gPodder 3.9.3 "Whacketts" released

This is a small bugfix update on top of gPodder 3.9.2, fixing some issues that people were having with some feeds and the change to podcastparser:

• Soundcloud: Increase track limit (by mprangenberg)
• Fix HTTP conditional GET (Fixes #193, #182)
• Podcastparser 0.6.1: Work around a XML parsing bug when PyXML is installed (#185)

The new Podcastparser build is included in the Windows release, as well as in the Ubuntu PPA, and the source tarball is also available.

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.9.3.

Download: gpodder-3.9.3.tar.gz
md5sum: 56d891649d9ac8a0b9c5e47471a8119f
sha1sum: 77aa49442fe3abe9aa84f69f5be5319cf5f6cb0b

You can find a list of downloads on gpodder.org.

gPodder 3.9.2 "Canyonero" released

A new release of gPodder is out. This release improves UI startup performance as well as introduces our own podcastparser library that we use in gPodder 4 to the gPodder 3 releases -- this should improve the feed parsing performance and allow for better support of podcast-specific features like Podlove Simple Chapters and Paged Feeds in the future (some of these features are already in gPodder 4's codebase).

Here's what's new:

• Fix tagging download extension (#148, patch by Eric Le Lay)
• Improve YouTube cover art resolution (patch by Hiltronix)
• win32-launcher: Fix crash when Python is missing
• Sync UI: Update podcast list after sync (#136)
• Port from feedparser to podcastparser
• Set UI upper limit for episodes per podcast based on current value
• Cache cover art thumbnails in SQLite database
• Load/update the episode list model in the background

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.9.2.

Download: gpodder-3.9.2.tar.gz
md5sum: 14b9c9ca26015d78f11a748e4cbf65a5
sha1sum: 1778cd758143dcee980fad7f85707c170f1c7db2

You can find a list of downloads on gpodder.org.

gPodder 3.9.1 "My BLT Drive Just Went AWOL" released

A new release of your favorite podcast downloading program is out. And our website also got a refresh in recent weeks if you haven't noticed :) Here's a rundown of what's new:

• win32-launcher: Fix compatibility issues with Python 2.7.11
• Gtk UI: Remove WebKit1 support (Debian bug 790218)
• Add 'set_artist_to_album' config option to 'tagging' extension (by Brian J. Cohen)
• Resolve all symlinks in path (bug 2064)
• Handle "mktime argument out of range" (by Markus Wamser, bug 2023)
• Include OS name and version in user agent
• Don't fail if update server is down (bug 2067)
• Use html5lib/HTMLParser to find hyperlinks in show notes (by Mathias Rav)
• desktopfile: Filter non-player apps (improves app selector choices on Linux)

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.9.1.

Download: gpodder-3.9.1.tar.gz
md5sum: f257c2e887808e53a21787d394623764
sha1sum: 7fd1b7f0f13bf3d672f62efc1a9e3e0550fa7046

You can find a list of downloads on gpodder.org.

gPodder 3.9.0 "Helium Levitator" released

A new version of gPodder is out! This release removes some old, unmaintained code and fixes some bugs and adds a new translation.

Starting from version 3.9.0, the N9 port is not supported anymore; the code is still available in the "harmattan" branch in Git if you need it or want to backport fixes yourself.

Flattr support was broken with the recent changes to Flattr's website, it is recommended that you use gpodder.net's Flattr integration instead if you want to use this feature.

For the Windows build, due to some Norton false positives, the auto-download feature for Python and PyGTK has been removed and replaced with a link to http://gpodder.org/dependencies, so users can manually download the dependencies.

Here is the list of changes:

• Added Korean translation (by Byeongkeon Kim)
• Device sync: Only fail if we can determine free disk space (bug 2052)
• Enqueue episodes after download (Closes #133)
• Ubuntu AppIndicator extension: 'visible' config option
• gpodder.download: Ignore non-ASCII content-disposition header (bug 2059)
• Win32-launcher: Remove download feature (works around Norton warning)
• Remove WebUI, QML UI and MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan support
• Remove broken Flattr integration (use gpodder.net's Flattr support)
• Redesign about dialog
• Preferences: Move video services to separate tab
• Vimeo: Fix Vimeo integration

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.9.0.

