![]() Back when Jobs decided that the new shuffle was going to need a proprietary set of headphones I knew I’d need somewhere else to go when my shuffle died. I don’t care who’s fault it was, combined with one of those problems where the iPod decided not to recognize the songs put on it made me decide to replace it. The last straw was last week when gtkPod suddenly decided it didn’t want to play nice with the shuffle anymore because of some playcount file. And, it meant that I couldn’t use the “mark loaded songs as played” feature of gPodder because I didn’t know if I’d have to load them again. This was maddening! Especially if I waited until the morning to load my iPod. ![]() Then it would work well for a few months before I had to do the process all over again. So I had to put iTunes on my computer to reset the iPod. ![]() Some time around six months ago, after I erased my podcasts and added in new ones, the old ones were still there! But they didn’t show up in gtkPod! So I had no way to get rid of them. When I was done with it all, I would load up gtkPod to delete the files and start all over again. But it seemed that nearly 100% of the time if I did it too quickly that the iPod would still fail to realize that I had put podcasts onto it. ![]() So I had to open gtkPod and select all the files, right-click, and select “Update from file”. If I were to eject my shuffle at that point and try to listen, I’d just get a blinking green and orange light. After some amount of time, it would inform me that it was done. I’d go into gPodder and tell it to “Sync Episodes to Device”. So, let’s say my shuffle was freshly cleared of all podcasts. Let me get into my workflow and why the shuffle became a real pain. Not having a screen meant just listening in order and having to check gtkPod to make sure I’d listened to all the podcasts before clearing the iPod. I went with the iPod shuffle because it was sub $100 and I didn’t really need to spend the money for the screen in the Nano. All I want to do is use gPodder to get my podcasts and listen to them on the way to work and at the gym. While it worked well at first, over the last year it has been a constant pain in my butt. It doesn't make the tea but it is an excellent podcast manager.So, a while back I caved and got an iPod shuffle. GPodder follows the Unix philosophy of doing one job and doing it well. The my. service lets you upload and download subscription lists, handy if you want all your podcasts available at home and at work. There is also a searchable list of top podcasts, so you can browse for new ones to subscribe to. Podcasts are usually announced by RSS or Atom feeds and gPodder subscribes to these, and Soundcloud feeds, to know when new episodes are available. Many of the options can be changed, automatic downloads can be turned off if you want control over when podcasts are downloaded (some ISPs restrict daytime bandwidth), and the players used for audio and video podcasts can be changed. Once downloaded, you can listen to it through gPodder or transfer it to another device like an MP3 player, mobile phone or iPhone. When an update becomes available, gPodder downloads it ready for you to listen to. After telling it which podcasts you like, it sits in the system tray, regularly checking for updates to your favourites. GPodder is a podcast manager written in Python with a GTK interface.
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