Migrating from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod: why and how to do it

[–] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 14 points 11 months ago

Been using AntennaPod for 2 years now. Amazing app.

[–] Kir@feddit.it 13 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I did the switch some times ago and I love AntennaPod. Still, I did not manage to have synchronization with a desktop service, and I miss that from Google Podcast.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Exactly, a podcast app must be available in all your devices, I tried it and couldn't stick with it because of the same issue.

Also it is the same issue I have with Pocketcasts because I don't pay a premium account and only sometimes I want to listen on the desktop.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

This is my main concern too.

Also AntennaPod seems to be worse than Google Podcast at Bluetooth connections going into standby during conversational pauses creating jilted cutoffs.

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[–] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've been using Samsung Dex or Windows 11's Phone Link to open the app on my desktop.

[–] Kir@feddit.it 2 points 11 months ago

it's a good workaround, but not a complete solution

[–] AgnosticMammal@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Scrcpy now has audio forwarding too.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Gpodder2go has your back.

https://github.com/oxtyped/gpodder2go

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[–] larouxn@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Have always been curious about AntennaPod. Was about to switch from PocketCasts earlier this year but turns out PocketCasts became open source a little over a year ago, October 2022.

https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/

Still curious about AntennaPod but PocketCasts has been and continues to work super well and has a web/desktop (PWA) client so may just stick with it. Mobile app repos below btw.

https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

PocketCasts seems a bit more expensive than I'd like.

[–] larouxn@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's usable for free though I'm not sure to what degree since I picked up a one time payment lifetime plus subscription some years ago. I see it's sadly now only free or monthly subscription. 😔

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

guess I missed the boat on that one.

[–] Carter@feddit.uk 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I use AntennaPod as it's the best Foss option but it's very buggy.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I never had a single bug, please report bugs?

[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's my experience too. Never seen a single bug or crash.

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[–] Greenpepper@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I liked it but until an annoying bug drove me to Podverse which is also pretty good.

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[–] YeeHaw@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So people are actually using Google Podcasts? It's a pretty shit app for the use case.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

How so? It has fit my use case better than any other podcast app in the last 15 years.

[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

It's so basic, which is precisely why I like it.

[–] YeeHaw@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Ok, I just revisited it after a few years, and it seems kinda decent now, altho it's still pretty ugly. Back when I first tried it when it launched, it was as barebones as it could be. Adding new podcasts sucked, it had no trim silence option, no web app etc. Still tho, Pocket Casts is ahead of it even today.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

not for long since it's being shut down in 2024 :P

[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never understand why people choose formats meant for local consumption and then use centralized cloud services to consume it. Podcasts aren't the only example. RSS feed readers and git are others. If you want synchronization across devices, then use either a plain cloud storage or something even better - like syncthing.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Syncthing? How can I use syncthing to mimic the behavior of google podcasts?

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

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[–] marty_relaxes@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Auto-downloads work wonderfully here and can even be set per-podcast which is such a nice feature.

Not saying this to denigrate your experience but to perhaps soften the 'is horrific' notion into somewhat more of a 'does not work for you' one. Otherwise, I suppose Pocket Casts is also open source nowadays - or has always been and I did not notice? But that was a reasonably good alternative for me as well before I switched to AntennaPod.

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[–] mudeth@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also sometimes it just literally does nothing. Push the play button and nothing at all happens.

That's a bug with the notification/lockscreen widget AFAICT. Pressing play on the main player window should work. This is the most serious bug I've found. It's quite a promising player otherwise.

I'm happy to know that Pocketcasts is OS now, that was my player of choice before trying to jump to Antennapod.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that bug is super unfortunate, it has been working flawlessly for me for years, this has only been an issue since the last update or two.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, that will be a better experience than Google Podcasts in 2024. Always looking for better options. Let me know if you know of any.

[–] Xero@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never had an issue with this. And no, I don't know how to help you. Contacting the devs would be your best hope.

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[–] sim642@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Visit takeout.google.com and select Google Podcasts to export your Google Podcasts data in OPML format.

I wonder when that became a thing. I migrated at the beginning of the year and had to manually add all subscriptions because Google Podcasts had no way of exporting anything.

I guess someone made a GDPR complaint.

[–] brambledog@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Antennapod is good enough and has a widget, but to be honest, it needs to be a lot better.

They need to implement podcast discovery. Just showing 20 separate podcasts with nothing else is clearly not enough.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lack of discovery is the least of my issues with AntennaPod, but that would be nice too.

[–] aedyr@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This has been a great alternative for me so far. Very straightforward and functional.

[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

I'm also looking into podverse

[+] SamXavia@kbin.run 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] maeries@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That's the advantage of solutions like antenna pod. There just isn't any platform that could be shut down

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use podverse. Technically, you could use google podcasts like a search engine and just subscribe directly to the podcast's rss feed.

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[–] FQQD@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

works fine

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