Hello,

I've searched all of the forums and have done some googling, but haven't come up with the answer to this; apologies if this is a repeat question.

I have a bunch of podcasts that I've downloaded with a different program, and am trying to get Amarok to recognise them as such.  I've modified Amarok's podcast directory (~/Podcasts), subscribed to the correct RSS feed, and copied my mp3 files containing the podcasts to the appropriate directory... but I don't know how to synchronize Amarok's database in order for it to see the files.

Is there a way to do this, either cleanly or with a bit of effort, or am I just better off deleting the existing files and re-loading the podcasts using Amarok (I'm trying to avoid this because there are many files and it will take a while).

thanks!

You can right-click on each podcast episode and say "associate with local file".
Is this what you are looking for?

Hi Marcel,

Yes, thank you!  That's more or less what I was looking for.  Sorry I hadn't even noticed that menu option before.

Not to sound ungratefully picky, but by "more or less" I meant that it would be nice if Amarok could look in a directory and scan the Podcast tag metadata to associate the correct files automatically.  With this right-click method, it's possible to make a mistake and associate the wrong file (when there are hundreds of Podcasts to sift through, this becomes an issue). 

Thanks again for your help!

I'm fairly new to Amarok...this was helpful, but its also a collosal pain in the behind.  I have hundreds of podcast files.  Is there a way to associate groups of files with groups of podcasts?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

- Parrish