Category Archives: Bashpodder

This version of bashpodder is deprecated. If you want something with this functionality go to peapodpy.org. I've cleaned up and re-structured the script to make it easier to read and maintain. Bashpodder is also now smart enough to detect your … Continue reading →

After putting it off for quite some time I've finally updated btpodder.py to work against BitTorrent version 4. So you no longer have to use an old-fashioned version of BitTorrent to get bashpodder to supoort bittorrent downloads. The new btpodder. … Continue reading →

Ooh, lots of bug-fixes in this release. As the number of feeds I'm subscribed to has increased so have the number of weird RSS parsing bugs. Slacker Astronomy put line-feeds in their enclosures, which is legal but unexpected. Anyway the … Continue reading →

[updated 2006] this version of bashpodder is only kept around for historical reasons. If you are looking for a command-line podcatcher that supports bittorrent then try Peapod. This is superior in every way to bashpodder and is being actively maintained. … Continue reading →

So my hacky little python script to download bittorrent feeds in a more scripting friendly manner is working perfectly now. A number of people have mentioned that they think this would be a generally helpful thing to have so I'm … Continue reading →

Bashpodder, in case you are not already familiar with it, is a command line tool for downloading podcasts. I like it because it's unintrusive and can be run from a cron job. Which means when I get home in the … Continue reading →