09-09-2014, 06:20 PM
In your experience, what is the best application for downloading & playing podcasts on LL2?
I have tried both 'Rhythmbox' and 'Clementine 1.2.3.', and have heard of 'Banshee' but haven't tried it.
Clementine is superb: I love the way it lists all the RSS feeds to choose from on the the BBC, and you just click on the ones that interest you and Clementine downloads them. It is less straightforward with Rhythmbox, where you need to copy and past the URL of the RSS of interest into the application. In my view, the preset volume range for Rhythmbox is much better calibrated, being similar to the sound levels that most Youtube videos (which I watch a lot) run at.
In contrast, Clementine runs very quietly both on LL2 and on two other distros that I tried it on - I had to turn the sound levels right up to near maximum to hear it at a comfortably audible level. And there's the problem... one time that I did this, I forgot to turn the sound levels back down when I went back to watching Youtube videos, and consequently my laptop speakers got blasted. The result is that the speakers got damaged, to the extent that I am unable to enjoy listening to music on my laptop's speakers.
I am interested to hear any views/comments/recommendations based on your own experiences with podcasts.
Many thanks.
Regards
Mike
I have tried both 'Rhythmbox' and 'Clementine 1.2.3.', and have heard of 'Banshee' but haven't tried it.
Clementine is superb: I love the way it lists all the RSS feeds to choose from on the the BBC, and you just click on the ones that interest you and Clementine downloads them. It is less straightforward with Rhythmbox, where you need to copy and past the URL of the RSS of interest into the application. In my view, the preset volume range for Rhythmbox is much better calibrated, being similar to the sound levels that most Youtube videos (which I watch a lot) run at.
In contrast, Clementine runs very quietly both on LL2 and on two other distros that I tried it on - I had to turn the sound levels right up to near maximum to hear it at a comfortably audible level. And there's the problem... one time that I did this, I forgot to turn the sound levels back down when I went back to watching Youtube videos, and consequently my laptop speakers got blasted. The result is that the speakers got damaged, to the extent that I am unable to enjoy listening to music on my laptop's speakers.
I am interested to hear any views/comments/recommendations based on your own experiences with podcasts.
Many thanks.
Regards
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work