Potentially stupid question re: podcasts
Posted: Wed, 9. Oct 19, 16:50
So I found a podcast I'd like to listen to, it has 80 episodes or so but only the latest 20 or so are showing up in the RSS feed.
I understand that it isn't unusual for creators to limit their RSS feeds in such a manner but most of my chosen ones to date either don't or don't have enough episodes that it matters.
My question is: If I want to start from the beginning (which is the only way this show makes sense), how the hell do I listen to the old episodes on my phone in a way that DOESN'T require a constant connection to the internet?
The podcast has weblinks that go directly to an MP3 of each episodes, which is great.
- My podcast app won't open these, it only accepts RSS feeds
- My browser will, but there appears to be no way of permanently downloading the file. . . it lasts for as long as the browser is open, as soon as you close (or minimise) and reopen it starts the download over, seemingly forgetting it must already have it in a cache somewhere.
- I had a look at the various preinstalled Apple music things (which thus far I've never even touched), thinking they must basically just be an .mp3 player, but of course they are all irrevocably linked to various Apple services and won't allow anything else to be downloaded or played through them.
What the hell do I do? Do I need another 3rd party App? If so which one?
Baiscally I just want to give it a URL, have it download the file it points to so I can listen to it at my leisure offline. Just like my podcast app does from the RSS feeds.
I understand that it isn't unusual for creators to limit their RSS feeds in such a manner but most of my chosen ones to date either don't or don't have enough episodes that it matters.
My question is: If I want to start from the beginning (which is the only way this show makes sense), how the hell do I listen to the old episodes on my phone in a way that DOESN'T require a constant connection to the internet?
The podcast has weblinks that go directly to an MP3 of each episodes, which is great.
- My podcast app won't open these, it only accepts RSS feeds
- My browser will, but there appears to be no way of permanently downloading the file. . . it lasts for as long as the browser is open, as soon as you close (or minimise) and reopen it starts the download over, seemingly forgetting it must already have it in a cache somewhere.
- I had a look at the various preinstalled Apple music things (which thus far I've never even touched), thinking they must basically just be an .mp3 player, but of course they are all irrevocably linked to various Apple services and won't allow anything else to be downloaded or played through them.
What the hell do I do? Do I need another 3rd party App? If so which one?
Baiscally I just want to give it a URL, have it download the file it points to so I can listen to it at my leisure offline. Just like my podcast app does from the RSS feeds.