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A powerful, simple iPhone podcast app.

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2024-09-13 14:52:52

This update also has:
- A bugfix that could've lost listening progress when switching to/from AirPlay.
- A new setting under Nitpicky Details that lets you change the mode from AirPlay 2 to original AirPlay, which fixed issues with some people's AirPlay setups in beta testing.
I'm still tracking AirPlay bug reports — that setting shouldn't be necessary, but it feels like AirPlay has changed a lot, especially in iOS 18, and I’m still working toward a universal fix.
https://mastodon.social/@galonsky/113130745903934144

2024-09-13 14:34:46

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Sooooo convenient to swipe to download…
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2024-09-13 14:33:43

My 2024.9 update is out, and swiping is back on the now-playing screen!
Swipe between the artwork page and the new chapters/info combo page. It fits WAY more info on screen than the old app, and it feels so good!
Also:
- Swipe left to download an episode
- New iOS 18 dark and color-tinted icons
- Download All Episodes option in playlist menu
- Fixed Episode Limit enforcement
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/130/734/478/701/226/original/5f9e2ac795a4153a.mp4

2024-08-25 15:19:03

Getting reports of continuous play not working reliably with the latest update. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet. If this happens to you, can you tell me:
- Which podcasts and episodes, if you recall any specifics?
- Streamed or already downloaded?
- Were you playing from a playlist or a podcast's screen?
- Were you playing via AirPlay, or another output type?
- Do you use Play Top Episode Next or Skip Outro?
Thanks! I'll get a fix out as soon as I can find the issue.

2024-08-23 22:08:38

Streaming is simplified now to accommodate dynamic ad insertion (DAI):
Streams always start from the beginning of the file, and must download the entire file.
If it fails or times out, it saves your position and stops playback, and you need to retry the complete download again when you can.
(The previous system could download any arbitrary parts of the file, and could retry with multiple attempts to fill in each segment, which doesn't work in today's DAI environment.)
https://mas.to/@TheTrepanier/113013590224253022

2024-07-23 15:10:27

Fixes in today's update (2024.7.2):
- Continuous play
- One-Tap Play option
- Background refresh
- Intents
- Playlist ordering (in settings, Customize Home Screen)
- Pull-to-refresh in playlists
- Grayed empty playlists
- Remote Episode Skip
- Lots of tiny bugfixes
Coming soon:
- Sleep Timer UI improvements
- Manage Storage screen
- OPML import/export
- The realtime Smart Speed "speedometer" label
- Accessibility “Button Shapes" improvements
- More!

2024-07-16 13:33:59

Quick day-0 workarounds:
- Premium subscribers: You can turn off the now-playing ad banners in settings, Overcast Premium, Banner Ads for Podcasts (sorry, that should've migrated the old preference)
- Not seeing your data or not syncing? Try force-quit and relaunch, or settings, Sync Profile, Refresh All Data

2024-07-16 13:01:45

Today is Overcast's 10th birthday, and to celebrate, I'm launching a major rewrite of the app: https://marco.org/2024/07/16/overcast-rewrite
The first decade has been great, and this new foundation brings it into the next one!
(Spoiler alert: It's fast. REALLY fast. And there's more coming soon.)

2024-07-15 15:20:42

Tomorrow.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/791/180/660/832/157/original/21bc9f590e702f84.png
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2023-08-14 14:34:10

Substack is currently blocking Overcast.
It looks accidental, via Cloudflare misconfiguration. I'm trying to get in touch with them.
I cannot stress enough to podcast hosting companies: DO NOT HOST PODCAST FEEDS BEHIND CLOUDFLARE!
If you do, you MUST create a Cloudflare rule that changes the "Security Level" to “Essentially Off" for all feed URLs. Otherwise, if you host many feeds (especially per-member feeds), most podcast apps will be throttled or blocked from accessing them.