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darin.eastburn
Contributor I
July 8, 2014

Podcasts not showing up on Android/Sonos controler

  • July 8, 2014
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How can I play podcasts from an android phone. I have installed the apps that are supposed to work with Sonos (Pocket Casts and BeyondPod), but I can't get either to work. The Sonos instructions say that the podcasts have to be in the Podcast folder in the root directory. Is that the \storage\sdcard0\Podcasts directory? BeyondPod only lets you choose whether to save the podcasts on the internal or external cards. It does not let you select the directory. Pocket Casts lets you select the directory, but then it puts the podcasts files in a subdirectory of the one chosen. Trying both of these apps and multiple configurations, I still can't get the podcast to show up when I look on "this device".
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Pattricky
Lyricist III
August 21, 2015
hello, same problem.

after some tests, I found that Sonos found the mp3 just in the folder /Podcasts, but nothing in subfolder. and a lot of podcast program creates subfolders.

Sonos should change the program to browse in subfolders too
    Podcast Addict
    Lyricist I
    September 23, 2015
    For those who are using Podcast Addict I finally fixed this issue.
    Please update to the new v3.9 (only available in beta for now but will be released in a couple of days), then go into Settings/Download and enable 'Share with other apps'.
    New downloaded episodes should then be visible in the SONOS app.
    Please let me know if you want to try the beta
      rawmill
      Lyricist I
      September 25, 2015
      Would it be possible to set up a symbolic link to the Pocket Casts directory structure in the root of the phone called Podcasts? something like ln -s / /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts
      Pattricky
      Lyricist III
      September 28, 2015
      For those who are using Podcast Addict I finally fixed this issue.
      Please update to the new v3.9 (only available in beta for now but will be released in a couple of days), then go into Settings/Download and enable 'Share with other apps'.
      New downloaded episodes should then be visible in the SONOS app.
      Please let me know if you want to try the beta

      I'll try this
      GreenI
      GreenI
      Avid Contributor I
      September 28, 2015
      I am using Pocketcast from two different Android devices without problems ... I have set my phone/tablet to store Podcasts in: /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts
      Pattricky
      Lyricist III
      September 28, 2015
      For those who are using Podcast Addict I finally fixed this issue.
      Please update to the new v3.9 (only available in beta for now but will be released in a couple of days), then go into Settings/Download and enable 'Share with other apps'.
      New downloaded episodes should then be visible in the SONOS app.
      Please let me know if you want to try the beta

      hello,
      I test it and it works. so for all the new downloaded podcast, Sonos sees it in the local folder of Podcast !
      great news ! thank you
      trout
      Lyricist I
      November 4, 2015
      I am using Pocketcast from two different Android devices without problems ... I have set my phone/tablet to store Podcasts in: /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts

      Which version of Android?
      Which version of PocketCasts?
      Which devices?
      Do you have "Allow apps to see episodes" checked?
      Have you setup a symlink in the Podcasts folder to expose the files in the root of /Podcasts?

      On the Samsung Galaxy S6 (stock), Android 5.1.1, PocketCasts 5.2.2, with and without "Allow apps to see episodes" checked, viewing Podcasts on the Sonos app does not work.

      To see the podcasts in the Sonos app, I must copy the podcasts to the root directory of /Podcasts, as specified by everyone else above. That said, I'd be very interested in finding out what, exactly, is different between your setup and all the other users here.
      stuefi
      Lyricist III
      November 21, 2015
      why cant you just offer google cast? it would make life easier for customers. i use pocket casts on android - SUPPORT THAT
      nicw
      Lyricist I
      February 22, 2016
      This even looks like a bad joke. Cannot look into subfolders?! No podcast application will just leave files anywhere... Hard enough to let them use a specific root directory.

      Do we need to create a samba share to our own local podcast directory? Maybe that will work.

      This is so stupid. In times like this I know humankind is really lost. A couple more decades, it's all we got. Well be engulfed by crap like global warming, and it is all related to bad engineering just like this. I hate you.

      I have the same problem with BeyondPod on my HTC One X+. Any help, Sonos-guys?
      There is only one problem that support constantly avoids mentioning: Sonos Android CANNOT find files in sub folders . Easy enough bug to locate & fix instead of all this wasteful back & forth with unhappy customers.
      GreenI
      GreenI
      Avid Contributor I
      February 23, 2016
      This even looks like a bad joke. Cannot look into subfolders?

      Hi there,

      I am using Pocketcasts on 2 different Android devices, with only minor problems, but sub-folders isn't one of them ...

      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
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