PodSilo Changelog

What's new in PodSilo 1.4.11.0

Dec 22, 2023
  • Change license vendor from FastSpring to Gumroad.

New in PodSilo 1.4.10.0 (Dec 4, 2023)

  • Fix: During poll, ignore ALL links in RSS feed with malformed URLs.

New in PodSilo 1.4.9.0 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • Fix: During poll, ignore rss/channel/item/link nodes with malformed URIs.

New in PodSilo 1.4.8.0 (Aug 20, 2023)

  • Better handling of episode download links with redirects, e.g. if links use Podtrac prefixes.

New in PodSilo 1.4.7.0 (May 18, 2023)

  • When the download folder is changed in the Settings dialog, just move the individual feed folders instead of moving the entire download folder.

New in PodSilo 1.4.6.0 (Jan 22, 2023)

  • Added Feed option: do not prepend publish date to feed episode files names for specific feeds.
  • Added "Ask to run" option for catchup schedules.
  • Prompt to mount when necessary if the download folder is on a removable drive.
  • Automatically turn off setting "Use NTFS Alternate Data Streams to track episodes" if download folder is not on an NTFS drive.

New in PodSilo 1.4.4.0 (Sep 15, 2022)

  • Set the "user agent" for all web requests (required for some podcast
  • feeds).

New in PodSilo 1.4.3.0 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • New setting "Start minimized" to always start PodSilo minimized to the system tray.
  • New setting "Show tray notifications" can be unchecked to turn off all notifications, e.g. when a catchup schedule runs.
  • Import Feeds dialog now has many predefined sample feeds you can easily add to PodSilo.
  • Added Search View helper button "Insert Search Term" showing the available search variables. Can now use regular expressions in Search View.
  • Hide columns in various lists as desired using the "Columns" button.

New in PodSilo 1.4.1.0 (Dec 26, 2018)

  • The download folder for feeds can now be on a removable USB drive or writable network share.

New in PodSilo 1.3.7.0 (Dec 2, 2018)

  • Uses RSS feeds to automatically download podcast episodes for you!
  • Download episodes manually or on a time schedule.
  • Search episodes in all feeds by text, dates or sizes; use logical expressions to combine search conditions.
  • Creates readable file names for episodes based on the episode title.
  • Manages disk space used by the downloaded episodes.
  • Episode cleanup rules determine which episodes are kept during catch-up, and how much disk space is available for each feed (or for all feeds).
  • The Feed Journal shows a detailed list of all feeds polled and episodes downloaded, and the progress of each poll and download.
  • Try PodSilo free for 60 days!

New in PodSilo 1.3.6.0 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Fix: Parse length = "None" as "0" on some rss feed media enclosures (fixes rss of NPR feeds Radiolab, Snap Judgement, Money Talking).

New in PodSilo 1.3.5.0 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Recognize any early config file (version < 1.2.13.0).

New in PodSilo 1.3.3.0 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • Message box fixes.

New in PodSilo 1.3.2.0 (Sep 17, 2017)

  • Make font bigger/smaller using Control-NumPlus, Control-NumMinus; Add user notes to episodes; Organize feeds by categories. Feed sort order is persistent (by title, enabled, or category).

New in PodSilo 1.3.1.0 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Search episodes in all feeds by text, dates or sizes; use logical expressions to combine search conditions.

New in PodSilo 1.2.15.0 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • Explicitly mark episodes as "downloaded" in the Manage Episodes dialog.

New in PodSilo 1.2.14.0 (Aug 9, 2017)

  • Can now import episodes into PodSilo from a different podcast downloader program; allow subfolders for feed folders; accept TLS 1.2 feeds.

New in PodSilo 1.2.13.0 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Various improvements for PodSilo.cfg and Feed.cfg: write temp files first, write EOF marker at end.

New in PodSilo 1.2.12.0 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • If a media file exists, it is always considered "downloaded", regardless of its provenance. More robust file I/O for config file PodSilo.cfg. Better handling for moving directories when renaming the download directory in Settings dialog.

New in PodSilo 1.2.11.0 (Jul 29, 2017)

  • If a feed has video items, episodes list now shows Media type column; use control-v to paste a feed url directly into the feeds list.

New in PodSilo 1.2.10.0 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • PodSilo now runs on (most) Windows 7 systems; handle some video feeds in addition to audio feeds; scroll to matching title entry as user types, in episode list or feed list.

New in PodSilo 1.2.8.0 (Jul 23, 2017)

  • Fix: parse feed date-times correctly for machines with non-English locale.

New in PodSilo 1.2.6.0 (Jul 21, 2017)

  • Workaround for some graphics cards that do not support the splash screen opacity settings.

New in PodSilo 1.2.5.0 (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Can now successfully poll feeds containing url-encoded self-referenced atom links (attribute rel="self").

New in PodSilo 1.2.4.0 (Jul 17, 2017)

  • Hide, remove or rename episodes via the new Manage Episodes dialog

New in PodSilo 1.2.3.0 (Jul 10, 2017)

  • Added an initial splash screen.

New in PodSilo 1.2.2.0 (Jul 9, 2017)

  • Fix: running out of total space always terminates catch-up or download commands.