GSoC update: Subscription sync with Amarok

Another update from Lucas Lira Gomes about his Google Summer of Code project that aims to integrate gpodder.net with Amarok: He has now managed to get synchronization working, with some pretty neat UI integration:

Check out more screenshots and a description of them on Lucas' blog.

GSoC update: Podcast synchronization in Amarok

Lucas Lira Gomes has once again updated his blog with some information about the progress on getting gpodder.net integration working with Amarok:

[GSoC] Podcast Subscription Synchronisation

Expect some more updates regarding the normal version of gPodder, including support for recently announced MeeGo devices soon. In July, we will be working hard on getting the new release in shape, and we'll also have some updates for the current 2.x branch of releases. Until then, enjoy the weather.

GSoC update: Amarok integration progressing

As part of Google Summer of Code 2011, Lucas Lira Gomes is working on gpodder.net integration for Amarok, the KDE media player. In his latest blog post, he gives us an update about his progress:

At this point, podcast playlist syncing doesn't have a way to show only a subset of predetermined episodes, for this reason we will see some episodes, from before the synchronisation, that should be not shown in Amarok. This will be fixed as soon as we get some priorities done first, since that bug don't prevent usage.

This week, I will try to run a gpodder.net server, as suggested by our libmygpo-qt comrade, HorrusHorrendus, in order to make the next part of this project easier to test. I also plan to continue coding the existing skeleton of the plug­in infrastructure for the gpodder integration with Amarok.

Lucas says he will have some more updates next week, so if you want to be up to date when Amarok's gpodder.net-related feature set exceeds that of gPodder, subscribe to his blog!

gPodder not selected for GSoC 2011

Google has announced the list of accepted organizations for Summer of Code 2011. Unfortunately, gPodder has not been selected, so we won't be able to take part in this year's SoC. If you want to work on some cool projects anyway, feel free to pick a project from the Ideas list.

We will try to apply again next year for GSoC'12, but in the mean time, we'll focus on creating a great podcatcher experience for our target platforms, and making sure that the gpodder.net web service will continue to grow and provide a pleasant podcast discovering experience.

gPodder project ideas for GSoC 2011

In just ten days the application period for Google Summer of Code 2011 mentoring organizations starts, and we here at gPodder HQ will try to become a mentoring organization for the first time :) The gpodder.net web service has gained lots of interest from developers and users around the world, and the gPodder client is one of the best podcatchers on mobile devices, but it's not available for all mobile platforms yet.

If you want to work on a great project this summer, why not work on gPodder? We are collecting ideas for possible projects in our Wiki: GSoC Ideas (feel free to add your own!). If you want to work on a specific project, please get in touch with us via the mailing list. We're looking forward to working with you towards the goal of the best cross-platform, open source podcatcher in the world :)