Podcast features

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Hi,

Congratulation on releasing podcast in plex ! One step closer to be the absolute perfect media server !
For me, to make the podcast feature better, it needs to become like the Downcast app on iOS/MacOS (http://www.downcastapp.com) :

• Chose for a subscription on the app to be always downloaded on the app or just streamed from the server
• Download podcasts automatically (on the server and on the app)
• Continue podcast downloads in the background* (app)
• Auto-refresh podcast feeds
• Settings for auto-download and episode retention (app)
• Import and export podcast feeds via OPML
• Support for password-protected podcasts
• Create and edit “smart” playlists
• synchronisation between the app and the server of the reading position of an episode (like for everything in plex)

I guess these features are already there or in the process to be.

Keep up the good work !

Regards

Bruno

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hide played podcasts!

when sorting oldest to newest and there are hundreds of episodes scrolling 900 lines it a pain!

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I second password protected podcasts. I would also like to second downloading them. I like to archive everything so I prefer not to stream them otherwise I would be listening on plex and downloading somewhere else.

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• Import and export podcast feeds via OPML

much needed, second that

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I would love to move to using plex for my podcasts however it needs a very similar feature set to pocketcasts for me to do that. Fundamental features as follows:

  • Show played episodes below played episodes so the massive list that sometimes shows in some podcast subscriptions are not ‘in the way’. Even better collapse played so I can view them if needed
  • Allow me to keep all unplayed episodes until played and not restrict to a set number
  • Allow me to set a global podcast download rule (e.g. auto download when new episode is found), how many to keep (unplayed or not), playback speed etc that gets applied to all podcasts if I want but also allow me to set individually if I want
  • If I delete podcasts subscriptions and import an OPML file please don’t double up the ones that had previously imported on the last OPML file I imported
  • When deleting podcasts subscriptions give me the choice to keep downloaded files or delete them all
  • Please let me select multiple podcasts and multiple episodes where a list / grid is shown
  • Where I can multi select items offer me relevant actions (e.g. multi select podcasts offer unsubscribe etc, multi select episodes offer mark unplayed / download / delete etc)
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Downloaded podcast episodes put into queue do not persist playback speed between episodes in queue. Makes it impossible to listen continuously with same playback speed or use Android Auto because I have to exit Android Auto to change the speed on each episode. Also when playing a podcast episode and moving to next episode in queue the speed does not persist until I unlock my phone. Very inconsistent. Needs offline playback speed preference.

Also needs to be able to download to SD Card.

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