John Spurlock

Working on podcast stuff 👨‍💻

currently 👉 https://op3.dev

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[email protected]

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relay.mostr.pub

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2024-08-26 21:42:02

‘Ironically, Apple Podcasts had video support very early on – if memory serves, they touted it at one point on the old video iPods! But they completely failed to see how big of a thing it would become’
https://spyglass.org/pod-is-dead/

2024-08-25 23:24:33

thanks for boost @npub1v39…vmpf
I came across something new when testing your profile
https://browser.pub/@[email protected]
looks like you have one featured post (ie "pinned" post in Mastodon), but it 404s?
never seen this before - curious how one gets into this situation, might be a Mastodon bug

2024-08-04 23:31:08

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@npub1pwl…5qzr what are the downsides for non-cheaters?

2024-08-04 05:11:09

‘followership’

2024-07-23 16:52:25

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@npub17d6…v8qz nice! Will always love Java and battleship gray apps in any language.
Did you do this with javafx?

2024-07-19 14:17:01

‘move fast and break things’

2024-07-14 22:11:44

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@npub1psa…xhme yea the cool thing about that FEP is that it doesn't require Mastodon support per se, it maintains the old PropertyValue items in the meantime in addition to the valid/better items

2024-07-11 18:03:27

@npub10fp…qqev did you put this copy of Podnews Extra into the index?
Looks like it's hosted by truefans, and it has a new podcast guid, but points to the same underlying enclosures
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/768/696/632/869/684/original/da80eec97554b58a.png

2024-07-10 19:42:51

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@npub1jtm…rxtn just curious, why do you want to move email away from Google? I find it's worth it for the spam filtering alone, plus the good cross-platform clients

2024-07-05 17:09:32

for $20 billion a year, couldn't you pay folks to go around and change their friends' default browser?
https://9to5google.com/2024/07/05/google-iphone-apps-report/

2024-07-03 17:53:07

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If you happen to be a user-agent enjoyer, this is a fun read
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/723/360/593/738/775/original/67da1793e8fcc4c3.png

2024-07-03 15:41:23

‘To help preserve a safe Internet for content creators, we’ve just launched a brand new “easy button” to block all AI bots
It’s available for all customers, including those on our free tier.’
https://blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-block-ai-bots-scrapers-and-crawlers-with-a-single-click

2024-07-02 01:40:42

‘Podcasts have remained free far longer than they should have (per unit of output, they are a relatively expensive form of journalism) because of the lack of sophistication hard-coded into their DNA.
But the end of the RSS era, the end of Podcasting 1.0, has made it harder to justify the assumption that a podcast should be free at the point of access. And if podcasts aren’t free, what is?’
https://nickfthilton.medium.com/the-new-york-times-demonstrate-the-bifurcation-of-the-podcast-industry-6f34a0722118

2024-07-01 19:57:22

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yes that is a 1.2 terabyte json log file

2024-07-01 19:56:50

upgrading my umbrel today, noticed disk was full for the first time (by "umbrel system")
think I figured it out
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/712/518/688/085/472/original/9012e945be6d223b.png

2024-06-29 16:23:07

never thought I'd live to see the day...
Jon Stewart shilling ZipRecruiter in his own voice 🤦‍♂️
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/700/355/416/638/551/original/cd0199413e754ef7.mp3

2024-06-27 20:02:38

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@npub1qmh…cvs0 do you navigate from the tv app? or cast/airplay?
I'm not a regular youtube enjoyer

2024-06-27 17:23:26

‘We’re not talking about your mobile phone, your laptop, that I’m sure you see your kids using all the time, but on the biggest screen in the house, the TV. Every media executive has to be paying attention.’
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/26/youtube-streaming-dominance-media-strategy.html

2024-06-25 22:59:08

‘In February this year, a Chinese company bought the domain and the Github account. Since then, this domain was caught injecting malware on mobile devices via any site that embeds cdn.polyfill.io.’
https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack

2024-06-25 18:18:07

I feel a great disturbance in the engineered.network force...
@npub1t4v…feyv did you change all of your item guids by any chance?

