Forwarding to list as requested. Sonia. On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 18:06 +1100, aggeyl wrote: > Hi > > I only just joined this mail group and i thought I had posted it to > everyone. Yes, please go ahead and post it. Glad there was useful info > there for you. > > andy gee > > Sat Jan 12 03:41:22 2008, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks very much aggeyl, I'll give those a go. A pity you > didn't post > your good information to the slug list - would you mind > posting it? (or > do you want me to do it?). > > S. > > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 21:34 +1100, aggeyl wrote: > > Hi > > > > Finding a good podcasting client was the main thing that > slowed my > > move to Linux from windows. After having spent a lot of time > reading > > about it. I have set up a very simple script called > 'bashpodder' which > > is > > run on a regular schedule as a cronjob. If you know how to > edit cron > > and make scripts executable, give that a go. It's not a > simple setup, > > but once you've set it up maintenance is simple and because > it runs > > thru cron it doesn't hang around in the background eating > system > > resources unnecessarily. > > > > Apart from Bashpodder, there are a bunch of other gui based > programs. > > The Best: gpodder > > others that were ok: hpodder, podget; podracer > > others that were not just podcast clients: > > Penguin TV and Miro/Democracy player will let you do > Bittorrent and > > act as a media player as well as an aggregator; > > RhythmBox will do the same sort of thing as Amarok. > > > > If you have Ubuntu, all of these will be available through > Synaptic > > Package Manager. > > > > Relly, if you have the time and inclination, I would go for > > Bashpodder. Maybe install one of the other ones first, but > eventually > > go back and read up how to install Bashpodder. Installing > Bashpodder > > taught me alot about Linux and also podcasts, and Bashpodder > will have > > much less impact on your computer, which is great if (like > me) you > > have a crappy old 1.5 GHz machine! > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > Thu Jan 10 08:42:28 2008, Sonia Hamilton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What are people's recommendations for an "ants-pants" > podcast > > tool? > > > > I'm currently using the podcast feature in Amarok, but it's > a > > bit > > limited. > > > > I'm looking for something with lots of features, such as the > > ability to > > prioritise downloads (apart from alphabetical), set > bandwidth > > usage, an > > option to download all podcasts (not just most recent), etc. > > > > I'd prefer a gui tool rather than a website... > > > > Thanks :-) > > > > -- > > Sonia Hamilton > > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - > > http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: > > http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- > Sonia Hamilton > http://SoniaHamilton.wordpress.com > mobile in Mexico: +52-664-165-6914 (sms's preferred) > celular en México: +52-664-165-6914 (prefiero mensajes cortos) > -- Sonia Hamilton http://SoniaHamilton.wordpress.com mobile in Mexico: +52-664-165-6914 (sms's preferred) celular en México: +52-664-165-6914 (prefiero mensajes cortos)
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