Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber

A elegant podcast player that make it easy to download podcast, manage podcast subscription, and transcribe podcast to text.

What is Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber?

Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber is a Chrome extension developed by https://podcasts.bluepill.life, and its main feature is "A elegant podcast player that make it easy to download podcast, manage podcast subscription, and transcribe podcast to text.".

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Download Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Main Features:
- Create your podcasts playlist.
- Manage podcasts subscriptions elegantly.
- Synchronize your subscriptions across platforms.
- Auto renew podcasts' published episodes.
- Download audio tracks in any podcasts.
- Transcribe podcast to text

Privacy:
- "Access your data for all websites" - That is necessary for us to search and subscribe podcasts. We do NOT read your data from any web site, nor do we modify it.
- "Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history" 
- That is necessary for us to download audio tracks in podcasts. We do NOT read your download history.

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### Version: 2.14.0

Features:

- Migrate to Manifest V3
- Optimize podcasts update mechanism

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### Version: 2.9.0

Features:

- Export/Import OPML File

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### Version: 2.8.0

Features:

- Sort subscriptions by genre

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### Version: 2.6.0

Features:

- Favorite episodes

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### Version: 2.5.0

Features:

- Show episode info in control panel

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### Version: 2.4.0

Features:

- Support volume control
- Show podcast's name in Queue/Inbox

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### Version: 2.2.0

Features:

- Support skipping first / last settings for different podcasts
- Show episode info in full-screen mode
- Optimized episode description popup

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### Version: 2.1.0

Features:

- Support bulk download episodes
- Optimize performance

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### Version: 2.0.0

Features:

- Transcribe podcast to text
- Optimized Inbox loading performance
- Dark mode
- Fixed some bugs

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### Version: 1.13

Features:

- Drag & Drop to reorder playing queue

Improvements:

- Fixed download failed, when episode name contains white space

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### Version: 1.12

Improvements:

- Fixed download failed, when episode name contains white space
- Optimized episode searching
- Optimized episode synchronizing

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### Version: 1.11

Features:

- Keep track of episodes you've listened to
- Show description of episodes
- Share episodes to Twitter/Facebook/Reddit/Weibo

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### Version: 1.10

Features:

- Support searching podcasts from selected text in right click popup menu
- Support searching podcast by RSS feed URL

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### Version: 1.9

Features:

- Play-control by keyboard
- Delete almost finished podcast, when switching to a new podcast
- New Inbox icon

Improvements:

- Improve performance when dragging playing progress bar

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### Version: 1.8

New features:

- Smooth transition animation

Improvements:

- Optimized storage usage

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### Version: 1.7.1

New features:

- Support search for episodes
- Support preview podcast meta-info

Improvements:

- Added extension to downloaded file name
- Better transition animation
- Better scrolling behaviors                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber Podcasts - A player, downloader, transcriber
ID lmpfkgigdbnbdopkpeippmadlchmkphi
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/podcasts-a-player-downloa/lmpfkgigdbnbdopkpeippmadlchmkphi
Description A elegant podcast player that make it easy to download podcast, manage podcast subscription, and transcribe podcast to text.
File Size 527 KB
Installation Count 10,000
Current Version 2.21.0
Last Updated 2024-02-24
Publish Date 2020-07-01
Rating 4.64/5 Total 47 Ratings
Developer https://podcasts.bluepill.life
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website http://podcasts.bluepill.life/
Supported Languages id,de,en,fr,vi,tr,es,it,pt-BR,sv,ru,iw,hi,th,ar,zh-CN,zh-TW,ja,ko
manifest.json
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    },
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        "offscreen",
        "alarms"
    ],
    "optional_permissions": [
        "downloads"
    ],
    "host_permissions": [
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    ],
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        },
        "default_title": "Podcasts",
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    },
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    }
}