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GoodApollo posted:Looking for podcast app recommendations! I use pocket casts and you only need to pay a subscription if you want to use a windows app, and I’ve never felt like there was a feature I want that was locked behind pay. It does a decent job syncing progress between devices which I didn’t know I wanted.
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I like Pocket Casts. It does have a subscription option, but for how I use it I have never once wanted the "premium" features for watch playback and cloud storage. No real core features are paywalled out IIRC.
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May 21, 2022 22:04
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Love overcast to death, but I paid for it forever ago and got grandfathered into their new payment system. Iirc they have a free tier so it’s worth trying out.
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May 21, 2022 22:39
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Overcast is free with ads, $10/yr to hide them. I'm OK paying $10/yr for an app that I use ~750 hours per year.
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May 21, 2022 22:52
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I am also happy with Overcast.
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May 21, 2022 22:54
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doingitwrong posted:I am also happy with Overcast.
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May 21, 2022 23:06
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I used to be a diehard Overcast user, but the way Pocket Casts handles queueing is way better and now I can't go back.
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PocketCasts also has a nice feature where if you have car remote controls you can skip chapters with those. I've been trying to get Marco to add this to Overcast but he's very clearly ignoring me 
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May 21, 2022 23:32
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Well, I tried both and didn’t like the Overcast UI. Pocket Casts looks great so far though, I was worried about ads but haven’t seen any so far. Downcast looks interesting as well but I’ll probably just stick with Pocket Casts since it’s free. Thanks for the input!
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May 21, 2022 23:50
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PocketCasts is awesome and my daily player. It fits my usage perfectly and is attractive. I use Downcast as my sleep player at night because it has the most options for repeating, sleep, etc. it also lets you lower the output volume lower than any other app I’ve seen.
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May 22, 2022 00:02
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I've used Overcast for years but might have to switch back to Pocket Casts, the UI tweaks Marco's been making have been kinda eh to me lately. Hopefully I'm guessing other apps have the whole shorten silences and smart speed ups etc?
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May 22, 2022 00:08
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Disappointing Pie posted:I've used Overcast for years but might have to switch back to Pocket Casts, the UI tweaks Marco's been making have been kinda eh to me lately. Hopefully I'm guessing other apps have the whole shorten silences and smart speed ups etc? Yep. Not got close to my old Overcast number yet though  Edit: Just want to point out the podcasts in the background of that image are static to that page and not what I listen to if there's anything weird in there
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May 22, 2022 00:15
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I’m looking for a weird queuing feature and I’m curious if Pocket Casts can do this. As far as I can tell Overcast doesn’t. I have a smart playlist where I’m working through the backlog of an old podcast but also listening to daily news podcasts and newer stuff. I want my newly released episodes to appear at the top while the old podcast is in the queue in release order (older episodes first). Overcast handles this fine. This older podcast still releases new episodes, though. I also want those at the top of the queue, so I can listen to a new episode and then jump back into the backlog. Can Pocket Cast handle queuing like this?
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May 22, 2022 00:31
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cryptoclastic posted:I’m looking for a weird queuing feature and I’m curious if Pocket Casts can do this. As far as I can tell Overcast doesn’t. When you swipe on an episode there is a queue next and a queue last feature so you'd be able to add all the backlog to your queue and then just add the news stuff and new episodes to the top of your queue. There's also an auto-queue feature but I don't use it so I can't speak to if it puts stuff at the top or the bottom of the queue.
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May 22, 2022 01:10
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you get to choose whether its added next up to the bottom of the queue!
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PirateDentist posted:I like Pocket Casts. It does have a subscription option, but for how I use it I have never once wanted the "premium" features for watch playback and cloud storage. No real core features are paywalled out IIRC. And honestly, if you delete the Pocket Casts watch app, it will let you use the default music controls to skip forward and skip ads.
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I find the gmail app to be quite unreliable in that sometimes it won't update itself or notify you when you get an email. As far as I can tell it is set up correctly. Is there a more reliable app that I could set up a gmail account on? I just want it to notify me when I get an email, nothing more advanced really.
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Jippa posted:I find the gmail app to be quite unreliable in that sometimes it won't update itself or notify you when you get an email. As far as I can tell it is set up correctly. Why not just use the built-in Mail app?
