podcasts in Amarok 2.0 ?

Bart Cerneels bart.cerneels at kde.org
Wed Jan 30 08:14:47 UTC 2008


On Jan 29, 2008 6:44 PM, Andrew Burgess <abombm1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 12:36 PM, Alvin <alvinbeach at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > On Tuesday 29 January 2008 13:25:17 Leon Weber wrote:
> > > On 29.01.2008 11:31:38, Jeremy Faulkner wrote:
> > > > Valent Turkovic wrote:
> > > > > 3. have few linux podcasts subscribed by default (LugRadio, Linux
> > > > > Action Show, Linux Link Tech Show, Linux Outlaws...) of course ogg
> rss
> > > > > feeds
> > > >
> > > > No thanks.
> > > >
> > > > There's a difference between the listing of streaming radio stations
> and
> > > > default subscriptions to podcasts: Amarok doesn't communicate with the
> > > > radio stations unless instructed to play them whereas the RSS feeds
> will
> > > > be regularly updated. If the client is configured to download new
> > > > episodes then there's even more unwanted traffic and disk usage.
> > >
> > > I agree with that. A list with suggestions would be the better solution,
> > > I think, so it would just be one click to enable it.
> > >
> > > Leon
> >
> > Sort of like how Shoutcast streams are listed in Amarok 1.4.8 exception
> that
> > the user would need to "Subscribe"?
> >
> > Alvin
> >
> >
> >
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> I definitely like the idea of a few suggested podcasts, but nothing that's
> subscribed to by default.  It would better tie in with the idea of a podcast
> directory browser IMO
>
> Andrew

Agreed, I suggest the person implementing a podcast directory service
somehow integrate Amarok dev's favorites.

Bart



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