer, and Downcast on my iDevices.
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I use BeyondPod. I know there's probably a better app out there, but this was just the first one I downloaded and it works just fine for the podcasts I listen to.
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Well, I WAS using Podkicker, but now I'm using Pocket Casts. Thanks, btw.
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I listen with my ears, unless I'm feeling particularly lazy then I'll just print it in braille and go to town.
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I listen with my ears, unless I'm feeling particularly lazy then I'll just print it in braille and go to town.
MyFaceBeHi, March 04, 2014, 09:23:30 am
How do you do funny voices in braille?
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I listen with my ears, unless I'm feeling particularly lazy then I'll just print it in braille and go to town.
MyFaceBeHi, March 04, 2014, 09:23:30 am
How do you do funny voices in braille?
Yossarian, March 04, 2014, 09:31:04 am
Textures.
Fat voice is printed on velvet, obviously
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headphones
ears
At this point in my life I'm gaining a sense for when a thread or something I'm about to click on is likely to contain dad jokes.
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I've mostly listened to them via the site, but I've also used itunes and listened to them off of my ipod when I need to be away from my computer.
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I listen with my ears, unless I'm feeling particularly lazy then I'll just print it in braille and go to town.
MyFaceBeHi, March 04, 2014, 09:23:30 am
How do you do funny voices in braille?
Yossarian, March 04, 2014, 09:31:04 am
Textures.
Fat voice is printed on velvet, obviously
Mighty Dicktron, March 04, 2014, 03:54:08 pm
And for furry voices I just finger a cat. Also for fat voice it's velvet dipped in a tub of lard. I like to be authentic with my braille textures.
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I also stream directly from the site on my computer. I have a lean, mean linux (read: too poor to buy windows) so I hate itunes.
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I also stream directly from the site on my computer. I have a lean, mean linux
nigeline, March 05, 2014, 04:25:52 am
I think I remember Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/) being pretty good. Or if that's too bloated, there's gPodder (http://gpodder.org/).
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Wine.
And iTunes (or my iPod, same diff).
ETA: I mean wine the refreshing beverage, not the Windows emulator for Linux and Mac OS (what with already using a Mac which is where iTunes isn't too horrible).
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I also stream directly from the site on my computer. I have a lean, mean linux
nigeline, March 05, 2014, 04:25:52 am
I think I remember Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/) being pretty good. Or if that's too bloated, there's gPodder (http://gpodder.org/).
Lemon, March 05, 2014, 08:39:15 am
I don't really like Amarok; like most of KDE, it's a grab-bag of a lot of features, but it's horribly integrated which ultimately makes it a huge pain in the ass to actually try to use. Banshee is nice when it works - unfortunately the podcasting plugin is buggy and frequently blows it up. I also like LiFeRea for RSS. Not that I'm a huge goddamned nerd or anything.
I mostly use Feedly to listen to the F+. I also have a folder with all the episodes in it, because my shitty Comcast internet goes down a lot.
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I just stream the episodes directly from the site, personally. I used to put them all on my iPod, but then I stopped keeping up with it quite so much and just couldn't be arsed to download and transfer the episodes.
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I just stream the episodes directly from the site, personally. I used to put them all on my iPod, but then I stopped keeping up with it quite so much and just couldn't be arsed to download and transfer the episodes.
Locclo, March 07, 2014, 07:23:38 pm
You realize that iTunes will do that automatically for you, right?
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I just stream the episodes directly from the site, personally. I used to put them all on my iPod, but then I stopped keeping up with it quite so much and just couldn't be arsed to download and transfer the episodes.
Locclo, March 07, 2014, 07:23:38 pm
You realize that iTunes will do that automatically for you, right?
fluffy, March 07, 2014, 10:48:40 pm
I'm going to be honest, 90% of my laziness is just me not wanting to dig around for the iPod cable. Unless there's a way for iTunes to download stuff directly to my iPod without me needing to plug it in, I'm okay with just going to the website.
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Unless there's a way for iTunes to download stuff directly to my iPod without me needing to plug it in
It might do that. I know iTunes syncs your podcast collection between computers if you're logged in with your Apple ID, so that might also be the case with iThings as well.
Couldn't say for sure though.
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Aside from the iPhone the only one I know that can download independently is the iPod touch.
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Aside from the iPhone the only one I know that can download independently is the iPod touch.
Yossarian, March 10, 2014, 05:23:18 pm
That is correct.
Also I don't use Wi-Fi sync on my Touch because for some reason it doesn't actually sync playback times/counts that way, which makes it not work for my uses. Also, call me old-fashioned but I love the tactile experience of physically plugging my pocket supercomputer in to seamlessly transfer a stream of music and information while simultaneously backing up my accumulated data.
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Either on iTunes via computer or iPad.
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Doing some work this week which has me in the Ubuntu environment, and so I'm giving another shot to gPodder (http://gpodder.org/). It's very slim and fast, basically all gPodder does is manage the files, and then sends them over to Rhythmbox (or whatever your default MP3 player is) for actually playing the files. You lose out on episode artwork, but other than that it does the job pretty well. Also it looks like you can create a gPodder account to sync your podcasts from client to client.
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ONE HAND
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/26/28/86/2628867b7e280bd82cb4e9004f04c367.jpg)
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I've started using Podcast Addict, which isn't super great but it's got a free app (with ads) and it saves progress on everything so it's good for slowly working my way through backlogs or picking up where I stopped without losing my place. I still just keep 'em in a folder when I listen to them again on my computer though.
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The real answer is I drop them into a folder on a cheap Android tablet and use Folder Player on shuffle when I'm working at home.
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I just stream off the site. I've no idea what that'd correspond to on the poll. I'm not very computer literate.
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Pocket Casts has taken over my god damn podcasting experience, and it is well worth the $4 I paid for the app.
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I use foobar2000 with the Podcatcher component, essentially just an interface for displaying episodes where you can download them into a file (or stream directly if that's what you're into)
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iTunes when mobile / VLC when using computer.
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I use foobar2000 with the Podcatcher component, essentially just an interface for displaying episodes where you can download them into a file (or stream directly if that's what you're into)
fruithag, April 21, 2015, 06:13:34 pm
Foobar2000 is fantastic.
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Overcast on my phone and Pocket Casts on my tablet so I can Chromecast it
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I upload a copy to my Google Play Music library. I do that with a lot of stuff and still had like 5k free upload slots left when they bumped the limit up from 20k to I think 50k not that long ago.
I then stream them from my phone using the standard Play Music app. Occasionally I do the Chromecast thing.
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I got all the episodes on vinyl
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I look up the episodes on the website and listen to them that way on my laptop.
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Apple's default app for mobile (I think it uses iTunes?), streaming off the website for pc (sorry).
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I'm also using Podcast Addict. It's not perfect, but it's worked for me leaps and bounds better than some of the other podcast apps (I'm looking at you Stitcher)
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These days I just keep them in a folder on a cheap tablet and use Folderplayer on shuffle, since I usually listen as I'm falling asleep (if I don't have SOMETHING on to distract my brain I'll lie there and plan unlikely projects in my head for an hour or two unless I got a lot of physical activity that day).