2024-06-24 19:41:50

oh rly
(from ios 18 beta 2 release notes)
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/672/827/530/662/781/original/a50b10ec1030ab08.png

2024-06-24 16:28:23

‘ The rise of advertising may be a windfall for streaming services, but the quest for the mass audiences that advertisers seek risks turning the streaming landscape into a sea of police procedurals and hospital dramas punctuated by major sports events and blockbuster concerts.
Ironically, that’s pretty much the old model once dominated by the four ad-supported broadcast networks.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/technology/netflix-amazon-disney-sony-streaming.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.VIYP.cJ-7b4QQ6jEm&smid=url-share

2024-06-21 18:37:57

lol the apple podcasts ios changes are still causing havoc out there
🎧 clip via https://audioboom.com/posts/8525957-playing-with-fire-stalked
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/655/585/383/947/524/original/6ce758999407fad7.mp3

2024-06-21 17:04:36

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This goes for video hosting as well. Hosting video (especially thanks to widespread HLS) is possible for much less than it was 20 years ago.

2024-06-21 16:59:48

On further reflection, the notion of podcast hosts or podcast apps going first with new podcast tags is really not a chicken and the egg problem at all.
Of course the hosts have to go first. It's not an excuse that no apps support this new tag or that, it's _expected_ that no apps support it right away.
Only way to guarantee no apps will ever support it is for hosts never to make the first step.

2024-06-20 20:23:41

http://scripting.com/2024/06/20.html
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/650/342/377/383/504/original/cbd32c93cbe8af6c.png

2024-06-17 23:32:39

@npub1ln5…xyw6, do you have a contact over at audiomeans? They are really going insane with podping updates that don't represent new episodes
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/634/096/918/770/344/original/96b538433ab5bb73.png

2024-06-17 18:13:04

Hey Mike @npub1ecg…6d4z - this feed is still failing validation
https://autohistorypodcast.com/feed/podcast/
Can you fix your alternateEnclosure type attribute?
length has been changed to recommended so that's not as big a deal
https://validator.livewire.io/?validate=https://autohistorypodcast.com/feed/podcast/

2024-06-16 14:33:03

‘They said they would rather wait for the right product than for a bad accessibility project to be rushed out.
“I respect that. Having captions and transcriptions that are inaccurate just defeats the purpose,” said Shelburne.’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/15/apple-podcast-transcription-feature

2024-06-16 00:12:46

oh cool, the podcast "ULID" information site has been updated!
https://www.podcastlistening.com/

2024-06-13 17:06:48

👀 Headliner's Eddy editor tool now supports automatically generating podcast:chapters and podcast:transcript tags!
https://mailchi.mp/headliner.app/headliner-weekly-newsletter-podcasting-20-op3

2024-06-12 01:05:37

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 wonder what user-agent it sends
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/600/488/793/753/230/original/981f057656101f8e.png

2024-06-10 20:51:42

after watching the whole thing, legit most excited for the new Control Center API and customization #wwdc

2024-06-09 17:54:05

‘These are not databases. They do not produce precise factual answers to questions, and they are probabilistic systems, not deterministic. LLMs today cannot give me a completely and precisely accurate answer to this question.’
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2024/6/8/building-ai-products

2024-06-08 19:29:53

‘These tech companies seem to believe we are as enthusiastic about every change they make as they are.
Sorry, we are not, no matter how big a smile a company representative is wearing when they talk about it’
https://pxlnv.com/blog/anti-trust-in-tech/

2024-06-05 17:25:12

day 2 of libsyn stats outage
https://status.libsyn.com/notices/n15gmuwleisecczp-degraded-stats-processing-performance
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/564/706/209/273/134/original/d18ce16be3b82105.png

