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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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12 podbeuter is a podcast manager for text terminals. It is a helper
13 program to newsbeuter which queues podcast downloads into a file. These
14 queued downloads can then be download with newsbeuter.
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17 -h
18 Display help
19 -C configfile
21 Use an alternative configuration file
22 -q queuefile
24 Use an alternative queue file
25 -a
27 Start automatic download of all queued files on startup
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30 A podcast is a media file distributed over the internet using
31 syndication feeds such as RSS, for later playback on portable players
32 or computers. Newsbeuter contains support for downloading and saving
33 podcasts. This support differs a bit from other podcast aggregators or
34 "podcatchers" in how it is done.
35 Podcast content is transported in RSS feeds via special tags called
37 "enclosures". Newsbeuter recognizes these enclosures and stores the
38 relevant information for every podcast item it finds in an RSS feed.
39 Since version 2.0, it also recognizes and handles the Yahoo Media RSS
40 extensions. What the user then can do is to add the podcast download
41 URL to a download queue. Alternatively, newsbeuter can be configured to
42 automatically do that. This queue is stored in the file
43 $HOME/.newsbeuter/queue.
44 The user can then use the download manager "podbeuter" to download
46 these files to a directory on the local filesystem. Podbeuter comes
47 with the newsbeuter package, and features a look and feel very close to
48 the one of newsbeuter. It also shares the same configuration file.
49 Podcasts that have been downloaded but haven’t been played yet remain
51 in the queue but are marked as downloaded. You can remove them by
52 purging them from the queue with the P key. After you’ve played a file
53 and close podbeuter, it will be removed from the queue. The downloaded
54 file remains on the filesystem.
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57 download-path (parameters: <path>; default value: ~/)
58 Specifies the directory where podbeuter shall download the files
59 to. Optionally, the placeholders "%n" (for the podcast feed’s name)
60 and "%h" (for the podcast feed’s hostname) can be used to place
61 downloads in a directory structure. (example: download-path
62 "~/Downloads/%h/%n")
63 max-downloads (parameters: <number>; default value: 1)
65 Specifies the maximum number of parallel downloads when automatic
66 download is enabled. (example: max-downloads 3)
67 player (parameters: <player command>; default value: "")
69 Specifies the player that shall be used for playback of downloaded
70 files. (example: player "mp3blaster")
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73 $HOME/.newsbeuter/config
74 $HOME/.newsbeuter/queue
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78 newsbeuter(1). The documentation that comes with newsbeuter is a good
79 source about the general use and configuration of newsbeuter’s podcast
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83 Andreas Krennmair <ak@newsbeuter.org>, for contributors see AUTHORS
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87 Andreas Krennmair <ak@newsbeuter.org>
88 Author.
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