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Is Pocket Cast the player that had a rather impressive silence removing feature, and is that part also now free software? I can't remember which app I used before moving to the free software antennapod, though I remember that being the one feature I missed. Various free software apps now have a version of the feature, but they seem to remove all silence killing any kind of comedic timing.
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I've been using it since it was owned by the original developers, Aussie indy outfit Shifty Jelly (along with their late, and definitely lamented, Pocket Weather). It's the one app that has gone with me as I've shifted between iOS and Android over the years. It's probably the only app I regularly use that I've never checked out alternatives for, as it's just so good.
Good to know I’m not alone. I’ve used it since (according to the app) 1/14/17 and have amassed 51d 7h of listening time. I feel like I’ve used it since around 2014 or so, but I could be wrong. I know somewhere around that time there was a platform switch and stats got lost. In any event I was overjoyed when they grandfathered me to a lifetime subscription after switching to a paid model. I truly, deeply appreciate th…
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Good to know I’m not alone. I’ve used it since (according to the app) 1/14/17 and have amassed 51d 7h of listening time. I feel like I’ve used it since around 2014 or so, but I could be wrong. I know somewhere around that time there was a platform switch and stats got lost. In any event I was overjoyed when they grandfathered me to a lifetime subscription after switching to a paid model. I truly, deeply appreciate th…
June 2015 in my case, and a slightly terrifying 263d 21h
Is Pocket Cast the player that had a rather impressive silence removing feature, and is that part also now free software? I can't remember which app I used before moving to the free software antennapod, though I remember that being the one feature I missed. Various free software apps now have a version of the feature, but they seem to remove all silence killing any kind of comedic timing.
You’re probably thinking of Overcast. Marco, the developer, calls the feature smart speed. It’s great.
Is Pocket Cast the player that had a rather impressive silence removing feature, and is that part also now free software? I can't remember which app I used before moving to the free software antennapod, though I remember that being the one feature I missed. Various free software apps now have a version of the feature, but they seem to remove all silence killing any kind of comedic timing.
Selfish, but I was mad at myself that they made it free just a couple or so months after I paid for it. As a college student, I resented them a whole bunch for it because I was on the fence for a little over a year before pulling the trigger only for them to make it free (and I didn’t feel like I could have got my moneys worth because of that). If only I had waited a smidgeon longer! Glad they are making it open sour…
At least we got grandfathered into the premium plan. 5€ for something that is usually 10€/year.
That's a nice and unexpected bit of news for the day. I've been using Pocket Casts for awhile, it's indeed a very nice app, and other than the UI tumult from a few years back has been pretty reliable. I was a bit disappointed recently to discover that it doesn't offer a way to export data from it, which is pretty bad (i.e. your listening history and starred episodes, not your list of subscribed podcasts). Hopefully i…
Pocketcasts has an API with a history endpoint, which I scrape regularly: https://api.pocketcasts.com/user/history With the help of the web-player and the developer console I could copy the necessary auth-headers. I built a little deno project recently which scrapes my Spotify and PocketCasts history regularly and stores the history to a Supabase PostgreSQL database. So I have access to my own listening history: http…
That's insane. I've been holding back from using Pocket Casts precisely because there FOSS alternatives like Antennapod and Podverse - but I wasn't that happy with them. Props to Automattic for being an incredible force for good! Edit: Wow 12$/year is a nice price for the Plus plan (vs. Podverse's 3/month, though that's not terrible either). They just got themselves a new subscriber. I'd skip the trial if I could. Ta…
I have to say, Podverse was rough some months ago but it’s improving very fast. I have the feeling they are more friendly towards the decentralized nature of podcasting whereas NPR may have mixed motivation.
It’s important to choose wisely imho, the once quite open podcast ecosystem is being gobbled up by YT and Spotify at an alarming rate.