Thank you! I’ve edited this into the post, and noted for next time!
Comment on PinePods Release v0.8.0 - "Mobile apps and massive perfomance bumps"
madeofpendletonwool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hi! I’m the developer of this project. I probably would have written up a little of what pinepods is and who it’s for rather than a changelog paste dump of the change log.
Pinepods is a podcast server that’s self hosted. It aims to be a multi-client version of what you might already have on your phone that allows you to listen anywhere. Host pinepods and get a web client, mobile apps, desktop apps, even a CLI app. Your progress syncs between all these. It supports gpodder sync for use with your existing apps if you want (though I’ve put 100 plus hours into the mobile apps and really would appreciate people at least giving them a go) and it has tons of features. Think Notifications on release, smart playlists, multi user, sharing, chapter support, YouTube channel to podcast support. Loads of stuff, and loads more still to come.
With 0.8.0 the mobile apps are now on Google Play and the Apple app stores, and the api has been fully rewritten in rust. It’s a lean mean podcasting machine. And actually the real current version is 0.8.1.
I appreciate the post OP but if you could, next time please add the above.
otters_raft@lemmy.ca [bot] 3 weeks ago
Esjott@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Would love to test it on my little home server - is there a way of installing it without docker? Like bare metal install? (Server is running FreeBSD, no docker though)
madeofpendletonwool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately no, admittedly bare metal server installs haven’t been a huge priority to me either because the containerization sets up some very important context that would be someone difficult to do outside it. Like proper routing between the frontend and backend for example. As they are both separate services. So like yeah, I could get it to work with enough time. But the instructions would be quite long for setup.
exu@feditown.com 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the explanation, it sounds very interesting.
I currently use something else for podcasts, but better mobile apps are a big draw.
quaff@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I tried to find you on the fediverse (mastodon) and see this comment!
I just wanted to say, you’re doing a great job! This release, with native apps is awesome. I see that Android Auto is on the roadmap, and I’m excited for that as well :)
I have tested with Pocket Casts, AntennaPods (with PinePods as the backend!) and the PinePods android app… the fact that PinePods supports server downloads, and the Android app allows for bypassing local downloads (to stream the server version)… I notice that when I listen with PinePods Android, there’s less ads compared to Pocket Casts Android and AntennaPods! +1 for PinePods Android :)
These podcast streams must detect if a request is on mobile and inject specific ads 😅
semperverus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
november@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the comment! I’m beyond exasperated by all these copypasted release notes that assume everyone is alread familiar with every piece of software out there, so thank you for the write-up.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seconding this. I have taken up the habit of down voting release log dumps. So lazy. This isn’t a release log feed. This is a place to share news in a context, or share projects, if anything similar. But the context is key. “Why should people care about this?” Ask yourself, OPs!