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PodBird stopped playing podcasts?

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      Jimpson
      last edited by 16 Mar 2021, 13:14

      Removing and reinstalling the app did it. It's working again.

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        Jimpson
        last edited by 17 Mar 2021, 13:23

        It seems that i have to remove/install several times a day to keep it working. Slightly annoying

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          arubislander @Jimpson
          last edited by 17 Mar 2021, 15:49

          @jimpson Are you subscribed to many podcasts with many episodes? Maybe instead of reinstalling you could try deleting the cache for Podbird with the Ubuntu Touch Tweak Tool (UTTT)? Not as a solution, but as a way of troubleshooting the issue.

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            Jimpson @arubislander
            last edited by 18 Mar 2021, 08:25

            @arubislander i've got around five or six podcasts in the player. I haven't tried clearing the cache, but will give it a go. I' ll report back. Thank you for the tip!

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              arubislander @Jimpson
              last edited by 18 Mar 2021, 10:20

              @jimpson said in PodBird stopped playing podcasts?:

              @arubislander i've got around five or six podcasts in the player.
              That's not a lot at all. So that shouldn't be the issue.

              When you say it fails to play the podcasts, what exactly doesn't happen? Does it look like it is playing but just no sound is coming out of the speakers? Or does it completely ignore your taps on the play button?

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              J 1 Reply Last reply 19 Mar 2021, 07:05 Reply Quote 0
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                Jimpson @arubislander
                last edited by Jimpson 19 Mar 2021, 07:05

                @arubislander It doesn't load or plays the selected podcast. It doesn't respond to taps. Now, clearing the cache like you said, solves that problem. So, whenever podbird 'hangs' i clear the cache and we're good to go.
                First world problem that just arised: the artwork isn't displayed correctly. (but that's a very very minor problem imho)

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                  arubislander @Jimpson
                  last edited by arubislander 19 Mar 2021, 21:00

                  @jimpson

                  You have a VollaPhone, right? When Podbird 'hangs', do you see any errors in the log? (Download log viewer app from OpenStore for convenient viewing. You might also need to
                  enable Developer Mode, if that is something that is possible to do on your device)

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                    darkeye
                    last edited by 20 Mar 2021, 21:09

                    Im using a pinephone it serms thst my issues with podbird started after the ota-16 update i think its realated to the QT 5.12 update

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                      arubislander @darkeye
                      last edited by 21 Mar 2021, 09:07

                      @darkeye As far as I know, the PinePhone's update cadence doesn't follow that of the Android devices. So OTA-16 hasn't been made available for the PinePhone as such.

                      What update channel are you on?

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                        Lakotaubp
                        last edited by 21 Mar 2021, 10:10

                        Not that it helps much but I can confirm Podbird 0.8.11 (27/01/21) is working fine on my OP3 latest dev update 265.

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                          Jimpson @arubislander
                          last edited by Jimpson 21 Mar 2021, 11:37

                          @arubislander yep i have a volla. I'll have a look at the logs, if i can find them. Going to the open store now. Thank you for the tip!
                          Edit: got the logviewer, but where should i start looking for errors?

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                            arubislander @Jimpson
                            last edited by 21 Mar 2021, 15:10

                            @jimpson When Podbird misbehaves again, open the logviewer and see if you find anything unusual entries in the Podbird log.

                            Also, when your podcast fails to play, do the other controls in Podbird, tab switch, menu switches, respond?
                            If not, then the app is propably busy checking for new episodes in the background or such.
                            If it does, then double check that you have network connectivity. Podbird is very sensitive to connectivity hiccups.

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                              Jimpson @arubislander
                              last edited by 23 Mar 2021, 17:59

                              @arubislander sorry for the late reply.

                              It seems that when podbird stops playing, other controls do work.
                              I almost always have network connectivity. (Either mobile of Wifi).

                              Today, it stopped responding again, so i cleared the cache. This time, this didn't help, so i wiped and installed again, and there it was again, like nothing ever happened.
                              Could it be that this was due to switching between mobile and wifi? There's this one spot in my house where wifi is dodgy, to say the least.

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                                darkeye @arubislander
                                last edited by 27 Mar 2021, 11:45

                                @arubislander hey just saw the reply sorry for late response.
                                I'm on RC with v22 update installed.

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                                  arubislander @Jimpson
                                  last edited by 29 Mar 2021, 22:12

                                  @jimpson said in PodBird stopped playing podcasts?:

                                  There's this one spot in my house where wifi is dodgy, to say the least.

                                  Beyond dodgy wifi, I am out of ideas, sorry.

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                                    Jimpson @arubislander
                                    last edited by 30 Mar 2021, 16:20

                                    @arubislander Hey @arubislander no problemo. If you could point out where or what i need to look out for in the log files, i' m good to go. I can then post the part that's needed.
                                    Thanks for all the help!

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