[gpodder] Re: Wake PC and automatically download podcasts
- From: Danilo Shiga <daniloshiga@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:22:26 -0300
Well, in the preferences "Updating" menu you can find a "When new episodes
are found:" with many choices, including "Download immediately"
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Blaise Alleyne <email@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/08/14 10:14 PM, Jason Weisman wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Blaise Alleyne <email@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 10/08/14 02:12 PM, Jason Weisman wrote:
> >>> I would like to be able to listen to podcasts from gpodder during my
> >>> morning commute. Ideally would like my netbook PC running Windows 8 to
> >>> wake up at 5 a.m. each morning and automatically download podcasts to
> >>> which I have subscribed, so they will be stored on the PC when I head
> out
> >>> the door without my intervention. Does anyone have experience or can
> >>> guide me how to set this up?
> >>
> >> In GNU/Linux, I use gpo, the CLI interface for gPodder, to schedule
> >> automatic updates and downloads every night.
> >>
> >> I don't see any official documentation for it on wiki.gpodder.org,
> though
> >> it is mentioned here: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/User_Manual
> >>
> > [...]
> > In Windows 8 Task Scheduler it is possible to automatically wake each
> day at
> > a set time and start a program, i.e., Trigger daily at 5 a.m. However,
> when
> > gpodder starts it seems I still have to manually download new podcasts.
> Any
> > way to automate downloads in gpodder? Seems the CLI interface may be a
> > solution, but I'm not clear about the syntax.
> >
> > For now I have in Task Scheduler Action: Start a program Program/script:
> > "C:\Program Files\gPodder\gpodder.exe" Add arguments (optional):
> >
> >
>
> So, I don't know how it works in Windows, but it case this helps, here are
> some
> examples of how I'm using it in GNU/Linux. (I'm just an avid gPodder user,
> have
> been using gpo to schedule updates for a couple years.)
>
> I can run `gpo help` to get this usage message:
>
> Usage: gpo [--verbose|-v] [COMMAND] [params...]
>
> - Subscription management -
>
> subscribe URL [TITLE] Subscribe to a new feed at URL (as TITLE)
> search QUERY Search the gpodder.net directory for QUERY
> toplist Show the gpodder.net top-subscribe podcasts
>
> import FILENAME|URL Subscribe to all podcasts in an OPML file
> export FILENAME Export all subscriptions to an OPML file
>
> rename URL TITLE Rename feed at URL to TITLE
> unsubscribe URL Unsubscribe from feed at URL
> enable URL Enable feed updates for the feed at URL
> disable URL Disable feed updates for the feed at URL
>
> info URL Show information about feed at URL
> list List all subscribed podcasts
> update [URL] Check for new episodes (all or only at URL)
>
> - Episode management -
>
> download [URL] Download new episodes (all or only from URL)
> pending [URL] List new episodes (all or only from URL)
> episodes [URL] List episodes (all or only from URL)
>
> - Configuration -
>
> set [key] [value] List one (all) keys or set to a new value
>
> - Other commands -
>
> youtube URL Resolve the YouTube URL to a download URL
> rewrite OLDURL NEWURL Change the feed URL of [OLDURL] to [NEWURL]
> webui [public] Start gPodder's Web UI server
> (public = listen on all network interfaces)
> pipe Start gPodder in pipe-based IPC server mode
>
>
>
> Personally, I prefer to update and download from specific podcasts only,
> so I
> run the update and download commands with specific feed URLs on different
> days
> of the week.
>
> However, to update (check for new episodes) on *all* subscribed feeds, it
> would
> be `gpo update`. And then to download new episodes from *all* feeds, it
> would be
> `gpo download`.
>
>
> I have no idea what this would look like in Windows, but my *guess* would
> be:
> "C:\Program Files\gPodder\gpo.exe update"
> "C:\Program Files\gPodder\gpo.exe download"
>
> (Or if you need to specify the arguments separately, the argument would be
> "update" for the first command and "download" for the second.)
>
> I'm also just guessing that's where gpo lives in Windows...
>
> You could always try it from the Windows terminal to see if it works before
> scheduling it.
>
> My suggestion would be:
> (1) Check to see if gpo is really at C:\Program Files\gPodder\gpo.exe,
> otherwise
> you'll need to find it first;
> (2) Then, try: C:\Program Files\gPodder\gpo.exe help -- you should get a
> similar
> help message with all the command available;
> (3) Then, try `update` or `download` commands;
> (4) If all goes well, schedule those commands to run via the Windows 8 Task
> Scheduler.
>
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> Blaise
>
>
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Danilo Shiga <http://daniloshiga.com>
Analista de Sistemas - M2i Consultoria e Soluções em Gestão de Risco
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