drPodder (a.k.a. PrePod) - Page 6

jbg7474 · 07/25/2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by drnull

Thanks for the compliments! I'll look into the slow scrolling, but it seems like once everything is loaded, the scrolling is fine. Do you notice it being slow after all of the feeds have finished updating as well? As mentioned above, converting to sqlite3 usage should decrease the load from saving to the depot.

Unfortunately, I deleted a few, so I didn't do much scrolling, but it did seem to improve a bit as things loaded up. Sorry I couldn't provide better info.

Webby_s · 07/26/2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by diomark

I can't get it to accept the dignation mp3 feed (feed = Diggnation (MP3) )

Comes back with "error updating feed"

BTW - would love to be able to import an opml feed file.
-mark

EDIT - GASP - more importantly, the engadget feeds don't work

Engadget Mobile
Engadget HD
Engadget

Ya that is so weird... I am trying the get the EngadgetHD and it loads but once you exit out of the program and come back it's gone?

Weird, sad

drnull · 07/26/2009, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Loondog

another suggestion - provide the ability to delete podcasts from the pre. I know this may be asking a lot since there is no 'file browser' yet...just throwing it out there.

You can download podcasts that this program has downloaded. You do that on the episode list page (if you tap the icon to the right of the episode name, you should get the option to delete it)

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Originally Posted by retrobits2

One feature that I think would be great is to check for the existence of the file in the downloads folder before actually downloading -- if its there, just mark it as downloaded. This lets me listen to any mp3 (audio book etc) files I've got using this player just by linking to an podcast xml file with the correct names.
Another way to implement this would just be to allow adding mp3s from the file system to an existing feed.

I've heard this idea now from two different people. I can't promise that I'll consider putting it in. If I do, it will be a bit down the line. There is plenty of podcast playing functionality I need to focus on first before I allow this type of feature creep to get me off track, but really, thank you for the suggestions!

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Originally Posted by sacherjj

Great App. It works great for me with streaming. I start running into problems with downloading. I selected 6-8 to download. It worked for a while, then did a soft reset of the phone. (Short, like Orange+Sym+R).

Once the phone came back up, I reran PrePod. There were many episodes that showed as downloaded, but no file was stored. I haven't looked at the File API, so I don't know if there is an easy "file exists" test. Might be able to set a running flag in storage. If the app is crashed, this flag isn't cleared in cleanup and you would know to scan for rebuilding the DB. When it thinks something is downloaded, I can't delete and can't play or stream.

I uninstalled and cleaned out download directory. This reset everything, but I need to re-add my unique feeds.

While the Pre doesn't have cut and paste, it would be nice for the add new feed to be a sene, rather than a dialog. Here is why: I open a web page with the feed address. I go into PrePod to enter the new feed. Type part of it, because it is too long to remember. Swipe to jump back over to browser and remember the next part, swipe back and the dialog is closed. If it were a card, it would stay open.

Huh, I thought I had that part fixed. Didn't consider rebooting, I only considered just opening/closing the program. Was it showing them as "downloading", not "downloaded"? I would like to add in an existence check, but the Pre File API is not very full featured. As is, I'm using functionality that is only available to com.palm applications (thus the application ID)

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Originally Posted by mobilehavoc

To the Op/developer...any plans to do this officially through Palm? I'd be willing as I'm sure others to pay some $ ($1-$2) for your app through official channels. Thoughts?

2 things, 1) Palm would not accept this application currently because it's named com.palm.*, if they ever fix their api to allow the functionality that I need, then sure. Additionally, this is extremely beta currently. 2) I'd like to keep this OSS/MIT licensed. If that jives with charging a buck on the store, then sure. I'd like to keep offering it here though.

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Originally Posted by jcrawford

OMG really a podcast player for the pre.... can you subscribe to podcasts from itunes?

You can subscribe to any podcast that provides its feed in the RSS/XML format (hopefully!). The url should start with http://, not pcast:// or itunes:// or something like that.

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Originally Posted by groovy

Well shucks. Just spent the last hour looking up and adding podcasts and when I reopened the app all but one were gone. I should have read the entire thread because apparently this is a known issue. But, just so I'm sure, are they really gone? Or just lurking somewhere? I suspect they're gone but you never know.

Very sorry about that, I will post to the first page indicating more clearly that this is very beta, and in particular, there is a feed saving problem (which I am making good progress on) and I hope to have fixed by Monday.

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Originally Posted by groovy

What I did was to launch the podcast .xml page, which just brings up the xml text. Then I swipe down to get the address dialog box at the top. Then I tap in that box and copy.