Download: gpodder-3.9.0.tar.gz
md5sum: e10acfd6d3eb03c46ff9d02efe4b920f
sha1sum: f06ccd3e3af630dc9ac8064167c998ee931111b4

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page

gPodder 3.8.5 "Casting Agents and Cowgirls" released

A new version of gPodder is out, with the following changes:

• Vimeo
• Fix vimeo feed discovery (bug 2009)
• Allow both http and https URLs (bug 2019)
• YouTube
• youtube: Improve channel migration code
• youtube: Fix cover art downloading (bug 2014)
• Make the YouTube key button link to the gPodder Wiki
• Add pattern to YouTube feed URL list (patch by Danilo Shiga)
• CLI: Cleanup old downloads on CLI startup (bug 2012)
• Gtk UI: Fix model column data types (bug 2008)
• Device sync: Handle sync failure when no space left (patch by Aaron Wright)
• model: Limit filenames to 120 characters for eCryptFS (bug 1898)
• rename_download: Add add_sortdate and add_podcast_title option
• Remove the unused 'pipe' IPC module
• Fix coverage usage
• Use Travis CI for running basic sanity tests
• Various small code improvements and fixes

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.5.

Download: gpodder-3.8.5.tar.gz
md5sum: df651a331c91ebd634c0d0b5ae8f7ea2
sha1sum: 787e7bd564ac0fd587c6fea7f17e473c4f8c4c34

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page. We now also provide RPM and DEB packages for recent versions of Fedora and Debian derivatives.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release!  

gPodder 4.6.0 now available on BB10 and Playbook

The Qt-related issues that prevented us from doing a BB10 build on release day were fixed, so the Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 builds of gPodder have been uploaded and are now available in Blackberry World.

gPodder 4.6.0 "Industrial" released

A new version of gPodder 4 is out for Android, CLI and Sailfish OS. The Blackberry version didn't make it for this release (yet), due to some Qt 5 layout issues on Blackberry 10 that I haven't yet looked into.

Among the usual UI improvements, this release changes the previously JSON-based database for a SQLite3-based database on top of minidb. Migration from the old database to the new database is automatic the first time you use the new version. As always with changes like this, it could be that the migration doesn't work for some reason - in this case, let us know in the issues tracker.

Packages for Sailfish OS are available on the downloads page and the package for Android has been uploaded to Google Play.

Download: gpodder-core-4.6.0.tar.gz
md5sum: 83433222e2356280fe47f5a03022fffe
sha1sum: 3f1bd8a8dadfe588e399ccacf94f734985407eaa

Download: gpodder-ui-qml-4.6.0.tar.gz
md5sum: bfd34ac905daef4a9a2f5060930dd4f2
sha1sum: 2b075e37896f000bc61c8327d13185e3c6118f41

gPodder 3.8.4 "Moving Mountain" released

Here's another gPodder 3 release, fixing among other things the YouTube integration.

• Show covers directly after adding feeds (bug 1987)
• Update Sonos Extension
• Make sure cover_url is always set (bug 1978)
• gpodder.util: Fix timestamp issues (bug 1983)
• gpodder.download: Strip whitespace in url (bug 1991)
• tools/localdepends.py: Fix feedparser downloading
• Podcast details dialog: Avoid re-showing on close
• Updated German translation
• Support for The Escapist
• gpodder.directory: Remove broken YouTube search
• YouTube: Support V3 API via user-supplied key (bug 1999)
• YouTube: Auto-resolve URLs also in CLI and QML
• QML UI: Add YouTube API key text entry + migrate button
• CLI: Add "youtubefix" subcommand to rewrite URLs
• YouTube: Match _ in channel URLs

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.4.

Download: gpodder-3.8.4.tar.gz
md5sum: 277de4e0d8c0cf5459e9c9cd45ab5cc6
sha1sum: 0f17a3fecdf61c79d1fe56fbcf14a262e46fc23e

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page. We now also provide RPM and DEB packages for recent versions of Fedora and Debian derivatives.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release! 

gPodder 4.4.0 "Mundartrap" released

A new version of gPodder 4 is out for Android, Blackberry Playbook, Blackberry 10, CLI and Sailfish OS.

