Thanks for this info very useful indeed
On 20 Aug 2008, at 17:37, Esther wrote:
Hi Will,
I don't know of a way to stop showing all previously undownloaded
episodes if you manually update a podcast feed. If you subscribe to
a podcast, and have your iTunes preferences set to automatically
check the feed and download episodes (defaults are check feed every
day and when new episodes are available download latest episode, I
think), then only new episodes (downloaded or undownloaded) will
show up in your list, and anything you've deleted (downloaded or
undownloaded) that was handled by automatic settings stays that way.
The "Update podcast" command is intended to show available podcasts
on the feed. If you subscribe to a podcast with the default settings
(check feed every day and automatically download the latest episode
when new episodes are available) then only updated content gets
displayed. Specifically, if you deleted the earlier list of
undownloaded episodes, or if you manually or auto-deleted a
subscribed episode that you suddenly realize you want to get back
(if it's still available on the feed), then this command shows you
what is there.
The problem is, unless you have an auto-updating subscription to a
podcast, iTunes has no way of knowing what you want to see and what
you don't want to see when you update the podcast feed. The
undownloaded episodes being listed aren't in your library, so
there's no way to mark their status "don't show me this again" and
if you're using this as a subscriber to locate accidentally deleted
episodes there's no way to guess which ones you want to see.
If these are podcasts you subscribe to, and you want the automatic
feed check to run more frequently, change your podcasts preferences
settings in iTunes to check the feed hourly (Command-comma to bring
up preferences; either VO-right or tab to "Podcasts"; VO-space to
select this menu; VO-right to the pop-up menu after "Check for new
episodes", VO-space to press it, and arrow up or down to select
"Every Hour" and return;
you can VO-right to find the time of next feed check and review/
change the settings for what to do when new episodes are available
or rules for which episodes to Keep; return when down).
On a laptop, if you've missed the last check because you weren't
connected to the internet or your laptop was in sleep mode, iTunes
will try to check the feed the next time you connect with iTunes open.
Another thing that might help in deleting undownloaded episodes if
you do this a lot and the lists are long: use the browser (Command-B
to toggle on or off) to select your podcast subscription by
"Album". Then only the folder and episodes for that podcast will
show up in the songs outline. Reverse sort on the release date
column with VO-keys-shift-backspace so newest episodes are listed
first, VO-down to first of the undownloaded episodes you want to
delete, hold down the shift key and the down arrow key to go the end
of the list (selecting all earlier episodes) then delete. You can
sort again to get the release dates ordered as you like. Toggle the
browser off again with Command-B and you'll see all podcast
subscriptions again in your songs outline.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Aug 19, 2008, at 10:13 PM, will lomas wrote:
hi
how do I stop a podcast feed showing all the previously
undownloaded episodes, as I do not care about these. I delete them
by pressing backspace on my macbook but then when the podcast
updates they come back it annoying lol