I'll eventually be implementing what was suggested by someone else, changing the add feed dialog to be a full scene, instead of a dialog.

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Originally Posted by petewine

The only two homebrew apps I have been in need of were a tethering app and THIS. Keep it up, friend. I used this most of the day at work today (went through my battery twice :-p) and while half of that time was spent in frustration with the "beta nature" of the program, I still could not be happier you have created it. Looking forward to 0.2.4!!!

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Originally Posted by webfusion5

Great app! Nice job!

Feedback:

When you go the list of podcast episodes, I think either you should not be able to view the detail (where it shows the slider) untill you download it or you should be able to download the episode on that screen. The second option makes more sense. Also a percentage of total bytes that have downloaded.

Thanks again for the compliments, guys. I'm glad this is useful for you. I use it daily, so I saw no harm in making it available for others. webfusion5, I really need to hook up the download button on that episode details page.

I'll probably move it to the app menu so the playback buttons have more room (for +/-15 seconds and +/- 60 seconds instead of just one +/- 30 seconds as it is now)

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Originally Posted by MrEricM

Here is one suggestion (Among Many):
Add the ability to import OMPL files, or just a text file with RSS feeds, because typing them all in manually isn't fun!

Thanks, I agree that it's annoying to type them in for sure. Being the developer, I just added all my feeds to the default sources, so I never got frustrated with that part, but I understand your pain. I hope to import/export functionality within the next few weeks. Export would just be email, as saving files ... well, I'm not sure if that's doable.

sburlbaw · 07/26/2009, 06:40 AM

This is like the 2nd coming of jesus! Please add a donate link...will be more than happy to help with the development of this amazing app...truly a lifesaver. Thanks a ton!

471405 · 07/26/2009, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by groovy

What I did was to launch the podcast .xml page, which just brings up the xml text. Then I swipe down to get the address dialog box at the top. Then I tap in that box and copy.

+1

Thanks for that idea- it works great.

Here's what I do:

1) Click on the orange RSS icon for the podcast wanted.
2) It brings up the .xml page with text only.
3) Swipe down to get the address dialog box at top.
4) Tap in the dialog box and copy the highlighted URL.
5) Paste URL in PrePod "Add Podcast XML Feed" dialog box.

Predator-1 · 07/26/2009, 07:13 AM

I have no idea how this works

intron · 07/26/2009, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Predator-1

I have no idea how this works

Magic.

Predator-1 · 07/26/2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by intron

Magic.

Cool, cause i can do magic...

sidamos · 07/26/2009, 08:13 AM

You can stay with the Depot storage. Just prefix the Depot name with "ext:" and it will, just as a SQLite DB, be created on the media partition with no limits.

groovy · 07/26/2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by drnull

Very sorry about that, I will post to the first page indicating more clearly that this is very beta, and in particular, there is a feed saving problem (which I am making good progress on) and I hope to have fixed by Monday.

That's cool. I knew the risks when I took it.

Thanks for your hard work!

mackgunz · 07/26/2009, 05:51 PM

props for this

LupeValenz · 07/26/2009, 09:21 PM

OMG what an amazing app! Don't have to worry about playing podcast on the music player. I have to chime in for some additions. Can there be an auto download schedule and can you add the program to the notification bar so we can pause/play from any app. Thanks and can't wait to see the next update.

sacherjj · 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drnull

Huh, I thought I had that part fixed. Didn't consider rebooting, I only considered just opening/closing the program. Was it showing them as "downloading", not "downloaded"? I would like to add in an existence check, but the Pre File API is not very full featured. As is, I'm using functionality that is only available to com.palm applications (thus the application ID)

It was showing the episodes as downloaded, but the download was never started and no file was created. So it had a play icon, but the file duration was from 0:00 to 0:00.

biggamer3 · 07/26/2009, 10:03 PM

how do I listen to Bill Simmons podcasts?

biggamer3 · 07/26/2009, 10:24 PM

Ok figured it out, awesome App!

crissiann · 07/26/2009, 11:15 PM

ok this looks like something i can really use. very nice job. thank you.

milominderbinder · 07/26/2009, 11:50 PM

I updated the thread title to reflect your new version.

Thank you!

-Craig

Webby_s · 07/27/2009, 12:01 AM

So i have read through the thread a few times and can't remember if it was said/suggested to be able to exit out of the playing podcast and not have it STOP!

Doing so would able to allow us to DL another podcast or just manage the app in general!

Divide By Zero · 07/27/2009, 08:56 AM

This is the application I wanted to be able to write.

It works exactly the way I want or would expect it to. No Pre is complete without it. Can't say I disagree with the "A different name might serve you better" crowd, though.

