How do podcasts work in emby?

[Bigmack3000 107]

I couldn't find too much info on this in the forum or in Knowledge Base.  It shows it's supported, but not how to properly set everything up.  

I don't just stream my podcasts, I have them all kept and downloaded with iTunes.  If I transfer these folders and files to emby will it simply read the metadata in the file and pull all the order info from there?  Is there a site emby uses to reference this, like it does for movies and music? 

[Carlo 4561]

Hi, the podcast plugin is meant to add an RSS feed that contains podcasts such as:
https://rss.art19.com/the-daily

You don't pre-download or do anything other than add the appropriate feed for the podcast.  Emby takes care of the rest.

It's rather simple to setup and use.

[Bigmack3000 107]

Thanks.  Will this also download new episodes when they become available?  Also, if I add my old podcast files to emby, will they show up?  Is there a proper folder structure?

[Carlo 4561]

It doesn't download them but sets up links in Emby to follow and play the Podcasts. Emby essentially streams them to the clients from the location pointed to in the RSS feed.

So you could have 100K podcast episodes running on a thumb drive.

[Spaceboy 2573]

personally i would recommend setting up gpodder to do the obtaining and point emby at the download folder as a mixed content library

[Bigmack3000 107]

4 hours ago, cayars said:

It doesn't download them but sets up links in Emby to follow and play the Podcasts. Emby essentially streams them to the clients from the location pointed to in the RSS feed.

So you could have 100K podcast episodes running on a thumb drive.

Thanks.  I do prefer to download them because I've had episodes disappear before.  Sometimes a podcast will be sold to something like spotify, and then suddenly all the back episodes are no longer accessible.  

4 hours ago, Spaceboy said:

personally i would recommend setting up gpodder to do the obtaining and point emby at the download folder as a mixed content library

I'll into gpodder for keeping track of them.

So there's no official process for organizing them in emby?  Basically, if i make a mixed library folder, it'll treat each individual podcast kind of like a tv show?  And scrape all naming and ordering information from inside the file itself?

[Spaceboy 2573]

think i had to set something in gpodder to get it to name the files by the episode names. then i get:

and

[ebr 16172]

11 hours ago, Bigmack3000 said:

So there's no official process for organizing them in emby?

Hi.  Not really at this time because we don't have a metadata provider that would identify them properly.

[Bigmack3000 107]

15 hours ago, ebr said:

Hi.  Not really at this time because we don't have a metadata provider that would identify them properly.

podchaser.com looks like it could be a possible option for that.

 

21 hours ago, Spaceboy said:

think i had to set something in gpodder to get it to name the files by the episode names. then i get:

and

Do you mind showing me an example of the actual file name for one of the bonus episodes to get it between episode 10 and 11?  Is there a way to have emby autosort them by release date so that bonus episodes are always in the correct spot?

[Spaceboy 2573]

18 hours ago, Bigmack3000 said:

podchaser.com looks like it could be a possible option for that.

 

Do you mind showing me an example of the actual file name for one of the bonus episodes to get it between episode 10 and 11?  Is there a way to have emby autosort them by release date so that bonus episodes are always in the correct spot?

they are named on disk exactly as they show up in emby because there is no metadata

gpodder shows a release date but that isnt brought through into the file attributes at all. and some of the shows (included the one i provided the screenshot of) were downloaded on one go. otherwise you would be able to sort on date added and get what you are looking for.

its not perfect, but its good enough

[skobkin 7]

On 6/27/2021 at 12:27 AM, Spaceboy said:

personally i would recommend setting up gpodder to do the obtaining and point emby at the download folder as a mixed content library

Totally agree because currently Emby Podcasts are almost useless and lack a lot of features any other podcast software have. 

On 6/27/2021 at 4:06 PM, ebr said:

Hi.  Not really at this time because we don't have a metadata provider that would identify them properly.

You can check which metadata sources opensource projects are using. For example AntennaPod.

[Luke 42077]

42 minutes ago, skobkin said:

Totally agree because currently Emby Podcasts are almost useless and lack a lot of features any other podcast software have. 

You can check which metadata sources opensource projects are using. For example AntennaPod.

A podcast rss feed includes everything you need for metadata, e.g. images, description, etc.

[MikeGary220657 0]

I've used Podcastchaser.com to find my podcasts. When you find the page containing those podcasts there is an rss feed link at bottom right. I copied and pasted that into the add-on in Emby and it worked prefectly. All episodes there and play fine. 

Edited May 11, 2022 by MikeGary220657

[RanmaCanada 495]

I've searched the forums and can someone please tell me HTF the podcast plugin even works?  I can't seem to find any way to add podcasts as a library addon as some people have in their pictures.  When I do a search on the server all it does is show me podcasts (that I have never added) and no information whatsoever.  Even in the wiki there is no mention of how to add podcasts.  Why??  Why is the documentation so lacking?

edit: can I also add, why in the love of hell does the plugin require the use of RSS feeds, something that died over a decade ago.  Why the heck is this so archaic and completely user unfriendly?

Edited February 2, 2023 by RanmaCanada

[Bigmack3000 107]

In my opinion, there's really not much podcast support in emby.  

A lot of these shows are actually being added to tvdb now.  So if Emby could add the ability to recognize audio files in a TV library, then you could use tvdb as a metadata source.  I created a feature request for it, but I don't think it's gone anywhere.

[nospotify 184]

I still don't understand how podcasts work in Emby. In the "Podcasts" directory, what file(s) should appear there? Does an RSS URL like this - https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZoGIhfvz  - get pasted into a [filename].xml or [filename].rss file?

[Luke 42077]

1 minute ago, wordlover said:

I still don't understand how podcasts work in Emby. In the "Podcasts" directory, what file(s) should appear there? Does an RSS URL like this - https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZoGIhfvz  - get pasted into a [filename].xml or [filename].rss file?

Hi, there is no podcast directory that you need to mess with. You simply install the Podcasts plugin, then use the plugin configuration to point it to your rss feeds.

And yes, that appears to be valid podcast rss.

[nospotify 184]

Aha! Works - thanks.

View settings definitely needs work, since DATE is not an option. to display below each episode, and the truncated titles aren't very user friendly.

Edited February 12, 2024 by wordlover

[Bigmack3000 107]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, there is no podcast directory that you need to mess with. You simply install the Podcasts plugin, then use the plugin configuration to point it to your rss feeds.

And yes, that appears to be valid podcast rss.

Any movement on adding audio file support for tv series?  With podcasts being added to tvdb, it's a significantly more organized way of using podcasts for people that download and keep them.

[Luke 42077]

Just now, Bigmack3000 said:

Any movement on adding audio file support for tv series?  With podcasts being added to tvdb, it's a significantly more organized way of using podcasts for people that download and keep them.

I would suggest creating a feature request topic. Thanks !

[Bigmack3000 107]

26 minutes ago, Luke said:

I would suggest creating a feature request topic. Thanks !

I tried awhile ago:

it was clowad immediately with no updates on it.