This release includes an all-new Android-specific UI (only used on Android), better integration for Android (pause when headphones are unplugged, back button support) as well as a sleep timer and play queue.

Packages for Sailfish OS are available on the downloads page, packages for Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 have been uploaded to App World and are waiting in QA, and the package for Android has been uploaded to Google Play.



Download: gpodder-core-4.4.0.tar.gz
md5sum: f6c5d55f92d29741df9ec68d5a0b62cd
sha1sum: bdb8f40fd2f44fb6c5a0f49d15fdf25588a7741d

Download: gpodder-ui-qml-4.4.0.tar.gz
md5sum: 7e4775d93a031657c6ce406418632f65
sha1sum: 9afbf75d79c93f3951edb1a4e3b491ebf342063f

gPodder 4 coming to Android

Yesterday, I've ported gPodder 4 to Android. This uses Qt 5 and Python 3, as well as the latest development version of PyOtherSide. Since then, I've also fixed some bugs related to font rendering. This means that gPodder 4 will be available in Google Play in a few hours. This is an early port, and gPodder 4's UI is still missing some features and platform integration, but the basic functionality works. What is known to not work (and what I'd like to see fixed in future versions):

• Notifications / playback integration (so you can pause/skip from your lock screen)
• Headphone disconnect notification (so gPodder pauses playback on disconnect)
• Back button integration (so hitting the back button navigates between pages inside the app)
• Text input fixes (depending on input method, this is a bit spotty at the moment)
• Activities / URL schemes / intent integration (open gpodder:// URLs, feeds, etc...)
• Opening of video files with external applications (like on other gPodder 4 platforms)

The source code is of course also available: https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder-android

gPodder 3.8.3 "The Cheshire Project Part Two" released

This is a small bugfix release that fixes some issues with the 3.8.2 release, mostly due to the new build method we are using:

• Fixes issues with the Windows version not starting up (fake D-Bus module was missing)
• Fixes extraneous icon in the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan (N9) build (Harmattan doesn't support the NoDisplay key in .desktop files)
• Fixes a typo in the QML files that caused gPodder to fail to start up
• Enable "Check for updates" by default, even on non-Windows platforms
• Extension: Open website in episode list (bug 1958)

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.3.

Starting with this release, we are doing automated release builds for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan and the Windows build of gPodder, so packages for those targets should be available at the same time as the source release.

Download: gpodder-3.8.3.tar.gz
md5sum: bf5d5f737b4e9c8ff3ab04f55a257288
sha1sum: e59d05e22535fa5a4d196ccb115fc278e4e556e0

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page. We now also provide RPM and DEB packages for recent versions of Fedora and Debian derivatives.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release!

gPodder 3.8.2 "The Cheshire Project" released

This is another bugfix and feature release in the 3.8.x release series:

• N9 (MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan)
• QML UI: Allow shortcut prefixes in UI (bug 1949)
• URL schemes (freedesktop.org and Windows)
• Install scheme handler for gpodder://, feed://, podcast:// and pcast://
• Support gpodder:// URLs on Windows (setup variant only)
• Gtk UI
• New podcast directory UI
• Keep reference to last "add podcast" dialog (bug 1021)
• Vimeo: Support for selecting the file format (bug 1954)
• gpodder.query: Also search in episode descriptions
• Windows
• Support for detecting media players
• Fix cross-compiler issues and allow cross-compilation from Linux
• Plugins and Extensions
• Add support for The Escapist podcast
• Update enqueue_in_mediaplayer.py

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.2.

Starting with this release, we are doing automated release builds for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan and the Windows build of gPodder, so packages for those targets should be available at the same time as the source release.

Download: gpodder-3.8.2.tar.gz
md5sum: 03f62586da7f1fd56331bd76293cab9b
sha1sum: 06b6ad30d29022f57141c171731400b3fbc38d6b

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release!

gPodder 4.3.0 "Barefoot" released

A new version of gPodder 4 is out, targetting CLI users, Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 users as well as Sailfish OS users.

