Podcast android

Just looking at my phone ...
I see in the storage/emulated/0/Podcasts folder

a Pocketcasts subfolder

In that folder I find further subfolders:

custom_episodes
downloadTmp
images
network_images
opml_import
podcast_thumbnails
podcasts
podcasts.html

in the podcasts folder there are all of the .mp3 files ... although with some very strange naming convention.
There are no more subfolders in here separating the different programs/artists/broadcasters etc

A Google Cast partnership would solve this, simple. When is it going to happen?

Iif I have PodcastAddict keep in the non-SD location, I can choose to put the podcasts in the Podcasts directory, but they are placed in subdirectories, and Sonos does not search the subdirectories.

But if you keep the podcasts in the SD, then Sonos cannot find the podcasts.

Since late December, I have requested that Sonos update their podcast page
https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2198

and admit that there aren't any Android podcast apps which work with Sonos.

I also requested that Sonos fix the problem.

Sonos finally answered:

If so, we make no claim to allowing sub-directories of the Podcasts folder available to Sonos. At this time the Podcast files must directly reside in the Podcasts folder.

though they aren't will to fix their web page.

I use PodcastAddict, then copy files to the top level Podcasts directory using the File Manager app. This is very painful.

Here is a solution for Podcast Addict.

There is a Podcast Addict option which says:

Share with other apps
Allow other apps like Google music, Sonos, ... to see and index your downloaded podcasts

When this option is chosen
and Podcast Addict is downloaded into /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts
then I can find the podcasts within Sonos, even though the the podcasts are stored in subdirectories.

I don't understand why Sonos cannot find podcasts when stored in the SD.

However, this option allows me to use Podcast Addict and Sonos together.

I do not understand why Sonos is so reluctant to address Podcasts problems.

I mean it is quite simple. They can simply parse and scan a directory/folder and check the sub-directories if necessary. I don't understand this.

I put Sonos all over my apartment and then I have this very annoying limitation.

If you do this, it is not necessarily playing the Mp3, might be streaming the podcast fresh, and then you can't fast-forward...

Here is a solution for Podcast Addict.

There is a Podcast Addict option which says:

Share with other apps
Allow other apps like Google music, Sonos, ... to see and index your downloaded podcasts

When this option is chosen
and Podcast Addict is downloaded into /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts
then I can find the podcasts within Sonos, even though the the podcasts are stored in subdirectories.

I don't understand why Sonos cannot find podcasts when stored in the SD.

However, this option allows me to use Podcast Addict and Sonos together.

Bumping this because I still have this option, even though I've changed the storage location of the podcasts in Podcast Addict and checked the field that "allows access" to other apps.

I've even tried copying the files into the "correct" directory but still can't see anything.

Does anyone have a consistent reliable solution?

I have been using this option for quite a while now. Podcastaddict installed on adopted SD (not officially supported to podcastadict, but it works). Then share, and I can podcasts under "On this mobile device/Podcasts"