Hi, I love how good Overcast sounds at fast speeds. The voice boost feature is good too; on a podcast I listened to recently, the host apologized for the disparity in volume between himself and whoever he was talking to on Skype, but I heard no difference thanks to voice boost. As for getting podcasts into Overcast, I'm pretty sure Downcast has the ability to export an OPML feed. You can email this to yourself and open the file in Overcast.
Best, Anna > On Sep 4, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Merv Keck <blind5spar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That has been my experience with both Overcast and downcast as well. The > major advantage with Overcast is the faster speed is better quality. However, > I like the feature set for downcast. I use downcast on my iPhone exclusively > having had exposure to both apps I prefer Downcast. > If I want to take my time and listen to a podcast at normal speed I use the > no frills no thrills basic podcast feature in the apple TV which I dearly > hope they improve with the next generation. The iPhone always gets my > podcasts hours before the apple TV does. Another reason I prefer downcast. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Cristóbal > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 2:05 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Overcast versus downcast > > The one advantage I've found with Overcast over Downcast or other podcasting > apps in general is that it can play files at the 3x speed. Downcast used to > be able to do this, but for a while now, once you try to play something past > the 2x speed, the file begins to skip. I've written the Downcast dev about > the skipping issue, but doubt that at this point it'll ever be addressed. > Other than that, I can't say I'm much of an Overcast fan. There are some > accessibility things I don't like and I find it to be at times sluggish and > limiting. It is true, that Overcast is meant to be a simplified podcasting > app, but I guess I prefer the more detailed settings Downcast offers. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jennie Facer > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 10:50 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Overcast versus downcast > > Hi all, > > I have a couple of questions about the overcast app. I see it is accessible, > but I tried to import my unplayed episodews from Downcast into Overcast. I > followed their instructions but in downcast, there is no option to import > into Overcast. There were a ton of other apps, but not Overcast. I rebooted > my phone thinking maybe it wasn't recognizing that app. Still no luck. > > The other question I ha ve is that is the Overcast app any better than > DownCast or is it just a matter of preference? So far, I like both of the > apps. > > Thank you so much! > > Jenn and Kumi > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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