G+_Randy Strye Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 So I need help... I know Pocket Casts is a fan favorite so I'm asking here.. Personally, I've been using Doggcatcher for since the Cupcake days... however the recent material design update of Pocket Casts has tempted me. I purchased Pocket Casts ages ago and I'm trying to get the same level of granular auto-downloads as I can get in Doggcatcher but I just don't see it. I'd like choose how many episodes the app will auto-download per show. For example, a show that airs more than once a week, I'd like to keep two episodes and if I haven't listened to it by the time a third episode is available, it auto-deletes the oldest one. A show that airs once a week, I'd like to keep one episode on my device and if I haven't listened to it by the next episode, it'll auto-delete the older episode. This is how I've had Doggcatcher set up forever.. I feel like I'm missing something in Pocket Casts and If it is unable to do this simple thing, why is it so beloved? As I said, at this point it's simply an aesthetic thing because the new #MateriYOLO update is pretty.. so I won't be heartbroken if I end up sticking with Doggcatcher... I just feel like I'm missing something here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nathan Gugliotti Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Start by going to Podcasts. Choose the podcast of interest, touch the menu icon (3 dots), choose podcast settings, touch Auto cleanup and you have a few options. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Duncan Jaffrey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Hi Mate, one you've added a podcast to your favorites click on that podcast, then click on the three vertical dot menu in the top right, in there you have a auto clean function, you can set this per podcast or for all. enjoy its great app. also enable skip silence it helps with dead air time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Strye Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nathan Gugliotti Duncan Jaffrey AHA no wonder I couldn't find it. It was a general setting in Doggcatcher for "Global" auto-downloads and then you went into each podcast and tweaked it to your liking. That's perfect. Thank you. My last gripe (that I just now realized) is that I can't seem to manually organize the autoplay order of the podcasts. Is that something I'm missing as well? Or will it just play them in order of date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Duncan Jaffrey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 on the podcast "home" page click on the 3 dots and you can change how its ordered between Name, release data and date subscribed (you can use that to tailor the list if you have the patience) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Strye Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Duncan Jaffrey? I saw that.. Good idea about just tweaking it to your whims, though. I just removed all my podcasts and readded them in order that I want them played. Wish there was a less janky way to do it but it works! Thank you!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Duncan Jaffrey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Randy Strye Shifty Jelly are good about suggestions, use the in app "leave feedback" function and suggest how you want the pod casts order function changed. I don;t think they have implemented any of my suggestions as yet, but the do acknowledge and log them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ryan Ballard Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I typically email them my suggestions, and they're pretty good about emailing back, even if it's to say "we'll consider it for the future" or, "we can't for such and such a technical reason". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Julie Wills Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Alternatively, try BeyondPod https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.beyondpod , which has the per-feed download/keep features that you want, and the ability to set rules for multiple SmartPlay lists (e.g. oldest 2 unplayed episodes from feed/category a, then newest one from another, oldest 3 from another, etc.) It can automatically generate different types of playlists for different situations - or you can just have one SmartPlay list. See http://www.beyondpod.com/cms/index.php/playing-episodes-with-smartplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jon Payne Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Randy Strye??, regarding your question about "manually organiz[ing] the autoplay order", it seems that you might be referring to the "Up Next" playlist. Simply tap the currently queued podcast at the bottom of the screen to bring it up full-screen with playback controls. Next swipe the screen from right to left to access the "Up Next" list. From here you can tap and drag the handles on the right side of each queued podcast to manually re-order them. Hope that helps! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mic Cullen Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 The manually organising thing is what I miss most from DoggCatcher. Well, that and being able to assign a playlist for the podcast directly from the podcast, not having to go to the playlist, edit it, etc. Massively inefficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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