[mac4theblind] Re: Overcast app and the web player

  • From: Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 07:12:45 -0400

Thanks. I will try it although if it does not sync well with IOS, it won't be 
quite as good. Nevertheless it will be interesting to try. Kim 


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> On Oct 5, 2014, at 1:33 AM, Daniel <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Yes or be it from a web browser. If you've created an overcast account. 
> Open up safari and Google search for overcast web player. Now find it in the 
> search results. Once you found the site, then find the login link and provide 
> your overcast account and once you've log in, your podcasts should be there. 
> 
> Hope this helps. 
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2014, at 22:29, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi 
>> I did not know you could play overcast on your mac? Can you? I have been a 
>> downcast user for a long time.  I have liked it on mac and IOS but I think 
>> the sound in overcast is better. Kim 
>> 
>> 
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>>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah, I'm a Downcast user too both on Mac and IOS. 
>>> I'm currently trying out Overcast for IOS but my problem I'm having with it 
>>> has to do with synching podcasts. 
>>> For me, Overcast seems to synch a podcast correctly, when you start one 
>>> from the Web player and go to continue it on your phone. However, if you 
>>> try starting one from the phone and go back to the web player, it doesn't 
>>> seem to synch up. Basically, no matter what happens you always start at the 
>>> beginning again of a podcast when using the web player. Am I correct in 
>>> this assumption? 
>>> 
>>> This is the only reason why I haven't fully switched to Overcast. I'm the 
>>> sort of person who like to have my podcasts synching correctly. I thought 
>>> having an Overcast account was meant that you would be able to synch across 
>>> devices. I.E. in my case, the Web Player and my iPhone.   
>>>> On 4 Oct 2014, at 17:46, Eric Whitten <whitten.eric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I believe u are right.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> There i  an ios app but I also use down cast as it for me ia more robust 
>>>>> and can do a lot more off line. it also synckes to icloud and now with 
>>>>> icloud's new pricing model which I'm considering when os10.10 is released 
>>>>> you can upload your  podcasts direct to icloud drive and access them 
>>>>> anyware, I think.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take care.
>>>>>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 6:35 AM, Eric Whitten <whitten.eric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> No I use downcast and have been for ever.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi all, just wanted to ask if anyone here use's Overcast as there 
>>>>>>> podcast client on the iPhone?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have a question about this app and the web player where you are able 
>>>>>>> to access your podcasts too.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> However, if no one uses Overcast and hasn't setup an account for 
>>>>>>> podcasts synching, then I would see no point in putting forward my 
>>>>>>> question. So, I'll wait to here from any Overcast users and if there 
>>>>>>> are some here, I will put my question to you guys because something 
>>>>>>> with Overcast and the web player isn't working right for me and I 
>>>>>>> wondered if I was alone in this.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Look forward to hearing from you all.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Daniel************
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