Description:
ppcPodcast is a free software client for Windows CE devices such as Pocket PCs and Smart Phones that allows you to subscribe to audio and video programs on the Internet.
Once subscribed, ppcPodcast will automatically show you all available episodes of the subscription, and you can choose which episodes to download, play, or delete.
ppcPodcast's multi-threaded architecture means that multiple podcasts can be downloaded simultaneously.
ppcPodcast can play any type of podcast file format, as long as there is a registered player associated with that file type.
ppcPodcast can even help you find podcasts that interest you. It can download category trees and live top podcast listings from a number of podcast directories.
Update Description:
Beta-6:
- Added libsyn.com and podfeed.net to category listings on "Add Subscription" screen.
- Fixed options screen to show Beta-6.
- Cleaned up installation settings and added ability to install software via Microsoft ActiveSync.
Beta-5:
- Corrected NullReferenceException when a downloaded episode expires.
- Changed "Play" functionality from using CreateProcess to ShellExecuteEx, which is much quicker and more reliable on different devices.
Beta-4:
- Corrected options/subscription window names.
- Added close menu to options window.
- Changed close menu options so they actually close the forms instead of making them invisible.
- Fixed options window so that settings are actually saved (oops).
- Fixed executable icon.
- Fixed OutOfMemoryException on some RSS feeds.
- Fixed problem with application not shutting down properly.
- Changed "Tools" menu into "File" menu and "Subscriptions" menu.
Beta-3:
- Fixed bug in which ISO-8859-1 XML streams couldn't be read.
- Fixed OPML parser to eliminate NotSupportedException when multi-language characters are encountered.
- Fixed bug in which RSS feeds with blank enclosure length fields caused an exception.
- Added PodcastDirectory.com to the Top podcast tree.
- Changed add subscription tabs so that OPML stream isn't downloaded until user expands root node.
Beta-2:
- Removed dependency on Microsoft.VisualBasic and Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility libraries.
- Added "http://" as default for manually added subscription URLs.
- Fixed bug in which RSS feeds with non-unique episode GUIDs would cause the application to crash.
- Fixed UI bugs in which deleted subscriptions would not immediately disappear from the tree, and the episode icon would not change if the related enclosure was deleted.
- Added ability to remove episode enclosure files from the menu.
- Updating episode list now automatically removes episodes that no longer appear in the feed.