castget is a simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader.
It is primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts.
RSS feeds are assigned channel identifiers in the configuration file .castgetrc. Channels to be processed by castget are indicated by supplying the channel identifiers as arguments. If no channel identifiers are provided, all available channels are processed.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Simple configuration.
- Automatic tagging of downloaded MP3 files using ID3v2.
- Automatic M3U playlists.
- Support for all RSS versions (to the extent this is possible) and Media RSS.
Website: castget.johndal.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Marius L. Jøhndal, Jick Nan
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
castget is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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