G+_Ebuka Daniel Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Pocket Casts on PC? I've been using Pocket Casts (by shiftyjelly) on my Android phone and tablet for the past few months and LOVE IT!!! One of the best features is how it keeps me in sync across my Android devices. I now know what podcasts I've played and where I am in others regardless of which Android device I'm on. But I'd like to take it one step further and find a way to sync with a podcasting app on my PC. The problem is they don't make a version of Pocket Casts for the PC. I've tried loading the BlueStacks (Android emulator) program on my PC and then running Pocket Casts on it but many times it has issues when it comes to playing video podcasts. Has anyone found a better solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jim Jackson (J3xtr) Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I saw an interview some where that mentioned a web interface but the topic was more Chromecast focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Darryl Drury Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I subscribe to the audio rss feed via Feedly and playback there. Works just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Allport Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I'd live to see this too. To go one step further an XBMC add on would be amazing. Darryl Drury a good suggestion but this wouldn't sync your played podcast or current positions, unless I'm missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Bach Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Accessing and syncing your podcasts on many different devices is what we are talking about here...think Netflix but for podcasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Fromtulsa Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Why? Seriously, why? I sometimes download video podcasts to tablet, but I usually listen on my phone that is always at hand. Helps maybe that phone has good speaker, but I prefer headphones. Really don't understand downloading a podcast twice and switching playback devices mid-play. FYI either Dogcatcher or BeyondPod (or both?) added this "feature" recently. Kindle and Kindle Apps keep trying to jump me where another member of our family group stopped reading or listening to audible. Annoying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Allport Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 George Fromtulsa The use case is: Your walking home listening to a podcast and it hasn't finished when you get in. You take your headphones of sit down boot up your media centre and you can listen to the rest of the podcast exactly where you left off, over your speakers. Would be cool if you could set a tasked task so when the phone is docked or NFC tapped while listening to a podcast it starts to play from, the current point on the pc app. I guess you would need the two apps to talk to each other for that, just my imagination running away again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Fromtulsa Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Chris Allport Disregarding that I come home from walking the dog and the home media center is being used by "she who must be obeyed" to watch an episode of Bones, again, my phone can dock to the media center. Or to via Bluetooth to the bedroom stereo or portable speaker or the AUX jack in car. No download required, no sync thru remote servers. The feature's free, the download isn't. That I don't use it, can't grasp the use case for it, am annoyed by the similar "feature" in Audible and Kindle books, may be just me and my bandwidth caps, thank you US I$Ps and cell $eller$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Allport Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I use docks and Bluetooth too it was just be a nice option to have. I think I look for the geekiest rather than the simplest solution sometimes :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Fromtulsa Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Chris Allport Geekiest may be a Dial media player, the open source on which Chromecast is based. Then there's WiFi Direct, and even my Roku will play music from my phone. I just can't imagine a benefit of downloading to multiple devices then syncing my play position across a fleet of gear when my phone "knows" where I am, and only one download is required. Ah, well, it's free. Just not a feature I would find useful and thus not one that would lure me to one podcast client over another without it.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris Allport Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 George Fromtulsa good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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