NAME
podbeuter - a podcast download manage for text terminals
SYNOPSIS
podbeuter [-C configfile] [-q queuefile] [-a] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
podbeuter is a podcast manager for text terminals. It is a helper
program to newsbeuter which queues podcast downloads into a file. These
queued downloads can then be download with newsbeuter.
OPTIONS
-h
Display help
-C configfile
Use an alternative configuration file
-q queuefile
Use an alternative queue file
-a
Start automatic download of all queued files on startup
PODCAST SUPPORT
A podcast is a media file distributed over the internet using
syndication feeds such as RSS, for later playback on portable players
or computers. Newsbeuter contains support for downloading and saving
podcasts. This support differs a bit from other podcast aggregators or
"podcatchers" in how it is done.
Podcast content is transported in RSS feeds via special tags called
"enclosures". Newsbeuter recognizes these enclosures and stores the
relevant information for every podcast item it finds in an RSS feed.
Since version 2.0, it also recognizes and handles the Yahoo Media RSS
extensions. What the user then can do is to add the podcast download
URL to a download queue. Alternatively, newsbeuter can be configured to
automatically do that. This queue is stored in the file
$HOME/.newsbeuter/queue.
The user can then use the download manager "podbeuter" to download
these files to a directory on the local filesystem. Podbeuter comes
with the newsbeuter package, and features a look and feel very close to
the one of newsbeuter. It also shares the same configuration file.
Podcasts that have been downloaded but haven´t been played yet remain
in the queue but are marked as downloaded. You can remove them by
purging them from the queue with the P key. After you´ve played a file
and close podbeuter, it will be removed from the queue. The downloaded
file remains on the filesystem.
CONFIGURATION COMMANDS
download-path (parameters: <path>; default value: ~/)
Specifies the directory where podbeuter shall download the files
to. Optionally, the placeholders "%n" (for the podcast feed´s name)
and "%h" (for the podcast feed´s hostname) can be used to place
downloads in a directory structure. (example: download-path
"~/Downloads/%h/%n")
max-downloads (parameters: <number>; default value: 1)
Specifies the maximum number of parallel downloads when automatic
download is enabled. (example: max-downloads 3)
player (parameters: <player command>; default value: "")
Specifies the player that shall be used for playback of downloaded
files. (example: player "mp3blaster")
FILES
$HOME/.newsbeuter/config
$HOME/.newsbeuter/queue
SEE ALSO
newsbeuter(1). The documentation that comes with newsbeuter is a good
source about the general use and configuration of newsbeuter´s podcast
support.
AUTHORS
Andreas Krennmair <ak@newsbeuter.org>, for contributors see AUTHORS
file.
NOTES
1. ak@newsbeuter.org
mailto:ak@newsbeuter.org
03/03/2010