Adam Curry @adam@podcastindex.social

@martin Got transcripts in the aggregator last night. And working on funding tonight. Then I’ll expose in the api endpoints. In need a good transcription service. I usually create them through AWS in the past. But they don’t put time codes in.

@dave Just a head's up the podcast index rss feed is throwing an error in chrome. Looks like a blank line has crept into the start of the xml file.

@csb There are not enough independent podcast apps. That's why we created this free API. To reduce the up-front costs of starting an app. I don't want podcast app devs to have to depend on banner ads to make a living. It's not fair. Podcasters (collectively) make millions through the conduit of an app that has to sell for pennies, or free with ads on the app stores. The podcast app devs have always been left out of the profit loop.

@csb I see that 62.53% market share and it doesn't phase me. IE used to be 90+% of the browser market.

Things can change. But not without singular focus and collective vision.

@drunkplato new podcastindex front looks very spiffy!!! 👍👍

Buzzsprout, Podcast Addict, Podfriend and Podnews all support the transcript element. Progress! http://l.curry.com/fkm

Podcast Guru integration is about 90% done, just have to wire a few more little bits up.

@theDanielJLewis Gotcha. To answer your question we were using 6 spot instances on AWS. They are super cheap if you bid low. I use a startup script for them that installs PHP and then pulls the scraper script from the c&c server. It then launches and keeps running (reporting findings to the c&c) until AWS terminates the spot instances. Once the spot price hits again, a new instance spins up and starts the same process over. It’s totally hands off and worked nicely. Cost about $17/mth.

Don't forget to add your app/platform to this doc when you implement tag support:

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/element-support.md

Just do a PR and I'll pull it in.