Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by apranav19 » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:33 PM UTC

GrayCodex wrote: post #15

Wow. Thanks for filling up such an obvious gap in content database. Loving the topic/mention based search, looking forward to great things in this aspect. Although first requested feature would be ability to sign, make profile for listened podcasts and preferably add notes/review/ discussion about a specific episode. Thanks for the product. Looking forward to its growth.

I agree. A nice to have feature could attempt to derive the audio transcription and index podcasts based on keywords from that.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by hijp » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

michaelmior wrote: post #20

This looks great. It would be awesome if you could add a direct link to the XML feed for the podcast since it's a pain to pull it out[0] and super useful for those not using iTunes. [0] https://gist.github.com/aderyabin/4479240

good idea!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#23

Post by nelmaven » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

Looks interesting but there's no feedback for empty search results.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by Abstain » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

Definitely something I can see myself using on a regular basis. Awesome work.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#25

Post by megido » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

Would love to see reviews/ratings of podcasts

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by metasean » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC

Funny automation fail:

The tech podcasts I listen to frequently end with recommendations.

One of the recommendations in the latest JavaScript Jabber is for a Taylor Swift album.

Podcat attributes the entire episode to Taylor Swift‽

JJ Episode Details: https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/202-jsj-donejs-canjs-with-justi...

Podcat Episode Details: https://www.podcat.com/podcasts/D13bdo-javascript-jabber/epi...

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Request:

Since most of my podcasts are technical (as I assume many other HN readers' podcasts are) many of them also have video. Sometimes only specific episodes have a video component (e.g. Lately in JavaScript), and sometimes every episode has a video component (e.g. JavaScript Air).

All of the ones I listen to that have video versions also provide an audio-only version, but the host or guests occasionally still refer to something on the screen.

So, it would be nice to be able to filter on episodes that do or don't have a video version.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by heywire » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC

Something strange is going on with scrolling. When I scroll quickly down the page, it jumps back to the top. Looks like a great resource, looking forward to checking it out in detail later!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by hijp » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

creator here: I'd love to speak to anyone that has their own podcast to find out what you need. feel free to email me at podcastcatalog@gmail.com

thank you for all the feedback and support!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#29

Post by hijp » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

metasean wrote: post #26

Funny automation fail: The tech podcasts I listen to frequently end with recommendations. One of the recommendations in the latest JavaScript Jabber is for a Taylor Swift album. Podcat attributes the entire episode to Taylor Swift‽ JJ Episode Details: https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/202-jsj-donejs-canjs-with-justi... Podcat Episode Details: https://www.podcat.com/podcasts/D13bdo-javascript-jabber/epi... --- Request: Sin…

Thank you! I definitely forgot to account for video podcasts, I haven't really followed any since diggnation ended!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by mijustin » Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

Wow. The search is surprisingly fast and accurate (even when searching for people).