gPodder versions

gPodder downloads and manages free audio and video content
3.9
Feb 14, 2016
Review
3.8
Jul 31, 2014
Review
3.7
May 23, 2014
Review
3.6
Mar 5, 2014
3.5
Mar 12, 2013
Review
3.3
Sep 29, 2012
3.1
Jul 31, 2012
Review
3.0
Nov 30, 2011
Review

What's new

v3.8 [Jul 31, 2014]
- Fixes issues with the Windows version not starting up (fake D-Bus module was missing)
- Fixes extraneous icon in the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan (N9) build (Harmattan doesn't support the NoDisplay key in .desktop files)
- Fixes a typo in the QML files that caused gPodder to fail to start up
- Enable "Check for updates" by default, even on non-Windows platforms
- Extension: Open website in episode list

v3.7 [May 23, 2014]
Extensions
- Fixed the TED subtitles download plugin
- Added audio players to the enqueue extension
- MPRIS listener extension
- Concatenate videos using ffmpeg extension
- Added extension for syncing cover art to Rockbox players
Features
- Delete empty folders on download, update pending
- Chronological download order configuration option
Fixes and improvements
- Fixed Vimeo integration
- Add rewrite_url() function to model
Removed features
- XSPF plugin: This was broken for some time, now removed
Translations
- Updated German translation

v3.5 [Mar 12, 2013]
QML UI
Playback position in episode list, shownotes button in medi aplayer, download filename in shownotes and horizontal line for sections (by Nelson Ferreira)
Abstraction for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan (Qt Components) and Sailfish OS (Silica Components), split into common codebase with specialization components (share/gpodder/ui/qml/{harmattan,sailfish})
Asynchronous image loading in episode item
Declare x-axis drags for PlaybackBarProgress
Decoupled Python->QML interaction from implementation details (upcalls happen exclusively via signals / context properties)
Bling: Fade truncated text in Sailfish UI
Harmattan UI: Split UI elements into separate pages, move toolbar contents into menu for unification with Sailfish / cleaner interaction
Various clean-ups and simplifications in the Python backend
Scroll multi-episode list to episode list position
Step-wise asynchronous episode list loading
Gtk UI
Device playlists and two-way sync
Fixed Gtk 2.18 compatibility
GtkWarning fixes in shownotes
Fix shownotes window resizing error
Fix status icon not disappearing after being disabled
Fix encoding issues in notifications
Device sync preferences: Disable all widgets when device sync is off
Flattr preferences: Don't close preferences when WebKit/Gtk is missing
Fix context menu UI blocking for extensions
Resizable shownotes view in main window
Searching in the extensions list (preferences dialog)
Device sync: Show error message for unconfigured device
Shownotes (plaintext): Must not be editable in main window
Extensions
Notification bubbles for Windows
Download progress on Window taskbar
Stream to Sonos extension
New OGG to MP3 extension
M4A Converter: Check file extension
Support both libav and ffmpeg for converting, support for Windows
Add option to remove all tags
Enqueue in Media Player: Mark episodes as played
Woodchuck extension removed (unmaintained, not working)
Others
GtkOSXApplication 2.0.1 fixes
FreeBSD network interface detection
Upload gpodder.net episode actions in batches
Added support for the Opus Audio Codec
Avoid bugus error messages on download
Util: Parse HH:MM-style strings with HH > 59
Vimeo: Use video title as download filename
Extensions API: New on_episode_playback() function
YouTube: Fix directory search (bug 1760)
Model: Day, month and year for custom filename (bug 1768)
Cover downloader: Add 4-second connection timeout
Improved offline mode / online detection (bug 1730)

v3.1 [May 13, 2012]
- Web UI:
-Now based on JQuery Mobile
-Add Episode details page
-Streaming audio using HTML5 <audio>
-Command Line UI ("gpo"):
-Fix line length calculation for byte strings (bug 1598)
QML UI / MeeGo Harmattan
-Option to hide podcasts in Music app
-Make episode list tool button wider
-Tooling / setup.py:
-Allow "--help install" on command line
-Manual page install path option (for easier FreeBSD packaging)
-Translations and translation tooling:
-tools/i18n: Fix merge-from-transifex.sh script
-New translations: Catalan, Spanish MX, Indonesian
-Updated translations from Transifex
-Updated German translation

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