Graphical glitch: If you have more than 100 new podcasts, the star icon gets pushed down to the next line. Add http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_5042.xml if you need an example.

Also: you might want to disallow adding a podcast that already exists, or at least throwing an "Are you sure?" message if somebody tries it.

Again, thanks. Keep up the good coding and I'll be checking back to this thread frequently for application updates.

TreoRock · 07/27/2009, 10:06 AM

Awesome start! but a few things to fix...

As a new user this is what I did:
1. Tapped on Buzz Out loud.
2. Tapped on an episode.
3. Pressed Play.

Result? Nothing happened.

Episode 1026 and 1025 don't work.
1026 After pressing it many times, it looks like it was downloaded, but it doesn't work (I think they do video on Fridays)
1025 just doesn't wanna either download or play.
So I tried 1024 and I can see it downloading and playing... weird...

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07/26/2009, 06:40 AM	#104 (permalink)
sburlbaw Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 205 Likes Received: 6 Thanks: 137 Thanked 67 Times in 29 Posts	This is like the 2nd coming of jesus! Please add a donate link...will be more than happy to help with the development of this amazing app...truly a lifesaver. Thanks a ton!
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07/26/2009, 07:13 AM	#106 (permalink)
Predator-1 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Memphis, TN. Posts: 442 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 21 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	I have no idea how this works
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07/26/2009, 08:13 AM	#109 (permalink)
sidamos Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 608 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 25 Thanked 90 Times in 59 Posts	You can stay with the Depot storage. Just prefix the Depot name with "ext:" and it will, just as a SQLite DB, be created on the media partition with no limits.
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07/26/2009, 05:51 PM	#111 (permalink)
mackgunz Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 24 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	props for this
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07/26/2009, 09:21 PM	#112 (permalink)
LupeValenz Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,581 Likes Received: 17 Thanks: 27 Thanked 102 Times in 56 Posts	OMG what an amazing app! Don't have to worry about playing podcast on the music player. I have to chime in for some additions. Can there be an auto download schedule and can you add the program to the notification bar so we can pause/play from any app. Thanks and can't wait to see the next update.
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07/26/2009, 10:03 PM	#114 (permalink)
biggamer3 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 535 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 22 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	how do I listen to Bill Simmons podcasts?
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07/26/2009, 10:24 PM	#115 (permalink)
biggamer3 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 535 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 22 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Ok figured it out, awesome App!
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07/26/2009, 11:15 PM	#116 (permalink)
crissiann Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 24 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok this looks like something i can really use. very nice job. thank you.
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07/26/2009, 11:50 PM	#117 (permalink)
milominderbinder Homebrew Developer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ↑ iPhone Black Launcher Theme Posts: 4,593 Likes Received: 117 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 3,156 Times in 908 Posts	I updated the thread title to reflect your new version. Thank you! -Craig __________________ - Milo → Getting Started → Ringtones → Videos/Movies → Patches/Themes → Music Player(Remix) → Battery Life → Backup/Syncing → Great Signal-Airave → iPhone Theme → Forum Guidelines
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07/27/2009, 12:01 AM	#118 (permalink)
Webby_s Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 284 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 36 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts	So i have read through the thread a few times and can't remember if it was said/suggested to be able to exit out of the playing podcast and not have it STOP! Doing so would able to allow us to DL another podcast or just manage the app in general! __________________ Still happily rooting my launch 6/6/09 Pre! (and my wife's)
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07/27/2009, 08:56 AM	#119 (permalink)
Divide By Zero Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	This is the application I wanted to be able to write. It works exactly the way I want or would expect it to. No Pre is complete without it. Can't say I disagree with the "A different name might serve you better" crowd, though. Graphical glitch: If you have more than 100 new podcasts, the star icon gets pushed down to the next line. Add http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_5042.xml if you need an example. Also: you might want to disallow adding a podcast that already exists, or at least throwing an "Are you sure?" message if somebody tries it. Again, thanks. Keep up the good coding and I'll be checking back to this thread frequently for application updates.
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07/27/2009, 10:06 AM	#120 (permalink)
TreoRock Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: CA Posts: 3,099 Likes Received: 26 Thanks: 350 Thanked 125 Times in 80 Posts	Awesome start! but a few things to fix... As a new user this is what I did: 1. Tapped on Buzz Out loud. 2. Tapped on an episode. 3. Pressed Play. Result? Nothing happened. Episode 1026 and 1025 don't work. 1026 After pressing it many times, it looks like it was downloaded, but it doesn't work (I think they do video on Fridays) 1025 just doesn't wanna either download or play. So I tried 1024 and I can see it downloading and playing... weird... __________________
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