Podcast Retrieval

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Rivendell can post podcasts, but as far as I can tell, it cannot retrieve them. However with the ability to automate the shell command of your choice, this and much more is possible.

For this setup will will use the podget command line podcast client. Get it at http://podget.sourceforge.net/ Installation is distrubution specifc, but podget is one of the easiest things you can install.

For simplicity's sake we will assume our podget executable is at /usr/local/bin/podget, and the configuration files will be stored in /etc. Create and move the defaults:

podget

hit CTRL+c once it gives you feedback, get the appropriate permissions and move the new conifguration files;

mv ~/.podget /etc/podget

Edit /etc/podget/podgetrc and change these vaules to somewhere that you will remember later.

# Directory where to store downloaded files
dir_library=/mnt/scratch/drop/podget

# Directory to store logs in
dir_log=/var/log/podget
# Don't try this one without the right permssions.

Edit your /etc/podget/serverlist file

http://www.fsrn.org/taxonomy/term/3/0/feed      fsrn    headlines
http://www.fsrn.org/taxonomy/term/4/0/feed      fsrn    newscast

In these two lines the first collum is the feed we fetch, the second a folder in dir_library, and the third a subfolder in the previous folder. The podcasts will end up is this last folder, so make drop boxes to pick up these files when they finish.

Now create a macro cart with this line:

RN  /usr/local/bin/podget --dir_config /etc/podget --silent!

Schedule this in rdcatch and rivendell will start downloading podcast to the previously mentioned "dir_library".