Podget is a simple open source podcast aggregator optimized for running as a scheduled background job (i.e. cron).
It features support for downloading podcasts from RSS & XML feeds, for sorting the files into folders & categories, for importing URLs from iTunes PCAST files & OPML lists automatic M3U & ASX playlist creation, and automatic cleanup of old files.
Podget also features automatic UTF-16 conversion for podcasts hosted on MS Windows servers.
Run podget once to install the user’s configuration files to $HOME/.podget, and then customize them there.
Key Features
- Console/terminal application.
- Bash shell script.
- Podcast aggregator.
- Download podcasts from RSS and XML feeds.
- Run it from a cron job so that the new songs are available to play or load onto a portable player and you don’t have to wait for them to download.
- Automatic cleanup.
Website: podget.sourceforge.net
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Developer: Dave Vehrs
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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