2024-06-05 17:20:28

I guess I'm in the one percent here - I listen to podcasts precisely so I can skip the ads (and pay for ad-free streaming tv etc) - but I don't email the shows about it
Surprising how many others apparently don't like them but 'tolerate' instead of skip?
https://soundsprofitable.com/article/my-audience-wont-tolerate-advertising/
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/564/687/362/047/688/original/c8b34969b256a917.png

2024-06-03 23:33:38

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@npub1jtm…rxtn en-gb is also easier for me since I can easily provide defaults, which is more dicey in the others

2024-06-02 23:33:30

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@npub19v7…al4a yea you have to do the normal cloudflare nameserver setup on them (free), but you don't have use their registrar to actually buy the domains and manage the whois

2024-06-02 23:30:55

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@npub19v7…al4a hehe they are all scams if you look at them from their bad side
I just like that many players compete on a pretty common service protocol (S3 api) and I can reuse most of my client code

2024-06-02 23:23:44

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@npub19v7…al4a yea it's confusing but recently cloudflare also has a registrar service (can register your domains through them).
But this is a completely separate service, and by no means necessary to use R2

2024-06-01 18:37:42

New data! updated my ranking of the top 3rd-party podcast analytics services, based on the share of the 1.9 million new episodes published in May 2024
Added an additional graph without the top 2 (Podtrac & Chartable) to see the others - like Podscribe's steady share gain over the last few months
https://livewire.io/podcast-trackers-by-episode-share/

2024-05-31 22:05:49

Google rolls back AI search tool after prompting users to eat rocks
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/05/31/google-rolls-back-ai-search-tool-after-prompting-users-to-eat-rocks.html

2024-05-31 17:01:45

‘The motto for the podcasting community as it was booting up in 2004 was "users and developers party together."’
http://scripting.com/2024/05/31/123255.html?title=techIsAboutPeople

2024-05-30 22:18:03

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@npub1jtm…rxtn 45 minute target is great!
releasing full interviews ahead of time on the extra feed is also nice - accommodates listeners in all time budgets

2024-05-25 15:34:01

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 fascinating, age seems to correlate with medium much more than message

2024-05-22 18:27:44

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looks to be mostly representing as Android browsers, with "referer" headers like this
(a bunch of referring domains like us.vilitram.com, us.moders.co, eu.illuminous.xyz)
with paths like: /nty/postback/click?key=v2-1716394611865-4-10183-1347162-394028aa-5a5b-6ad4-6627-f4539920628e
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/485/664/674/784/134/original/702e1a4219a4ec1d.png

2024-05-22 18:22:22

Whoa, one episode measured by OP3 hosted on Megaphone getting absolutely drilled
Never seen anything like this before
last 2 days of valid redirects by hostname for comparison
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/485/652/671/940/834/original/1a49025132b76d81.png

2024-05-18 19:50:30

Just pushed an update to https://validator.livewire.io to add support for the recent changes to the podcast namespace snuck in there pre-phase 7:
- channel-level podcast:socialInteract
- podcast:chat
- podcast:publisher
- publisher feeds (channel-level podcast:remoteItem)

2024-05-15 17:11:44

‘The only thing that matters, the only that truly matters is our relationships. It matters that our families are healthy, and that the interoperability of our various digital tools and sales platforms provide efficient data tracking and unparalleled identity management. That’s it.’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-disney-upfronts-jokes-1235899131/

2024-05-14 23:37:04

@npub1jtm…rxtn is the "keysend" attribute in the podnews feed documented anywhere?
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/441/596/636/635/592/original/c6d25823280a05d5.png

2024-05-14 18:54:59

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 looks like podcast:chat snuck in there too

2024-05-14 18:48:16

@npub1ln5…xyw6 Did some tags slip through the phase process and leak into the namespace? I don't see a phase 7 section on the readme, but somehow a tag called publisher is now in the namespace doc
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/440/457/457/562/361/original/d1889c75aadc9895.png

