• Kir@feddit.it
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    11 months ago

    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.

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      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.

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      11 months ago

      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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        11 months ago

        I have not experienced that, but have you tried the Skip silence in audio feature? It does a good job removing pauses in audio which would hopefully solve the problem you are experiencing.

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          11 months ago

          I’m typically looking to entertain myself with a podcast and skipping silence would be like cutting parts of scenes in a movie because “nothing is happening”.

          It’s probably more of an issue with the cheap Bluetooth devices I’ve tried to use.

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            11 months ago

            Sorry I still don’t see the issue.

            Aren’t those skip silence trimmers just a few seconds of nothing?

            I have always had them on with Pocket Casts and honestly I wouldn’t know better 😅

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              11 months ago

              Some people don’t mind watching syndicated reruns of TV sitcoms that have been sped up to provide more time for commercial breaks. I find that it ruins the experience for me. Conversations have natural pauses and cutting them out in a podcast similarly ruins the experience for me. Google podcasts has this feature and I intentionally don’t use the feature.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t use sync but it has an option for “cloud sync” in the settings, “gpodder.net” and “gpoddersync” seem to be the only two options but maybe one of those will work.