r/pocketcasts

I subscribed to a lot of podcasts on Android app. But every time I reset my phone or get a new phone, I have to go in and change the auto archive setting for each one. I consume a lot of news in. Most of them are set to Episode Limit of One. I don't want to Delete after 24 hours if for some reason I can't get to it, and some are hourly.

Is there a way to save the settings off to a json file so that I can maintain them locally and use them after I reset a phone.

Restoring from a backup does not restore the settings.

I haven't looked at the discover page on the app pretty much ever. But for the past week I've had random podcasts get downloaded and added to my up next queue without my intervention and I'm not following them either. Anyone else experiencing this? I changed my password and it didn't seem to make a difference.

Just got an ad in the middle of a podcast, checked other podcast apps and the episode was 19 seconds shorter compared to pocket casts, anyone else experiencing this?

The title, basically.

I'm subscribed to a number of podcasts, several of which cover similar ground. Sometimes I want to know if and when those podcasts covered a particular topic so I can listen to them all in succession and hear the differing opinions.

So, is there a way to search keywords across all of the ones I'm subbed to but only those ones? (I know that I can search keywords in each podcast individually under that one, and I know the general search will search everything in the database whether I'm subbed or not.)

P.S. I'm on Android, if that helps at all.

Afternoon people, I am trying to figure out the best use of folders and filters, currently I use folders to organise by genre, and I have some filters set up for the same sort of thing, one for gaming and tech, one for crime, etc.

I am curious to see what other users do that is either more useful or more creative or both.

I would love to see visual examples if you wouldn't mind sharing, or just discuss below.

Thanks folks, and happy listening.

Anybody the free version of PocketCast?
What’s been your experience vs Apple Podcasts?

My podcast listening habit has decreased significantly in a way that I am considering canceling my yearly Plus subscription but I wondering if the free version of PC is worth using over AP!

Obviously, those two are not comparable feature wise but I’m curious to know if you’re a casual listener/user, what you think of both free PC and the native AP

I've used Pocket Casts for a long time. A few months ago, perhaps with an update, I started getting errors in a particular scenario. It's driving me nuts as I've always listened this way and can't work out why.

I listen to podcasts to fall asleep. The next night, I go back to the Listening History and find the episodes I missed when I fell asleep, that I want to relisten to.

I select multiple episodes from the list and choose "download", then reselect the same episodes again and choose "Add to up next".

This worked fine for years, but now many of the episodes won't play, I just get a generic error "This episode can't be played". I have to go into each individual episode, remove the download file and re-download it again for it to play.

I don't know what's changed or why this is happening. Any clues?

For me the timestamp chapter don't apears any more on free version.

This was on the last update?

Two things I'm still wishing I could figure out how to do:

* See the last N podcasts that I've listened to - sometimes I want to go back to an episode and relisten to something in it
* Create smart playlists, ie. new releases, based upon certain folders I've made, rather than having to select podcasts manually. I've already sorted my podcasts into folders by category. Would love to have a playlist for new releases from each of those folder categories that I could start queueing up into the play queue.

Is any of this possible? I couldn't figure anything out.

I'm trying to create a smart playlist that shows all episodes that are not downloaded and not starred. I've got the download piece figured out, but is there a way to remove starred episodes from a smart playlist? TIA.