hpr_documentation/podcatchers/castget/README.md

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castget

Description

# dnf info castget
Name         : castget
Version      : 2.0.1
Release      : 9.fc39
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 123 k
Source       : castget-2.0.1-9.fc39.src.rpm
Repository   : @System
From repo    : fedora
Summary      : A command-line podcast downloader
URL          : https://castget.johndal.com/
License      : LGPLv2+
Description  : castget is a simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader. It is
             : primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts.

How to install

The home page contains links to download unix like variants.

Subcribing to HPR

Create and edit $HOME/.castgetrc

[Hacker_Public_Radio_hpr_rss_php]
spool=/path/to/my/podcasts/Hacker_Public_Radio_hpr_rss_php
url=https://www.hackerpublicradio.com/hpr_rss.php
id3contenttype=Podcast

Save the file and run using castget --resume --verbose --progress-bar

Playback

The application only donloads files. You can use whatever player your like to play them.