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I'm looking for a preferably non-web wrapper podcast player for Windows, that's preferably also open source. Having a tough time though. Any tips?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

+1 for gpodder, and of you have a Nextcloud, you can sync your subscriptions using an NC plugin that I can't remember the name of.

[–] phrogpilot73 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thx kind stranger.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cool, too bad I shut down my NC server a while ago...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did check it out earlier but feels a bit clunky that it must run the audio stream in a separate program. This means it'll inherently lack some functions like going back or forward 15 seconds with the press of a button as this is a function mostly inherent to podcast players, not e.g. VLC. Not the biggest issue but still.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think VLC skips a number of seconds using the arrow keys when the window is in focus, though I'm not sure if the duration can be changed?

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably not what you want, but BlueStacks might suit. For poddies alone it might not be worth it, but if you have other uses as well it might be worth it. (For example, eBay's $5 discount for ordering with the app.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You were thinking about me emulating eg. AntennaPod? Thanks, I've used it before but it takes up a lot of resources and feels a bit sluggish

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah that's right.

I have a ten year old i7 with 16gb so I don't notice it much, but anything less would feel the pain. And yeah it can be slow in some apps (grid connect) yet flies along with Zen pinball.

[–] grillgamesh0028 3 points 2 months ago

mpv. it plays anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pocket Casts is great and open source

[–] ilinamorato -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~~That's web, though. OP says they don't want web.~~

I take it back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ilinamorato 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whoops, I just assumed that since I used the web version on Windows, that was the only version available for windows. I had never even checked. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That rarest of all creatures, someone admitting they were wrong on the internet

[–] ilinamorato 2 points 2 months ago

Trying to be the change I want to see in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Since casts are just RSS, Newsboat can be used

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Grover podcast and fluent cast. Both are nice native apps. Neither is open source though

[–] ByteMe 2 points 2 months ago

Have tasted them both and they are good. Too bad they don't have syncing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Grover Podcast seemed promising, too bad it's not open source. Might run with it either way if I can't find anything better.