This release adds support for HTML shownotes, podcast directory support, various improvements to the podcastparser (0.5.0 released today), and improvements to the QML UI.

Packages for Sailfish OS are available on the downloads page, packages for Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 have been uploaded to App World and are waiting in QA.


Download: gpodder-core-4.3.0.tar.gz
md5sum: f53e004398a05b33ef2a87069e289050
sha1sum: af3ca94cb25ab4ef04bffd5233e8046a3aea908f

Download: gpodder-ui-qml-4.3.0.tar.gz
md5sum: fb5ed950ee001fbe26ddade3f8d8ea31
sha1sum: 6d8103ef5e917b373fd723f4f62750262d100983

podcastparser 0.5.0 released

podcastparser is a simple, fast and efficient podcast parser written in Python. Podcastparser is used in gPodder 4 for parsing RSS and Atom feeds. This release adds various parsing improvements, as well as support for HTML shownotes and episode subtitle (itunes:subtitle element) support.

Changes in version 0.5.0:

• parse_time: Handle invalid itunes:duration values better
• Improve parsing of relative links (also in cover art)
• Add support for itunes:subtitle and HTML (content:encoded)

podcastparser-0.5.0.tar.gz (2014-10-28)
md5sum: df0c560d4f040d55e5b2937ce09e42ba
sha1sum: 2e5cb7a86ded0eb9f382e505fb80663ac640a764

gPodder 3.8.1 "Population: Tire" released

This is a bugfix release in the 3.8.x release series:

• gpodder.util: Don't force password to be lowercase (bug 1942)              
• YouTube: Add support for channels, rewrite URL matching
• win32-launcher: Cleanup PATH to fix R6034 (msvcr90.dll, bug 1489)

If you are on Windows and still get the R6034 error, please comment in the bug report above - our fix might not work in all situations, and we might have to fine-tune the PATH cleanup code to work for different filenames.

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.1.

Download: gpodder-3.8.1.tar.gz
md5sum: 9cb04fa90f605289170aa6c7879e179d
sha1sum: 810ae2877722bc15e9d2492ee69087f7f0ba69b7

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release!

gPodder 3.8.0 "On-Screen Bionic Screw Fastening" released

Well, then - another gPodder 3.x release for all fans of Desktop operating systems and MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan. Version 3.8.0 brings a bugfix related to deleting empty folders, various UI improvements to the Nokia N9 port, path fixes to the Windows launcher executable as well as other minor corrections and translation updates.

• Generic fixes and maintenance
• gpodder.util: Fix a bug in delete_empty_folders
• Fix a typo in the German translations
• Mention tools/localdepends.py in dependency check
• Remove obsolete Qt4-based Sailfish QML UI
• makefile: Force UTF-8 encoding in xgettext
• Updated German translations
• QML UI (Nokia N9 / MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan)
• Nicer "pull down to refresh" animation
• Allow updating of episode list via pull down
• Elide text in podcast and episode lists
• Scroll to top and bottom quickly (bug 1908)
• "Mark episodes as old" menu item for "All episodes"
• Better gpodder.net directory integration
• Margin fixes for sheets (bug 1915)
• Copy feed URL to clipboard menu item (bug 1916)
• Also show spinner while episode list is loading
• Move filter to episode list header
• Use new JSON API for searching gpodder.net
• Windows Launcher
• Fix download file name for custom folder (bug 1617)
• Update to Python 2.7.8 and PyGTK 2.24.2

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.8.0.

Download: gpodder-3.8.0.tar.gz
md5sum: a74e202eec6a00c73b2dab04e5b9f3c0
sha1sum: 03733e9954e7828ecbcc3738838a825cc5ef8076

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release! 

gPodder 4.2.0 "Jungle" released

A new release of gPodder is out, adding support for Podlove Simple Chapters, fallback to audio/video links in case of missing enclosures, support for RFC 5005 paged feeds (with podcastparser 0.3.0 and newer) as well as the usual fixes to the QML UI reference implementation and the Sailfish OS UI.

