Podcast plugin RSS feed episode url link

[xbmcgotham 35]

Hi,

 

Just wondering does the podcast plugin do anything with the <link> URL of a particular episode? I imported this part of the RSS feed, but no link is presented in the podcast episode gui.

 

Or do I need to use a different parameter so emby scrapes it as a particular episode website link?

<item>
  <title>Podcast Episode #196</title>
-->  <link>http://linkToPodcastEpisode#196.html</link>
  <description>bla bla bla</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://linkToPodcastEpisode196.mp3" length="92188150" type="application/octet-stream"/>
  <guid>http://linkToPodcastEpisode196.mp3</guid>
  <itunes:author>bla bla</itunes:author>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:duration>1:33:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

[Luke 42077]

Looking at the code it doesn't appear to support any links right now.

[xbmcgotham 35]

Thanks for checking @@Luke. Would you like me to add this as a feature request or have you already marked this?

[Luke 42077]

This is good enough, thanks.

[xbmcgotham 35]

Thanks @@Luke

 

Only thing I would add if you are working on this link for the specific episode page url, is to also enable html coding within the description. For example, my descriptions has links to images that are used in the podcast episodes. Currently they are not clickable on the page, but the rss feed has the html hyperlink available. e.g.

        <item>
            <title>What On Earth Is Happening #196</title>
            <link>//multimedia-nas/media/PODCASTS/What On Earth Is Happening/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=552:woeih-show-196&catid=46:podcasts&Itemid=74</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Date: 2016-01-11
<br />Topics: Excuses people make for immoral Order-Followers, Allegiance To Truth And Freedom is higher than allegiance to family, Order-Followers as Cult Members, True Courage, Obama's Executive Orders regarding firearms, Disarming Anti-Authoritarians and Veterans, the Oregon standoff with Militia members at the Mahler Wildlife Refuge, Standing up to Tyranny, How the Oregon Militia members' situation differs from the situation of the Occupy Protesters, Saying The Lost Word "NO," Overt Criminals vs. Occult Criminals, Courage to stand up to bullies and tyrants, Left-Brained "EggHeads," Right-Brained "Spiritualists," the Cowardice of people who are Brain-Imbalanced, how the situation we face is NOT A JOKE, the Importance of the R-Complex of the Brain, the Importance of Preparedness and Self-Defense, "Having The Psychopath," Apocalypse vs. Armageddon, Idiots who belive government propaganda about ISIS being their biggest threat, Philadelphia Police Officer shooting "in the name of Islam," Operation Cyclone, the covert radicalization of Islam by the CIA and ISI, "Charlie Wilson's War."
<br />Related Images: <a href="images/stories/woeih/podcast/196/01.jpg" class="jcepopup" rel="196">1</a> | <a href="images/stories/woeih/podcast/196/02.jpg" class="jcepopup" rel="196">2</a> | <a href="images/stories/woeih/podcast/196/03.jpg" class="jcepopup" rel="196">3</a></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <enclosure url="//multimedia-nas/media/PODCASTS/What On Earth Is Happening/podcasts/WOEIH-196.mp3" length="92188150" type="application/octet-stream"/>
            <guid isPermaLink="false">109979C5-3C49-4F59-81CE-72EED44265F0</guid>
            <itunes:author>Mark Passio</itunes:author>
            <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
            <itunes:duration>1:33:24</itunes:duration>
        </item>

Thanks, and go and have a nice drink.

[xbmcgotham 35]

And I like to add, to also index and show the <author> and any of the other "itunes" available parameters in the gui, including being able to download the podcast to make available offline. Just my thoughts after using it. :-)

[Luke 42077]

It's all possible for the future, thanks.

[sundevil67 28]

Anyone able to point me to a URL out there that elaborates just a wee bit on the setup required for this plugin....something slightly more dummy-proof. I'd like to add just a couple of podcasts now that I've taken the next step beyond movies & photos and have imported my entire music library as well. Good riddance, iTunes!  It's not urgent, but it's something to put off trying to fiddle with the IPTV plugin which is for sure going to be much more difficult.

 

I'm pretty much stuck on step 1 - what does a typical URL look like? Should I expect to be able to find a 'main' URL that'd indicate a desire to subscribe? Forgive me if these are dumb questions, but I went to the site of the most popular podcast (adamcarolla.com), and tried a variety of feeds...then I assumed it worked like the other library additions, but couldn't find any content option for 'Podcast', so I really can't even tell if the links I entered are valid. Anyone?

[Luke 42077]

Anyone able to point me to a URL out there that elaborates just a wee bit on the setup required for this plugin....something slightly more dummy-proof. I'd like to add just a couple of podcasts now that I've taken the next step beyond movies & photos and have imported my entire music library as well. Good riddance, iTunes!  It's not urgent, but it's something to put off trying to fiddle with the IPTV plugin which is for sure going to be much more difficult.

 

I'm pretty much stuck on step 1 - what does a typical URL look like? Should I expect to be able to find a 'main' URL that'd indicate a desire to subscribe? Forgive me if these are dumb questions, but I went to the site of the most popular podcast (adamcarolla.com), and tried a variety of feeds...then I assumed it worked like the other library additions, but couldn't find any content option for 'Podcast', so I really can't even tell if the links I entered are valid. Anyone?

 

@@sundevil67, a podcast rss feed is a special type of url. This might help you learn more about them:

https://www.podcast.co/create/podcast-rss-feeds

 

Many news related websites will have rss urls that you could add to the podcast plugin. For example, these cnn podcasts have rss urls:

https://www.cnn.com/specials/podcasts

 

Not all rss feeds contain playable media though. In fact I'm not sure those cnn ones do.

[sundevil67 28]

I can get the Podcasts working but only if I download each episode individually & then copy the .mp3 files to a directory connected to an Emby library...which I can already tell is going to be more effort than I'm going to spend. I've tried a number of RSS links but I don't see any way to set it up the way you would in say iTunes where you can specify how many episodes to sync.

[Luke 42077]

Why do you feel that you have to download them?

[sundevil67 28]

If I don't, nothing appears in the Podcast library

[Luke 42077]

You probably did not give it a valid podcast rss url. Are you sure you did?

[sundevil67 28]

I think I've cobbled together a solid workaround...using iTunes to subscribe to Podcasts & then set up an app called 'OneWaySync' to update the folders connected to the Emby library. Unfortunately it only works for each podcast folder & not the whole library with nested folders...but I don't listen to that many so it works. 

[Luke 42077]

All you need is a valid podcast rss url and then you can import that into the podcasts plugin.

[sundevil67 28]

If this isn't a valid podcast URL, I'm not sure what is - I selected the 'Copy Podcast URL' option from the contextual menu within iTunes (screenshot below), which produces 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAdamCarollaShow'.I then add that URL to the plugin settings page, but there's still no recognition by Emby unless I physically download the .mp3 files & copy them to the corresponding directory.

 

All you need is a valid podcast rss url and then you can import that into the podcasts plugin.

[Luke 42077]

That doesn't look like a valid rss url. Try clicking on that and it says invalid feed request.