2024-05-10 17:44:58

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Can reproduce by using an iPhone, going to https://validator.livewire.io, searching for podnews daily, and long-pressing -> share on any enclosure link there

2024-05-10 17:43:46

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Bingo - it's the same flow (long press on a link to the enclosure url -> share
Except on iOS you don't have to share it anywhere - hits it immediately when all of the targets are presented
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/417/556/054/035/890/original/da1cb057652cea3e.png

2024-05-10 17:15:18

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doh - so close
this is right clicking a link in Safari (MacOS), hitting share to Notes
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/417/444/458/827/112/original/7d6364137aff5dd2.png

2024-05-10 16:43:07

Alright, going to take another swing at finding the source of the "SharingUIService" user-agent in iOS
New as of iOS17
Internet is of absolutely no help
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/417/314/020/213/607/original/3ac8057fffe2666d.png

2024-05-07 01:55:24

‘Project ACDC has been in the works for several years and it is uncertain when the new chip will be unveiled, if ever.’
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-is-developing-ai-chips-for-data-centers-seeking-edge-in-arms-race-0bedd2b2?st=46fo2mggoqvt7s5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

2024-05-06 00:45:28

one of the slickest run-llms-locally-in-the-browser demos I've seen
private mistral / llama 3 / others run great in a browser tab on a macbook air (leverages webgpu)
https://secretllama.com/

2024-05-02 01:54:31

‘Truly embarrassing for Spotify that it is recommending stuff like this, and not for the first time.’
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/spotify-ai-generated-music/

2024-04-30 17:23:57

‘These AI-based products are at the apex of this horrible trend, where the thing that you get at the beginning is borderline nonfunctional, compared to all of the promises’
https://youtu.be/ddTV12hErTc?t=846&si=XdKWr_t8t0kfXjTE

2024-04-25 00:17:18

‘The growth of NPR’s podcast business has also led to tension with its member stations. If local advertisers can reach public radio listeners directly through a podcast, why would they pay for a sponsorship on a member station?’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/business/media/npr-uri-berliner-diversity.html

2024-04-24 23:22:29

Facebook loses hundreds of billions in market cap after announcing ActivityPub support for Threads
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/328/288/093/128/379/original/131e62fcc4464252.png

2024-04-24 19:27:59

Ah, really nice overview diagram of the bluesky/atproto architecture & data flow
from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03239.pdf
via https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/327/372/110/617/349/original/879e762d1054d90f.png

2024-04-24 19:07:41

‘Podcasting and RSS in particular are unnecessarily wasting an appreciable portion of their bandwidth and CPU time, and adding to climate change. There are already several technical mechanisms that could help, but many participants are ignoring them.’
https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html

2024-04-23 17:27:45

‘$SPOT shares rose as much as 16% to $314.80 in New York, the biggest intraday gain since July 2022.
Spotify has been tweaking its business model to expand beyond music streaming into other audio entertainment categories such as audiobooks’
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-swings-profit-amid-boost-112806059.html

2024-04-18 00:07:44

New https://op3.dev release today!
- renamed the 'redirect-logs' api to 'hits' and rewired the internals
- added a new query for getting the monthly/weekly download averages for one or more shows
https://op3.dev/releases
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/288/835/902/329/429/original/bd7aeb6e91a9fc27.png

2024-04-15 01:46:50

‘We need our apps to work as well for fiction podcasts as they do “normal” podcasts.’
https://www.theend.fyi/article/unlocking-the-potential-of-fiction-podcasts-a-call-to-podcast-app-developers

2024-04-12 17:34:39

‘Mr. Mensch said he felt uncomfortable with Silicon Valley’s “very religious” fascination with the concept of artificial general intelligence.
I don’t believe in God. I’m a strong atheist. So I don’t believe in A.G.I.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/artificial-intelligence-mistral-france-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j00.G8zX.lqukAsOFhspc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=c

