Podcast Download Manager

Podcast Download Manager is a commandline podcast manager and provides commands for managing and downloading podcast.

Allow add, remove, list, show, update, upgrade and download podcast.

Support Aria2 and Internet Download Manager automatic download.

Build

Use .Net Core to build.

$ cd PodcastDownloadManager
$ dotnet build

Usage

Prepare

Install .Net Core runtime.

Install Aria2 or Internet Download Manager for automatic download.

Typical use

# config
$ pdlm config --download-path "path\to\download"
$ pdlm config --download-program "Aria2"
$ pdlm config --download-program-path "path\to\download\program"

# add podcast
$ pdlm add http://path/to/podcast

# update
$ pdlm update
$ pdlm upgrade
$ pdlm autometadata

Command

add

Add a podcast through url.

$ pdlm add http://path/to/podcast

remove

Remove a podcast through name.

$ pdlm remove podcast_name

show

Display information about a podcast and newly release.

$ pdlm show podcast_name

list

List added podcasts.

$ pdlm list

update

Update the podcast newly release.

$ pdlm update

upgrade

Download the podcast newly release since last update.

$ pdlm upgrade

autometadata

Automatically add audio metadata to podcast file, when the podcast file is all successful download.

$ pdlm autometadata

download

Download the podcast specific release.

$ pdlm download list PodcastName # list all the PodcastName release
1. title1
2. title2
...

$ pdlm download select PodcastName 1;2 # download the PodcastName release no.1 and no.2

config

Set configuration values. Can set DownloadPodcastPath, DownloadProgram, DownloadProgramPathName.

DownloadProgram only support Aria2 and Internet Download Manager.

The config file can find in PodcastDownloadManager\config.json.

If set DownloadProgram, DownloadProgramPathName MUST be suitable.

# set DownloadPodcastPath
$ pdlm config --download-path "path\to\download"
# or
$ pdlm config -p "path\to\download"

# set DownloadProgram to Aria2
$ pdlm config --download-program "Aria2"
# or
$ pdlm config -dp "Aria2"

# set DownloadProgram to IDM
$ pdlm config --download-program "IDM"
# or
$ pdlm config -dp "IDM"

# set DownloadProgramPathName
$ pdlm config --download-program-path "path\to\download\program"
# or
$ pdlm config -dpp "path\to\download\program"

Roadmap

• change project to c/c++ and separate command-line interface and library.
• add a GUI

LICENSE

MIT