Hi Shane,
At one point Apple did somewhat control what Podcasts you could listen to
with their app. I really am not an authority on the Apple Podcast app since
I only used it very little when it first came out. I was at first excited
and thought this would be good, but I think most people were quite
disappointed by it. It definitely was not the polished "it just works" kind
of product Apple is known for. They had some sort of catalogue and I think
if a particular Podcast was not part of that you couldn't get it.
I think at this point this restriction is lifted so you should be able to
find most Podcasts you find with Downcast or if not use a specific URL/feed.
I only listen regularly to about 2 or 3 different Podcasts and I really like
Downcast so at this point I don't see much reason to use the Apple Podcast
app.
As for not being able to stream, I assume there might be a setting in the
Apple Podcast app (possibly you have to access it via the Settings app)
where maybe by default streaming over 3G/LTE is turned off. Once again, this
is just a guess.
Regards,
Sieghard
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Subject: Re: Podcast app question and overall general podcast question
Ah gotcha Sieghart... So, are you limited to what podcast you can download
depending on what app you use? In other words, if you chose the Apple
Podcasts app, would you find only what Apple wanted you to, and with
Downcast, you would have more of a selection to choose from, as the
ppodcasts would be coming from different feeds?
I was able to stream a podcast from Podcasts, I had no Internet at my house,
so I went to a friends house, and it streamed. I'm thinking maybe that's why
it didn't stream.
Thanks as always for your informative assistance bro.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:47 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
Hi Shane,
The Podcast app of choice for most people on this list as well as many
sighted people is Downcast. It is a very feature rich Podcast app and
whether you download or stream your Podcasts is completely
customizable. You can even set it to download certain Podcasts while
you not do so for others and you can tell it whether to allow
streaming via 3G or restrict it to Wi-Fi only.
The same goes for what to do with the Podcasts after you stream or
download them. You can tell it globally to keep no Podcasts, to only
keep unplayed Podcasts, to keep a certain number of unplayed or a
certain number of all Podcasts. Then once again you can overwrite the
global setting by defining a different setting for a certain Podcast,
individual settings always have priority over the global setting.
Downcast is fully Voiceover friendly and I believe there is a Podcast
about it on Applevis.
It is very easy to search for Podcasts by name, by URL or to import them.
You can even make Playlists, for example, if you have 3 different tech
Podcasts, you could make a playlist for them.
If Apple was smart they'd buy out Downcast. OK, so maybe that was a
poor choice of words, I am not implying they are not smart *smile*,
but there are definitely apps which do what some of their stock apps
do which are way better. Given Apple's resources compared to say those
of the developer of Downcast I find this rather interesting.
Just for completeness sake, the app iCatcher which is another Podcast
app is also fully Voiceover accessible and quite good, but I think if
it came down to a vote more people would vote for Downcast. When I
just looked up the links I noticed iCatcher said at the top of the app
description that it was on sale. However, the price of $2.99 I wrote
down below is what was listed and I thought that was the regular
price. I did buy the app a long time ago so if I look it up on my
iPhone or in iTunes when I am signed in it only asks me to download it
since I once bought it and I can't see if the price there shows up
differently. Anyhow, here are the links:
Downcast: $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downcast/id393858566?mt=8
iCatcher: $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icatcher!-podcast-app/id414419105?mt=8
Regards,
Sieghard
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Subject: Podcast app question and overall general podcast question
Hi,
So I downloaded the Apple Podcast app again yesterday, after not using
it for awhile, and noticed that you now have to download the podcast
versese just streaming it to the phone. I thought at one time, you
could stream them instead of downloading them, was U wrong here?
Is there an app like Podcast that gives you the option to stream them,
but has the same amount of content? Also, when you subscribe to a
certain podcast, does it put the podcast in your phone, then you
download it, or is it already downloaded for youV And finally, what's
the best way to delete them from the Podcast app? I see the podcast,
then recently played, and a few other places where the podcast is at
within the app.
Thanks for all help, Shane.
Sent from my iPhone
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