2024-04-09 23:25:50

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@npub1df6…ns3a who's to say they're not kicking both?
difference with podping is you have no clue who's listening
apple, spotify, and google could be for all we know

2024-04-09 23:05:07

‘Even so, I think the idea behind ActivityPub is a hopeful one. Over time, this could make social media more like podcasting; a world where you could use any app to follow and interact with any person on any other app.’
https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-the-podcast-landscape-is-a-mess

2024-04-06 23:12:00

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@npub19v7…al4a my takeaway from what he said: no, he won't surface transcripts in Overcast until he could do something similar in terms of breadth and quality

2024-04-06 20:19:50

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@npub19v7…al4a
You can listen to Marco's part here: https://podcastindex.social/@js/112221000118207377

2024-04-04 01:19:02

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@npub1n9j…nza0 using the flashing method?

2024-04-01 21:48:49

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 ok thanks, maybe you could publish the deaded feeds in another sqlite db file? I'm sure that would be helpful to many folks out there

2024-04-01 20:26:54

Has anyone gone through the "Raspberry Pi 4 to umbrelOS 1.0" process yet?
https://umbrel.com/update-to-umbrelos-1-0
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/197/368/740/486/943/original/387f315e69ce281d.png

2024-04-01 18:57:04

two channel elements!
feed: https://www.lse.ac.uk/assets/richmedia/webFeeds/serc_iTunesRssAudioOnlyLatest300.xml
just another day in paradise
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/197/014/620/271/848/original/182c1250ae9cad01.png

2024-03-31 03:07:45

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@npub1df6…ns3a yea that's great! now to encourage other self-hosters to do the same!
ideally podcast hosting companies would make this simple to do, ie part of the set of services that makes their paid feature set compelling

2024-03-30 18:32:09

The audio file was not, in fact, 14 gigs
just another day in paradise
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/185/828/204/334/490/original/2e7da21d69bb589a.png

2024-03-28 16:31:11

this podcast is not about New York, and then there's that geo
just another day in paradise
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/174/024/472/788/368/original/2a58c6c632117ce6.png

2024-03-22 20:35:04

Whelp, it looks like the threads.net #activitypub implementation does not expose the ActivityPub standard 'replies' property, useful to enumerate responses to a given node.
This makes every post essentially an island, no way to enumerate comment tree for things like future-podcasting cross-app-comments
Does anyone (maybe @npub1w7a…tpn3 or @npub1g8e…qdqf) have a contact over there that could help them get this wired up?
It can be as simple as an inline array of child uris
spec: 👉 https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-replies
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/140/988/160/061/852/original/8514dbeea7b4e72b.png

2024-03-20 22:52:30

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@npub1df6…ns3a Interesting, how you would translate the concept into 'merican?

2024-03-20 16:41:31

‘Here in the Netherlands, niksen means admitting to doing nothing, even though you should be doing something useful. It says a lot about today’s obsession with work that these days you have to read a book to learn to do nothing.’
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/hobby-free-time-capitalism-leisure/

2024-03-19 01:11:54

heads up @npub1ln5…xyw6 tons of spam feeds hit the index at around 13:00 central time
(enclosures 404ing)
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/119/452/437/927/353/original/5289a75afe45de9e.png

2024-03-19 00:43:31

heads up Barry @npub1tmc…zavv, I'm seeing the dup transcripts again
e.g. feed https://serve.podhome.fm/rss/c90e609a-df1e-596a-bd5e-57bcc8aad6cc
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/119/342/848/998/141/original/317767a8155e2ac2.png

2024-03-16 02:26:40

‘Per the filing, Disney suggests that Marvel and Star Wars have generated $13.2 billion and $11.6 billion in value, respectively, since their $4 billion acquisitions in 2009 and 2012.’
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-marvel-star-wars-franchise-return-on-investment/

2024-03-15 14:51:27

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@npub19v7…al4a @npub1ln5…xyw6 given the amount of llm-generated audio/chapters/show notes now hitting the world, I wonder if a common "ai-generated" attribute would make sense. Dave, didn't you mention something like that at some point?
A pipe dream, maybe - but it would greatly help apps for display and discovery purposes if the tags were accurate.

