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Show HN: Cardo ‒ Open Source desktop podcast client

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115 points n0vella | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 12:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Show HN: Cardo - Open Source Desktop Podcast Client

Hi, I'm an amateur developer from Spain. I have released this desktop podcast client that works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

It's a modest project, but it might be useful for you, it has syncing capabilities with Antennapod, Kasts, Repod or other clients. You can manage your subscriptions, queue episodes and even download them to listen to later.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

1. freedomben ◴[20 Nov 24 20:34 UTC] No.42197835[source]▶
Thank you for providing AppImages and RPMs! I'll definitely be giving this a roll :-)

As an Antenna Pod user this could be really great. I've been starting to use Audiobookshelf for Podcasts because I haven't had success with syncing in the past, but Antenna Pod is still a better UX so I'd like to be able to use that.

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2. noname120 ◴[21 Nov 24 12:37 UTC] No.42203730[source]▶
Could you expand on the aspects of UX of Antenna Pod that makes it a better fit for you compared to Audiobookshelf?
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3. freedomben ◴[22 Nov 24 22:33 UTC] No.42217893[source]▶
The biggest things are the number of "clicks" required to get to a particular podcast, the long-ish loading times after those clicks, and some little papercuts like RSS feeds not updating unless you click the "search" button, then click "search" to force it to refresh. I also get a lot of server crashes as a result of various issues consuming RSS feeds. I can't use ABS for maybe 30% of the podcasts I listen to because of that. I do love having the podcast episodes downloaded automatically onto my host though. That's an absolutely killer feature and for that alone I have some podcasts I really care about still on there.

FTR, I absolutely love Aubiobookshelf. It's an amazing project and I recommend it without hesitation to everyone. I think some or all of those will be fixed eventually, but it may take a bit of time. I do wonder if the ideal UI for books may just not be a good fit for podcasts, though I would need to think on that quite a bit before coming to such a conclusion.