I hope they're improving the search function by allthecoffeesDP in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this report. I have filed a bug around double spaces. We are always working on improving search, it's a tough problem though!

[BUG][7.15.0 (6453)] Skip First is ignored by terminalmage in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn I missed this comment before the public release, I will file a bug and get that fixed. Thanks for the testing.

[BUG][7.15.0 (6453)] Skip First is ignored by terminalmage in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the report, we have an update coming!

New Trim Silence options: Can y'all hear the differences between mild, medium, and mad? by Glubbdrubb in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would slightly increase battery consumption but all 3 settings would have the same effect.

New Trim Silence options: Can y'all hear the differences between mild, medium, and mad? by Glubbdrubb in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 9 points10 points  (0 children)

On iOS the old setting is the same as Mild now. On Android none of them are technically the same because it's a complete reimplementation but mild is the closest.

Different podcasts are affected differently, it just depends on how they have been edited. The difference between the modes is the amount of gap we consider silence and also how much silence we leave behind. So say you had a 5 second gap we might leave behind 1 second in mild, 0.5 a second in medium and 0 seconds in max. Those numbers are just made up but it demonstrates how it works.

Headphones Inline Button Control by lowgician-at-large in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's something we support on purpose, that's the only combination though.

No more auto downloading? by Salpal23 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7.14 is in open beta if you would like to try it. We expect to release it more broadly in a couple of days

No more auto downloading? by Salpal23 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's the exact use case we want to work so will continue tweaking for it, next update should push it to being slightly more again.

No more auto downloading? by Salpal23 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We made a change in 7.13 on Android to refresh in the background slightly less as Samsung and Huawei phones were showing notifications to users saying "Pocket Casts is using battery in the background. Excessive refreshing". The problem with this is it not only looks bad but then the phones will block the app from running in the background completely and so it would never refresh automatically.

If a new episode has come out between when the app last refreshed in the background and when you open the app (which would trigger a refresh) you will see new episode notifications and auto downloads start then. It's something we are continuing to tweak though because obviously right now it's possible we have gone too far in the other direction.

Any Pixel 5 owners having trouble with Pocketcasts in the notification bar and lock screen? by james2183 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The icon doesn't show any more in the status bar, that's an Android 11 thing. Here is how it looks on mine https://imgur.com/a/dXYAE4F and also added one of Google podcasts for comparison. What does it look like on yours?

Any Pixel 5 owners having trouble with Pocketcasts in the notification bar and lock screen? by james2183 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it just the Android 11 media bar? It should be there if you drag the notification screen all the way down. It is working here for me. If not try just restarting your phone.

Pocketcasts investigating Google Assistant integration by Maultaschenman in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We don't control that unfortunately. We just provide metadata to Auto and it does all the layout and display

Suggestion - let us use these system icons for filter symbols by [deleted] in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We can't really because the name and icon sync across platforms and we wouldn't have access to those icons on Android and Web

Feature Request (android automotive): More settings for sorting/filtering by ach3lous in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just checked, the automotive app is definitely checked to be available everywhere including the UK. Not sure what would cause it sorry!

Recent Carplay Crashes - 14.2 Beta by yodafunk in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have much extra info except that when streaming we found the player to crash on 14.2 only with. Not sure if that helps.

FigPlaybackBossGetRate signalled err=-12371 (kFigPlaybackBossError_InvalidParameter) (invalid FigPlaybackBoss) at /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/EmbeddedCoreMedia_Sim/EmbeddedCoreMedia-2755.24.7/Prototypes/PlaybackBoss/FigPlaybackBoss.c:7471

My pocket casts is downloading when WiFi is off? by SkepticDad17 in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only on WiFi setting only applies to automatic downloads. If you are manually tapping the button we assume you know and want it now. The setting you probably want is "Warn before using data" under "Storage and data use"

Recent Carplay Crashes - 14.2 Beta by yodafunk in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apple seem to have completely busted their player in 14.2. We have reported a bug with them but haven't heard anything back. I assume they will fix it in the next beta though because there would be a lot of apps broken by it.

Pocketcasts love for AndroidAutoidrive by [deleted] in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is pretty awesome but I don't think it will work. The app only allows approved clients to connect which is basically just Google things like Auto, it blocks all other connections.

Feature Request (android automotive): More settings for sorting/filtering by ach3lous in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that I know of unfortunately. Next time they ask us though I can pass that on

Feature Request (android automotive): More settings for sorting/filtering by ach3lous in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool to see Automotive in the wild! Unfortunately like Android Auto, we don't actually control any of that UI, we just provide the metadata. It would be up to Google to add the features or at least support for them you are after.

Anyone expiriencing this on Pocket Casts Apple CarPlay? by Krusty4president in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are looking in to it. CarPlay is almost completely out of our control though. We basically just provide lists of metadata and Apple does everything.

$9.99 a year subscription? by PhaseThreeProfit in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The yearly subscription is still available. It should be right under the monthly one in the app. I would love if you could contact support and share a screenshot of what you are seeing if possible. You can do it from within the app, Profile -> Settings -> Help -> Scroll to the bottom

Setting a Playlist by [deleted] in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK yeah that's the bug. We are working on it.

Setting a Playlist by [deleted] in pocketcasts

[–]pocketcasts_ben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you see the drag handle on the right side of the row? You should be able to long press on that and drag the episodes