This setting prevents podcast downloads over carrier networks it also helps prevent extortionist-rate overage charges appearing on monthly phone bills. No other podcast app has all of the features I want, and the premium fee is well worth it given how much I. It’s fast, responsive, intuitive, and beautiful. It's also a great way to discover new podcasts.
Stephen Glasskeysīelow the icon, podcast settings can be set to only allow downloads over Wi-Fi connection. This is 'the' way to handle your podcast subscriptions.
To see the full list of episodes, I tap the tiny hamburger button next to the podcast image. Leaving overview, I flip to the podcasts section. I swipe up from the bottom and tap the pin to start option, this creates a tile link to the podcast on the home screen. The podcast loads: Image, author name, and description fill the screen. Stephen Glasskeysīack in the Podcasts app, I paste the link into the Get Podcasts textbox. I tap and hold the button, and select copy link. So, after changing the preference setting and refreshing the page, the Grab our RSS feed button is visible. This in turn, modifies the useragent string, tricking webservers into believing web requests from Windows Phone are being made from a desktop computer. IE's settings allow a user to set the Website preference setting to desktop version. Luckily, Internet Explorer for Windows Phone contains a built-in solution to this problem. But for reasons unknown, this button is hidden for mobile users. I need to get the podcast's RSS link, using the "Grab our RSS" feed button visible to desktop browsers. To my dismay, I discover the Subscribe button only works with iTunes.
In this tutorial I will show how to use the Windows Phone Podcasts app, how to search for feeds, and how to add RSS links manually for feeds not found by the search tool. To make matters worse, if you open the podcast's home page in a browser, it may display only the iTunes subscription link, incorrectly assuming all mobile browsers are able to handle as Safari does on the iPhone or iPad. Some guys that were formerly on the Zune team actually got together and built an app called PODCASTS that handles the job pretty well. Occasionally, the search tool won't be able to find a podcast. Windows Phone includes a built-in Podcasts app, packed with features, one being a search tool to help users find podcast feeds. This content data, is then opened using a media player embedded in the client app, or other apps like mp3 players. From the start, podcast creators have shared content utilizing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) links, read by client apps, which then pull or stream podcast data from the cloud to the user's listening device. Podcasts are talk radio or news programs syndicated over the internet, usually viewed on or listened to with a computer or mobile phone.