Podcini.X - Podcast instrument vs YTDLnis
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Podcini.X - Podcast instrument
Podcini, an open source podcast instrument, attuned to Puccini, adorned with pasticcini and aromatized with porcini, invites your harmonious heartbeats. Do I hear your heartbeats? Great! Common functionalities of a podcast player are well-supported: Search, discover and subscribe to podcasts, by keywords, simple RSS URLs, or OPML files. Download, stream or queue episodes, and enjoy them the way you like with adjustable playback speeds. Save effort, battery power and mobile data usage with powerful automation controls for auto-downloading/auto-enqueuing episodes. If the feed contains no media (plain RSS feed), Text-to-Speech engine is used to play the text. Listening progress can be instantly synced through a NextCloud server or across devices in the same Wi-Fi network without a server. So what's special with this podcast app among the many? Well, aside from doing the above well, the following make it stand out: It's open sourced, free to use and free of ads, free as in beer and free as in speech! It takes advantage of modern frameworks to be efficient and conserve energy. In addition to subscriptions, it allows you to create your own synthetic podcasts to compile your interested episodes from various sources to better focus on your interests. While the list of episodes (filtered and sorted by you) in each podcast serves a natural playlist for you, it also empowers you with multiple queues each associable with any podcasts to group similar contents for better listening. On any podcast/episode, you can assign 5 levels of rating allowing you to make better decisions on where to put your attention. You have 12 levels of play states (like to play soon, play again, etc) to better plan and enhance your listening experiences. You can also keep your personal notes with your opinions/comments on each podcast/episode. It has sophisticated sorting and filtering options for you to better select contents. When you unsubscribe a podcast, it allows you to preserve your important episodes of the podcast in a synthetic feed. It keeps a record of your unsubscribed podcasts and notifies you if you unknowingly try to re-subscribe to some. It caches streamed audio for seamless local rewind and replay. You can record audio clips or mark positions on any episodes for better review. You can also set selected episodes related for better grouping. Sure, you can play any episodes in your car's speakers. And, it's not all about audio, video is well handled. You can cast the audio/video to Chromecast speakers/screens. Some other podcast players can also do all of the above? Join the Podcini community! Podcini is under active development by volunteers. You can contribute too, with code, comments or improvements. See source code on github.com/XilinJia/Podcini.X
YTDLnis
YTDLnis lets you download audio/video files from more than 1000 websites, and offers a lot of features. For example: process playlists - edit every playlist item separately just like in a normal download item. - select a common format for all items and/or select multiple audio formats in case you are downloading them as a video - select a download path for all items - select a filename template for all items - batch update download type to audio/video/custom command in one click - queue downloads and schedule them by date and time - you can also schedule multiple items at the same time - download multiple items at the same time - use custom commands and templates or go full yt-dlp mode with a built in terminal - you can backup and restore templates, so you can share with your buddies COOKIES support - Log in with your accounts and download private/unavailable videos, unlock premium formats etc. Different ways of modifying the file - cut videos based on timestamps and video chapters (This yt-dlp feature is experimental on the original project) - you can make unlimited cuts - remove sponsorblock elements from the item - embed them as a chapters in your video - embed subtitles/metadata/chapters etc - modify metadata such as title and author - split item into separate files depending on its chapters - select different download formats Other features - bottom card right from the share menu, no need to open the app - you can create a txt file and fill it with links/playlists/search queries separate by a new line and the app will process them - search or insert a link from the app - you can stack searches so you can process them at the same time - log downloads in case of problems - re-download cancelled or failed downloads - you can use gestures to swipe left to redownload and right to delete - you can long click the redownload button in the details sheet to show the download card for more functionality - incognito mode when you don't want to save a download history or logs - quick download mode - download immediately without having to wait for data to process. Turn off the bottom card and it will instantly start - open / share downloaded files right from the finished notification - most yt-dlp features are implemented, suggestions are welcome - Material You interface - Theming options - Backup and restore features. (Almost everything can be backed up) - MVVM Architecture w/ WorkManager
| Feature | Podcini.X - Podcast instrument | YTDLnis |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | Media PlayerPodcastVideoBrowser | Media PlayerVideoBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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