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I personally use CastPodder, but I know there's alot of BashPodder fans around here. Pick your preference.

Bashpodder is 39 lines of heaven. Unfortunately, my user contributed version is nowhere near as elegant.

I like CastPodder too, I hope to see some more advanced features to do stuff like automatically rename files to a filename scheme I could make up, or place the files I download in a folder I manually specify, and of course good BitTorrent support and cool-guy stuff like that.

I wonder when I'll see a great KDE client so I can stop using resource hungry GTK apps out of my KDE desktop.

Tsuroerusu wrote:I wonder when I'll see a great KDE client so I can stop using resource hungry GTK apps out of my KDE desktop.

That's one of the biggest reasons I use GNOME. Every GUI application I use is GTK based, so the integration with KDE just isn't there.

I just manually download because I never found a client I really like and I don't listen to that many podcasts. Although I have been getting into more recently though so if I can get Democracy player to work I'll probly use that.

Wally Balljacker wrote:That's one of the biggest reasons I use GNOME. Every GUI application I use is GTK based, so the integration with KDE just isn't there.

It's not that it really annoys me that much, but it would just be nicer to have a much snappier and integrated app, so I could right click on a link for an RSS feed in Konqueror and select "Subcribe to podcast feed" and then it would automatically be added and cool-guy stuff like that.

I'll be getting a Mac mini either Friday or Monday, which I'm gonna throw either FreeBSD or OpenBSD on, so I might code up a big collection of bash scripts, hell I might even base them on Bashpodder being the unrelieable bash script that it is, to do all the stuff I need.

I use a mildly modified version of bashpodder run from a cron job. Every morning I have new content. A GUI client wouldn't work too well from cron.

gpodder

I use bpconf which is a nice qt based frontend for bashpodder. FYI, once you set up the cron job you never have to fire up the gui again if you don't want to.

With my Mac mini hopefully sitting in the mail tomorrow, I think I'll do a NetBSD install on it, set it up with Xorg, KDE, Firefox and all that happy stuff, so I can use it in case my main workstation is down, or it's doing something that takes a long time, and then do some BashPodder cron jobs to automatically download .torrent files and feed BitTorrent with them

;unfortunately, i have to use itunes, as i have an ipod. the rss client is hands-down the worst aspect of the program.* get this: it will decide, after a period of time, not to download podcasts that i have not listened to during that time. never mind that i put them in there and i expect them to be downloading--oh no, no, no. gotta love that!

;the thing is this: i love the ipod. i'll admit, and i'll tell you why. the single biggest reason i like this thing is the interface. i have yet to find another mp3 player that can match the one-handed ease-of-use. granted, there are others that you can operate with one hand, but none of them touches the ipod. the click-wheel is extremely sensitive to touch.

;yes, i have thought about trying gtkpod or gnupod, but after reading about others' attempts with said software, i thought again.

;i hope at some point to find a player that meets my demands that is not as closed, but until that time, i'll have to put up with an "unreliable podcatcher."

*another issue i have with itunes is that it renames the files that it downloads via rss. so where the podcasters have usually taken great pains to organize their filenames to descend in a file list, itunes renames them to the title of the podcast episode, effectively rendering the filename useless, IMHO.

;treehead

;my requirements, incidently, are as follows:

1. cost <$250 USD
2. 20GB+ (harddrive or flash based is fine)
3. one hand operation
4. mp3 support (ogg, flac, wav, or video format support a plus)
5. resume playback
6. "hold" function (guards from accidental button pushing)
7. color screen
8. VBR and ID3v2 support
9. playlist support
10. linux compatibility (scriptable syncronization via mounted drive a plus)
11. no special software required to sync to PC (e.g., something like iTunes)
12. USB 2.0 interface
13. operates as a drive as well
14. standard AA/AAA batteries or internal rechargable
15. battery life of at least 10 hours (1 full workday)

;plusses:

• ID3 album art support
• internal, rechargable battery (must trickle charge from USB)
• voice recording to wav (NOT crippled 8kbps like ipod's recorder)
• mic/line input
• smaller form factor/weight than my ipod (20GB ipod photo)

;if anyone finds a player that can do all of that i will eBay my ipod today.

yes, i have thought about trying gtkpod or gnupod, but after reading about others' attempts with said software, i thought again.

I LOVE gnupod - gtkpod, not so much. I wrote a perl script last weekend that mounts/unmounts/ejects, and creates vCards and stuffs them in my iPod, too. My iPod is managed 100% by perl scripts at this point, which is very noce since if I'm just at a console I have no problem getting my ipod doing its thing.

...so where the podcasters have usually taken great pains to organize their filenames to descend in a file list...

Huh? Who? Where? One of the only things that bugs me about podcasts is that they are almost certainly tagged in ways that makes them hard to keep organized. I have to re-tag nearly every podcast I download.

Snarkout wrote:Huh? Who? Where? One of the only things that bugs me about podcasts is that they are almost certainly tagged in ways that makes them hard to keep organized. I have to re-tag nearly every podcast I download.

;well, tllts makes an effort (even if they change the ID3 tags like crazy :P) and there are a number of others--off the top of my head i'm thinking of the berkeley podcasts--that do this.

;treehead

Treehead use Amarok to sync it, I havn't tried it myself but I have heard great feedback from those who have. It has been even more improved in Amarok 1.4 (currently at beta 2). Also the iAudio X5 fits all of those requirements and then some. You can also sync it with the filebrowser and Amarok (at least I can do it with 1.4, I forget if I could with 1.3). But you should probly wait a week or 2 since a new successor is supposed to be released at CeBit (I'm sure iAudiophile will have it covered once it gets shown off). Even if you won't buy the new one (assuming there is a new one) the prices could drop even lower. Anyways I am pretty happy with mine.

Amarok also has a podcast catcher that Im trying out right now (downloading TLLTS episode 126 ) and it seems pretty nice.

CptnObvious999 wrote:Treehead use Amarok to sync it, I havn't tried it myself but I have heard great feedback from those who have. It has been even more improved in Amarok 1.4 (currently at beta 2). Also the iAudio X5 fits all of those requirements and then some. You can also sync it with the filebrowser and Amarok (at least I can do it with 1.4, I forget if I could with 1.3). But you should probly wait a week or 2 since a new successor is supposed to be released at CeBit (I'm sure iAudiophile will have it covered once it gets shown off). Even if you won't buy the new one (assuming there is a new one) the prices could drop even lower. Anyways I am pretty happy with mine.

Amarok also has a podcast catcher that Im trying out right now (downloading TLLTS episode 126 ) and it seems pretty nice.

I actually use amarok to do my pod catching, but right now their interface with the iPod is lacking. You can put tunes on the iPod easily enough,but the genres and playlists don't seem to get populated. I'm hoping that 1.4 helps this - I absolutely love amarok at this point!