Podcasts on Plex, at long last?
I was excited by the news of podcasts on plex
At last @plexapp supports podcasts!https://t.co/KLYNgWTmY9
Just as I had it sorted my own way https://t.co/YPUJTPVGea— Ian Forrester (@cubicgarden) May 30, 2018
So excited I decided to switch to the beta version to give it a try.
Now I know its beta but after closer inspection of the blog post, I noticed everything was focused on the player application. As most of my Plex use is as a server, I was expecting to see podcasts as a plex scanner/agent option or even better a library type.
Currently it seems like you can create a podcast library on the Plex player/app but that doesn’t sync back to anywhere. I expected that under my user account I would see the new podcast library on my Plex media server too. Trying to create a new podcast library also goes no where when using the web interface to the media server.
My hope is this is just a beta issue and it will be rolled out to the media server too. Because right now the point of Plex is the sync capability around one app. This does make me wonder about Plex’s previous move which upset a lot of people.
Till this is clear, I’ll be sticking with my elaborate podcast sync system.
As far as I can see it’s a bit of a “meh” function. It doesn’t support offline sync (that I can find) which means I can’t load up a load of them for on an airplane. Bit of a disappointment really.
Totally agreed, I’m hoping these are all beta things but to be honest I’m not so sure.