2024-03-14 17:12:51

‘The fact that people are syndicating full-length articles straight to the Fediverse _despite_ the poor UX — points to an interesting deer path to pave.’
– @npub1nd8…2zkd
https://werd.io/2024/seeking-a-first-class-fediverse-platform

2024-03-14 17:10:10

‘With this in mind, our team sought to find a way to add greater engagement to the living room, while still striking the right balance between interactivity and immersion.’
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/designing-a-richer-youtube-experience-for-your-tvs/

2024-03-14 16:37:35

Good job on @npub1zyl…mw3t Fountain here making their competitive analysis public
Paying for IAB-style downloads (ie listening to at least a bit of the podcast) seems like the right metric for most shows
https://fountainpodcasts.substack.com/p/buying-ads-to-grow-your-podcast-audience

2024-03-14 01:56:58

‘Our solution is the human evaluation word error rate (HEWER) metric. HEWER focuses on major errors, those that adversely impact readability, such as misspelled proper nouns, capitalization, and certain punctuation errors. HEWER ignores minor errors, such as filler words’
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/humanizing-wer

2024-03-13 16:45:34

‘In the latest version of YouTube Music, v6.43.52, Google has set the foundation for support for a “Trim Silence” feature.’
https://9to5google.com/2024/03/13/youtube-music-trim-silence-prep/

2024-03-13 16:31:07

‘Just look at what we’ve lost in each upgrade since OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard:’
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/features-lost-across-versions-of-macos/27037

2024-03-13 15:51:33

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@npub1zyl…mw3t is this a fountain-only thing? The chat tag in the feed appears to be pointing to matrix 🤔
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/088/937/758/739/809/original/a15c15e104d8e89f.png

2024-03-12 21:50:23

‘And I love the possibility for the Deaf-Blind community when now something could be available through a braille display for someone to be able to take in podcasts that way.’
Sarah Herrlinger briefly talks about Apple Podcasts transcripts during a larger discussion at SXSW https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1145861
(rarely do you get someone from Apple talking at a public non-Apple event)
🎧 clip about transcripts👇
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/084/657/164/764/754/original/2e0b4c3d2f3279e1.mp3

2024-03-12 15:40:04

‘Later this spring, Apple will add a new “Web Distribution” feature that lets developers distribute their iOS apps directly from their website.’
(for those that agree to the new business terms)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/12/iphone-app-store-changes-web-distribution-more/

2024-03-11 18:42:38

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@npub1yqw…wajx @npub1jtm…rxtn
looks like podscribe does not use an iframe like the others, but injects stuff into the hosting page directly, so that explains the referer thing

2024-03-11 18:34:09

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@npub1yqw…wajx @npub1jtm…rxtn
looks like all of them are ok except:
- justcast
- podfriend
- podscribe (which somehow sets the referer to podnews, the hosting page, unlike most widgets)

2024-03-09 03:18:56

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@npub1mvd…pqg5 @npub10fp…qqev @npub1zyl…mw3t @npub1vpk…092y @npub1s0l…zquj @npub1ln5…xyw6 @npub1df6…ns3a
Sorry, a "Range: bytes=0-" request is a request for the entire file
Take a look at the network requests sent in the network inspector in various browsers in various scenarios.
You don't control browser behavior in the metadata (default) case - this is why it's crucial for podcast web players to set preload="none"

2024-03-08 21:20:55

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@npub1mvd…pqg5 to be super clear, and really for any podcast web app developer:
you _must_ set the audio preload="none" in your player
otherwise every download stats system out there will completely exclude you when they find out
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/audio#preload
cc @npub10fp…qqev @npub1zyl…mw3t @npub1vpk…092y you might want to double check your web players