Change from POAS to myPodder

How to import your POAS podcastlist to myPodder

If you are a user of the original 'podcatcher on a stick' (POAS) prototype and you want to switch to the new 'myPodder' application, of course you want to take the list of subscribed podcats with you.

This tutorial shows you how to import your POAS podcast list
into the myPodder program.

1. FIRST FIND YOUR OPML FILE

The podcast list is stored as a OPML file "deep" in the directories of your 'podcatcher on a stick' application.

Start at the root directory where you copied the POAS files (e.g. at the root directory of your USB-Audio device) ...



Open the directory called "podcatcher".



There you find a file called "podcastlist.opml". This is the OPML file we are searching for. Remember how to find this file or copy it to your desktop.

If have copied this file to your desktop you can now delete all the POAS files from your storage device.See list of files in the first picture to determine which files/directories belong to the POAS application - but remeber the "podcasts" directory contains your download podcasts and dont need to be deleted . Then you cann install/copy the myPodder application to your device ... download here.


2. IMPORT THE LIST TO MYPODDER

Start the myPodder application.



Select the "options" panel ...



Click "import channels" ... a "open file" dialog pops up ...

 

Now select the "podcastlist.opml" file from the first step and click OK.

DONE .. now the podcastchannels you had in POAS should be part of your subscription list in the myPodder application.

NOTE: No history information is transfered between the applications. Maybe podcasts you already downloaded are getting selected for download again. But you can deselect old episodes very easy before downloading in the myPodder program.

If there are any further questions about this process,
please visit the support forum.




The "Podcatcher on a Stick" software is part of the podcast[@]university-project 2005 at the
Bauhaus-University Weimar / Germany