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Message 1.Â
Posted by Mustafa Grumble (U8596785) on Friday, 17th April 2009
I usually manually download the podcast of each episode from the TA podcast page. In an effort to make this a smoother process I have just installed something called "Zencast", although to this new initiate it merely appears to add an unnecessary step to the process I was already carrying out, and does not seem to solve my real problem which is this:
How do I avoid missing a podcast if I am away from my (turned off & disconnected) computer for 3 weeks, for example?
The Beeb, in its wisdom, restricts access to TA podcasts to 7 days, so if I forget to download a Thursday episode by the following Friday, tough. I've missed it. Which is of no use if I am on holiday.
What I want is to be able to properly subscribe to a podcast, so that on my return I could receive all the (18 if TA) podcasts I have missed in a three week period.
Is that possible, please (I do not have, & have no intention of buying, an i-anything, if that makes a difference - my MP3/4 phone is fine for my needs.)?
Many thanks,
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Message 2
Posted by Colin Walls (U201805) on Friday, 17th April 2009
I think the answer is going to be negative.
What you want is for some service provider to download and retain podcasts for you to collect at your leisure. This would be against the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú rules.
You could simply leave your computer running a podcast client program [like iTunes] and it would grab what's available when it first appears.
I will be interested to see whether anyone has a more creative solution. -
Message 3
Posted by Sukebind (U2221225) on Friday, 17th April 2009
It won't help if you are away for 3 weeks, but if you have missed Thursday's episode by the following Friday, you can always download the podcast of Sunday's omnibus, which will have Thursday's episode on it. I usually find that combining this with some single episodes usually covers most of my holiday, and I can manage without listening to the odd episode!
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Message 4
Posted by Mustafa Grumble (U8596785) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:19 GMT, in reply to Sukebind in message 3
Thanks both of you for your thoughts - it looks like I shall have to risk missing a few episodes, though that will put an unfortunate hole in my nascent TA broadcast library. -
Message 5
Posted by RosieT (U2224719) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
I seem to remember when podcasting first started and someone asking a similar question, Keri said the only way round it was to leave your computer turned on (though he said this was ecologically unsound).
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Message 6
Posted by jo___ (U13680359) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
I faced this a couple of months ago when we were going abroad. In fact one of my family fired up iTunes for me each week and checked the podcasts downloaded.
My alternative plan (far less satisfactory) was to record the Sunday omnibus from my digi TV/Radio. -
Message 7
Posted by Cedric35 (U13748931) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
Mustafa:
If you would care to exchange email addresses via Mr. Keri I could get those episodes to you.
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Message 8
Posted by James (U10856063) on Monday, 20th April 2009
I run iTunes on my computer.
1. I tell it to check for a new episode every hour.
2. I tell it to keep all episodes.
3. I delete the ones I don't want when I have finished with them.
4. The computer will keep on getting them as long as it is turned on.
The downside is, it needs to be left turned on.
James. -
Message 9
Posted by Mustafa Grumble (U8596785) on Monday, 20th April 2009
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:32 GMT, in reply to PerArduaProPatria in message 8
Thanks all for your suggestions, which are very much appreciated. It does very much seem as if it is a choice between relying on the generosity of a MLer (thank you Cedric, I shall bookmark this thread & when the need arises I shall be in touch, if you don't mind?), or the rather less environmentally sound option of leaving the computer turned on & left online for a few weeks ... which is very much /not/ something I would like to do!
But again, thanks all. -
Message 10
Posted by Cedric35 (U13748931) on Monday, 20th April 2009
No problem. Let me know if I can help. We podcast librarians must stick together!
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Message 11
Posted by James (U10856063) on Monday, 20th April 2009
If you really wanted to be clever, there must be some way to get the computer to
1. Turn on every day at say, midday,
2. Check for an episode
3. Turn off.
Good luck! -
Message 12
Posted by _ShropshireLad_ (U10844552) on Tuesday, 21st April 2009
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13 GMT, in reply to PerArduaProPatria in message 11
1. Turn on every day at say, midday,
2. Check for an episode
3. Turn off.Â
You might be able to get this to work, but *only* if your BIOS has an option for Automatic Boot on Power.
If you do, you could power up the PC for an hour at the same time each day using a timer.
You need a utility that automatically logs-on as a certain user, which I have, from memory it came from the M$ site.
You need to have your broadband set up so that it connects on demand, which most do anyway, and isn't difficult.
You need to put a podcast client such as iTunes in the Startup folder for the autologon user, and configure it so that it checks then attempts to download TA latest episode, again not difficult.
Then finally you need a way of automatically shutting down the PC either at a certain time, or so many minutes after it has been running, there are loads of options for this. You need the PC to have shut down before the power goes off.
Should be doable, none of this works without the BIOS Automatic Boot on Power, though.
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