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6 podbeuter - a podcast download manage for text terminals
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9 podbeuter [-C configfile] [-q queuefile] [-a] [-h]
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13 podbeuter is a podcast manager for text terminals. It is a helper
14 program to newsbeuter which queues podcast downloads into a file. These
15 queued downloads can then be download with newsbeuter.
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19 -h
20 Display help
21 -C configfile
23 Use an alternative configuration file
24 -q queuefile
26 Use an alternative queue file
27 -a
29 Start automatic download of all queued files on startup
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32 A podcast is a media file distributed over the internet using
33 syndication feeds such as RSS, for later playback on portable players
34 or computers. Newsbeuter contains support for downloading and saving
35 podcasts. This support differs a bit from other podcast aggregators or
36 "podcatchers" in how it is done.
37 Podcast content is transported in RSS feeds via special tags called
39 "enclosures". Newsbeuter recognizes these enclosures and stores the
40 relevant information for every podcast item it finds in an RSS feed.
41 Since version 2.0, it also recognizes and handles the Yahoo Media RSS
42 extensions. What the user then can do is to add the podcast download
43 URL to a download queue. Alternatively, newsbeuter can be configured to
44 automatically do that. This queue is stored in the file
45 $HOME/.newsbeuter/queue.
46 The user can then use the download manager "podbeuter" to download
48 these files to a directory on the local filesystem. Podbeuter comes
49 with the newsbeuter package, and features a look and feel very close to
50 the one of newsbeuter. It also shares the same configuration file.
51 Podcasts that have been downloaded but haven´t been played yet remain
53 in the queue but are marked as downloaded. You can remove them by
54 purging them from the queue with the P key. After you´ve played a file
55 and close podbeuter, it will be removed from the queue. The downloaded
56 file remains on the filesystem.
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60 download-path (parameters: <path>; default value: ~/)
61 Specifies the directory where podbeuter shall download the files
62 to. Optionally, the placeholders "%n" (for the podcast feed´s name)
63 and "%h" (for the podcast feed´s hostname) can be used to place
64 downloads in a directory structure. (example: download-path
65 "~/Downloads/%h/%n")
66 max-downloads (parameters: <number>; default value: 1)
68 Specifies the maximum number of parallel downloads when automatic
69 download is enabled. (example: max-downloads 3)
70 player (parameters: <player command>; default value: "")
72 Specifies the player that shall be used for playback of downloaded
73 files. (example: player "mp3blaster")
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76 $HOME/.newsbeuter/config
77 $HOME/.newsbeuter/queue
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82 newsbeuter(1). The documentation that comes with newsbeuter is a good
83 source about the general use and configuration of newsbeuter´s podcast
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88 Andreas Krennmair <ak@newsbeuter.org>, for contributors see AUTHORS
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93 1. ak@newsbeuter.org
94 mailto:ak@newsbeuter.org
95 05/29/2010 PODBEUTER(1)