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Can anyone recommend a video player app that can play off SMB shares? Paid is fine as long as it actually works worth a drat.
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~Coxy posted:Can anyone recommend a video player app that can play off SMB shares? Paid is fine as long as it actually works worth a drat. VLC app has support and is free, but can’t tell you how good at it it is. Infuse is probably going to be the better choice, but is paid.
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Jun 11, 2022 12:44
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~Coxy posted:Can anyone recommend a video player app that can play off SMB shares? Paid is fine as long as it actually works worth a drat. Outplayer
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Jun 11, 2022 13:39
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The iOS Files app.
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~Coxy posted:Can anyone recommend a video player app that can play off SMB shares? Paid is fine as long as it actually works worth a drat. VLC works great for this.
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Jippa posted:I find the gmail app to be quite unreliable in that sometimes it won't update itself or notify you when you get an email. As far as I can tell it is set up correctly. There’s a ton of good ones. Outlook, Spark, Airmail, etc. most of them are free or free to try so I’d say experiment and see which one you like. The default Mail.app is good but doesn’t support Gmail push so you only get notified when it downloads mail on intervals.
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Seconding Outlook. I've been using my Gmail account through Outlook for years and it's been exactly what I need out of a mail app. It does Gmail push and is free.
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I've used iCatcher as my podcast app for years. So many features, and it has a watch app that you use to play local media. UI isn't the best, but it works fine for me. Edit: Didn't realize the podcast chat was old, but I'll leave this here anyway.
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EL BROMANCE posted:VLC app has support and is free, but can’t tell you how good at it it is. Infuse is probably going to be the better choice, but is paid. Thanks, infuse appears to be a subscription which is a bit crazy. 101 posted:Outplayer Thanks, will give it a shot if I get sick of VLC. Warbird posted:The iOS Files app. Clunky and won't play anything except MP4.
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~Coxy posted:Can anyone recommend a video player app that can play off SMB shares? Paid is fine as long as it actually works worth a drat. Nplayer?
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~Coxy posted:Thanks, infuse appears to be a subscription which is a bit crazy. Unless they’ve changed things since I last checked (or perhaps it’s different between iPhone and Apple TV) you can usually outright buy the current version or subscribe and always get the latest one. People seem to really love it but I stick to Plex personally.
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I think with 7 there’s no separate version, but it’s easily worth the ever-increasing lifetime price for how well it works and the frequency and quality of updates.
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yeah, i pay ~6 bux a year for it and i find it worth it. can download from my plex server with it and no plex pass.
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And the downloads actually download
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Have there been any new contenders in the ebook reader arena or is everyone still using Marvin3/kybook3? I’m getting by just fine with the built in book app but I’d be open to using something else that does it better (preferably still being developed, unlike the two mentioned ones).
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Warbird posted:Have there been any new contenders in the ebook reader arena or is everyone still using Marvin3/kybook3? I’m getting by just fine with the built in book app but I’d be open to using something else that does it better (preferably still being developed, unlike the two mentioned ones). i'm a yomu liker https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yomu-ebook-reader/id562211012
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I was using Marvin, but they finally made it so you can email epubs to your Kindle app so I’ve been doing that instead so my books are all in one place.
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Mr. Fix It posted:yeah, i pay ~6 bux a year for it and i find it worth it. can download from my plex server with it and no plex pass. yeah infuse pro offers everything i would want from plex pass at a cheaper price and is a good app to boot 👍
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The Calibre Docker container is a bit flakey but I still prefer connecting to my server and pulling stuff directly vs emailing. I really really really wish I enjoyed reading on my paper white more than I do, but these days it’s mostly on the iPad when I have a minute to spare.
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I like FBReader, it works and looks clean enough.
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Warbird posted:Have there been any new contenders in the ebook reader arena or is everyone still using Marvin3/kybook3? I’m getting by just fine with the built in book app but I’d be open to using something else that does it better (preferably still being developed, unlike the two mentioned ones). Booklover for me, but I’m using it for comics and magazines. If it would sync genres and data it would be perfect but the author states that they’re working on an overhaul that will do this as we speak.
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Violator posted:There’s a ton of good ones. Outlook, Spark, Airmail, etc. most of them are free or free to try so I’d say experiment and see which one you like. The default Mail.app is good but doesn’t support Gmail push so you only get notified when it downloads mail on intervals. Cheers.
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