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title: gPodder as a media subscription manager

date: 2020-11-14

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lang: en

ref: gpodder-as-a-media-subscription-manager

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As we [re-discover][rss] the value of Atom/RSS feeds, most useful feed clients I
know of don't support media, specifically audio and video.

[gPodder][gpodder] does.

It is mostly know as a desktop podcatcher. But the thing about podcasts is that
the feed is provided through an RSS/Atom feed. So you can just use gPodder as
your media feed client, where you have control of what you look at.

I audio and video providers I know of offer an RSS/Atom view of their content,
so you can, say, treat any YouTube channel like a feed on its own.

gPodder will then managed your feeds, watched/unwatched, queue downloads, etc.

Being obvious now, it was a big finding for me. If it got you interested, I
recommend you giving gPodder a try.

[rss]: https://www.charlieharrington.com/unexpected-useless-and-urgent
[gpodder]: https://gpodder.github.io/