Hi Neil, in addition to what others have said, I prefer downcast because: There is great playlist management, giving you the ability to customise the podcasts that are played back to back. Podcast speed can be set on a podcast by podcast basis and retained. Volume can be boosted on a podcast by podcast basis and retained. I find this really good because some podcasts are recorded at quite a low level. Continuous play behaviour can be set on a podcast by podcast basis. When podcasts are behind a username and password, Downcast can log in.
If you want the description of an episode, in the Apple app, you have to tap the more info button for each and every episode, whereas Downcast speaks this info right on the screen as you review. And finally, you can engage with the author of Downcast on Twitter. He listens and makes changes based on user feedback. Not sure if the Apple podcasts app supports sharing the episodes you are listening to on Twitter and Facebook complete with a link that actually plays the episode, but I like this about Downcast too. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012 4:59 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Downcast vs iOS Podcast Client Hi Neil, Is there a way to delete all episodes? I have not found that, but I agree with ?Alvin, in Downcast if you mark episodes as played they are not visible unless you tap on "Show More Episodes" or whatever it's called exactly. I may not want to delete an episode because what happens if I want to go back to an earlier episode to find something again. I am able to delete single episodes in Today in iOS Podcast by doing the pass through gesture and then swiping across them left to right similar to how you would delete songs prior to the Action rotor, the Action rotor is not yet implemented in Podcasts. In any case, if I have to delete one episode at a time how long am I supposed to delete stuff, there are now 241 episodes of Today in iOS and what if you are a new subscriber to another Podcast with hundreds of episodes? I guess it's not that big a deal to have them all listed there, but then again if other apps can hide them that means it can be done. Apple claims they want to have the best Podcast app there is and it's not like they didn't have plenty to compare it to. It's sort of like with the new Maps, they make a big deal about a new product and then it falls way short of what people expect and is launched with lots of problems or incomplete features. And with Maps I can see how it would be a huge job, not exactly the case with a Podcast app. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Downcast vs iOS Podcast Client you already can, well not hide them, but delete them. just press the more button at the top of the podcast in question. On 23 Sep 2012, at 15:47, Alvin <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope they put an option to hide played episodes. > > On 23 Sep, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> There has been some discussion of late as to which is better, >> Downcast or the default iOS Podcast client from Apple. >> >> This is preloaded by way of comment with the fact that I've not used Downcast myself, but, those I trust to offer opinion have not yet offered me something, other than UI comment, that makes me think one is better than the other. So, this message serves to inform those who on the other side of the fence, may not yet have used Podcast from Apple. >> >> Features: >> >> Fully automate and configure download parameters for individual >> podcasts, >> >> choose what is downloaded, >> >> choose what is kept, e.g. all, unplayed, last x etc. >> >> playback speed, half, normal, 1.5x, 2x and 3x >> >> adjust display mode, newest at top or oldest at top >> >> choose playback order, newest first or oldest first, separate command from above >> >> full Apple iTunes selection of podcasts an information. >> >> download over 3G or WiFi only. >> >> Oh, fully Voice Over usable and by the way, podcasts can be played / controlled with Siri, which is not a feature of Downcast. >> >> I think that covers it all, I'm still awaiting something that >> Downcast can do over this feature set, please do not mention the 5x speed option, surely no-one listens at that speed? >> >> Am I seriously missing something, or not? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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