Downcast on iOS is great and I've been using it for over a year and a half. the Mac version works well as has been mentioned earlier in this thread. There have been some significant issues with the iCloud syncing with earliest versions of Downcast on the Mac but Version 1.3 has just been submitted for approval so hopefully we'll see that one in a few days.
My only big complaint now with downcast on the Mac is when you speed up playback of a file, the audio degrades considerably. I don't see this happening with VLC and it doesn't happen on the iOS versions either. Not sure if that is downcast's problem or if that audio degrading at higher speeds is more native to the Mac, outside control of downcast. despite that, I still recommend Downcast for Mac highly. On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:33 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Nicholas. You've convinced me. I'll put the native podcast app in the > bin. The only reason I was still using it was because Apple fixed it for a > while along the lines of Downcast. But now the syncing thing with iTunes is > getting silly. > > Cheers > Lisette > > On 29/09/2013, at 7:03 PM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> HI, >> Downcast on the Mac works really well for me. I really liked podcasts in >> iTunes, but the surprising syncing problems between my Mac and iPhone with >> Apple's native apps made me try Downcast. >> Syncing between Downcast on my Mac and iPHone works surprisingly well. I >> won't say there's absolutely no problems, because I'm sure I could be proved >> wrong. But I can often start playing an episode on my iPHone and then switch >> to playing that same episode on my Mac and it will start playing on the Mac >> exactly where I paused on the iPhone. It's incredibly seamless. marking as >> played seems to work just as well. I'm not sure what happens when you delete >> an episode from one device, but that seems to work somehow as I don't get >> episodes deleted from one device showing up on another. >> In iCloud Sync Settings in Downcast on Mac and iOS you can choose to sync >> any or all of feeds, episodes, playlists and settings. >> Apart from the syncing, the other thing I love about Downcast is the >> playlists. These work really well and sync perfectly across devices. I >> believe iTunes now has this or is soon to have this feature, but Downcast >> had it first and it works brilliantly. >> Having said all that, of course everyone's opinions are different and what >> works for one person might not work for another. I know there's at least one >> guy (on this list) who isn't very impressed with Downcast on the Mac. Then >> again he never seems very impressed with anything, except perhaps NewsRack >> once it became obsolete. ;) >> Cheers, >> Nic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
