Re:Ask HN: What can replace my iPod for podcast listening?
by 0-_-0 on Friday November 06, 2020 @07:34AM
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Automatic bookmarks, which is very useful for podcasts. The file automatically continues where you left off last time. Oh, and you can also play DOOM on it of course!
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Re:Ask HN: What can replace my iPod for podcast listening?
by cogburnd02 on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:14PM
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And Pac-Man.[1] And Tetris.[2] And Mario.[3] And if you're particularly masochistic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[4,5]
And loads of other games and programs.[6]
1 https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginPacbox
2 https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginRockblox
3 https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginRockboy
4 https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginFrotz
Re:Ask HN: What can replace my iPod for podcast listening?
by netmare on Friday November 06, 2020 @08:17AM
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The original firmware also supports resuming from the last played position in podcasts and audiobooks. Whenever you select a partially listened item, you get a prompt to continue from the last point or start from the beginning. It's really handy and honestly I couldn't live without it.
There's a simple binary database in the root folder that keeps this information, but it gets reset whenever you add/remove files. Now that I think about it, it might even be possible to backup that info and restore it afterwards, although I never really needed to do that. I don't usually have more than a couple books/podcasts in progress, so it's easy to remember where I left off, if needed.