Notices by Nathan Gathright (nathan@xoxo.zone)

@dave are you thinking of my storefront proposal? https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/644

@dave the goal was basically to achieve parity with the feature available in Spotify and Amazon Music. (Ideally without running afoul of App Reviews’ in-apppurchasing guidelines.)

I launched Podlink in 2018 to make sharing podcasts easier. Today, I’m excited to announce an early preview of @episodesfm
https://nathangathright.com/introducing-episodesfm/

Here is a roundup of the miscellaneous things I’ve done in the podcast namespace this last week:

• Documented Podcast App URL Schemes https://github.com/nathangathright/podcast-platform-links/blob/main/schemes.md

• Revised my `<podcast:contentLink>` proposal https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/614

• Proposed `<podcast:follow>` https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/609

• Wrote a JSON Chapters → VTT converter https://nathangathright.github.io/vttchapters/

• Wrote up my thoughts on VTT chapters https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/613

I spent my day writing a converter to adapt podcast chapters JSON to WebVTT. Who is the audience for this tool? I haven’t a clue, but here it is: https://nathangathright.github.io/vttchapters

and here’s the accompanying discussion thread:
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/613

After Apple announced its support for the transcript tag and the WebVTT format, I learned that the WebVTT spec also supports chapter and metadata payloads. I took a stab at writing a JSON chapter to WebVTT converter.

https://nathangathright.github.io/vttchapters/

On this week’s Upgrade+, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley discussed some of the challenges of Apple’s new transcription service regarding private members-only RSS feeds.

(edited for brevity)
https://share.descript.com/view/jMPcllDKFvc

via @chrismessina on Threads:

Spotify now automatically shows the generated podcast transcription in the cover art position, hot on the heels of Apple's own podcast transcription announcement.
https://www.threads.net/@chris/post/C2p1T99PI24

Just posted some example use cases of podcasters/hosts/apps/services could take advantage of my proposed expansion of the `podcast:contentLink` tag. Feedback welcome!

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/589#discussioncomment-8312187

@dave If you do this as a popup, no one else will be able to link to their show/episode easily, which would be a real shame.

When visited from a web browser, the AP Bridge should serve a simple webpage copying the Mastodon Follow UX.

@james @dave I already wrote a version of it for the socialInteract comments on the Index. Hit the ellipsis and then "Follow @user" to see it for yourself.

https://nathangathright.github.io/comment-thread-mockup/

Fediverse clients know what to do with arbitrary handles in posts. Ideally, podcatchers would be able to parse show/episode links just as easily. Overcast hijacks Apple Podcasts links. The FastFollow proposal provided a standard way to indicate which arbitrary URLs could be similarly hijacked.

I saw plenty of QR codes, but did any apps start parsing show notes for FastFollow links, especially for episodes?

The podcast police are here to stop white guys from starting podcasts for no reason

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8yUtA7R/