• Core
• Add rewrite_url function to model (bug 1905)
• Support for paged feeds (RFC 5005)
• Fallback to audio/video link if no enclosures are found
• Add support for Podlove Simple Chapters
• Send initial progress report immediately (gpodder.download)
• Various minor bugfixes and clean-ups
• QML UI - Common
• Add support for chapters in episodes
• Fix playback position resuming
• Regularly sync playback position to disk
• QML UI - Reference Implementation (BB10)
• Refine QML UI, layout and new/downloaded indicators
• QML UI - Sailfish Silica UI (Sailfish OS)
• New icon and cover by Stephan Beyerle
• Add missing scroll decorator to episode filter dialog
• Add support for chapters in player and episode details page
• Fix paddings, item sizes and colors

Download: gpodder-core-4.2.0.tar.gz
md5sum: 9f9ceba555d0ab4d7923f007ea6e1e08
sha1sum: 77b080d81a02d3c87a7773b40506d9f6867f8c9c

Download: gpodder-ui-qml-4.2.0.tar.gz
md5sum: 0951398248bc108433116b60e6ead3c7
sha1sum: 058811b6968732959017919f87db82536317816a

gPodder 3.7.0 "Off-Screen Bionic Chiseling" released

This is a new release in the 3.7.x series of release for Desktop (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows) and MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan (Nokia N9), including some recent patches from contributors, fixed Vimeo integration, removal of broken plugins, as well as several updates to existing extension scripts and some brand new extension scripts. Exciting, innit?

• Extensions
• Fixed the TED subtitles download plugin (Vladimir Rutsky)
• Add new audio players to the enqueue extension (Christian Boxdörfer)
• New MPRIS listener extension (Dov Feldstern)
• New concatenate videos using ffmpeg extension
• New extension for syncing cover art to Rockbox players (Alex Mayer)
• New features
• Delete empty folders on download, update pending (bug 1601, Ricardo Miranda)
• Chronological download order configuration option (Tomislav Jovanovic)
• Fixes and improvements
• Mac OS X: Use standard locations for GPODDER_HOME (bug 1912)
• Fixed Vimeo integration (bug 1837)
• Add rewrite_url() function to model (bug 1905)
• Removed features
• XSPF plugin: This was broken for some time, now removed
• Translations
• Updated German translation

As always, a detailed changelog is available at gpodder.org/changelog/3.7.0.

Download: gpodder-3.7.0.tar.gz
md5sum: f5984081888dfa64507a45ca388e8153
sha1sum: d412e8c1cbdae32ea7a1f32afb0dff1c31237063

For packages in distributions, see the downloads page.

Thanks to all users who continue to support the gPodder project by providing bug reports, patches, documentation, feedback or donations / Flattrs. Enjoy this new release!

podcastparser 0.4.0 released

podcastparser is a simple, fast and efficient podcast parser written in Python. Podcastparser is used in gPodder 4 for parsing RSS and Atom feeds. This release adds the necessary backend support for Podlove Simple Chapters, which is a feature we're going to introduce in the next release of gPodder 4.

Changes in version 0.4.0:

• parse_time: Parse using RFC 2326 Normal Play Time (NPT) rules
• test_podcastparser: Allow full diff when test fails
• Add support for Podlove Simple Chapters

podcastparser-0.4.0.tar.gz (2014-04-30)
md5sum: 1d541b732ad2035a0ccf11e139d948ba
sha1sum: a0e8421e613ada7f19b47e82222de3cdcf789898

podcastparser 0.3.0 released

podcastparser is a simple, fast and efficient podcast parser written in Python. Podcastparser is used in gPodder 4 for parsing RSS and Atom feeds.

Changes in version 0.3.0:

• Silence warnings about unknown namespaces
• Parse itunes:summary as description
• Add support for RFC 5005 / Paged Feeds

podcastparser-0.3.0.tar.gz (2014-04-28)
md5sum: a87836117cc160c3fd6523a460625ebb
sha1sum: 6c78a9ccf02d9094f8f3ef776e79f25832e5087e