Configuring Podcasts

Configuring Podcasts
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Configuring Podcasts

In the Setup Podcasts applet you can define which podcasts to subscribe to, how much to download and where they will be stored.

You subscribe to podcasts by adding the casts' RSS: for example

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/inourtime/rss.xml

will subscribe you to the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time.

Specifying a folder for downloads

By using the folder command you can specify where the podcasts will be downloaded. For example, if you include

folder /mnt/card/podcasts

all subsequent downloads will be stored in a podcast folder on the SD card.

Limiting the amount to download

You can limit the amount that is downloaded by using the threshold command. So, for instance,

threshold 45

means "don't download anything beyond this point if it means filling my disk up more than 45%".

Example

If you have the following in your podcast settings:

http://poddy.podpod.com/pod.rss
threshold 90
folder /mnt/card/podcasts
http://poddy.podpod.com/pod.rss
http://poddy2.podpod.com/pod.rss
http://poddy3.podpod.com/pod.rss

this will download the first podcast to internal memory, but only if there is 80% disk space free (these are the defaults). Subsequent downloads will be stored on the SD card unless or until it gets to 90% full.

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