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Unable to insert a bookmark when playing a Podcast

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turzin
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Hi,
I use Amarok for one month. Everything is nice but when I play a Podcast, I'm not able to fastforward (for example, I cannot start listening a Podcast at minute 30). In fact, I can't do anything with de progress bar. I tried to add a bookmark and it does nothing. The problem is only with podcast. When I play something in my collection , I can access the progress bar like usual in any music player.

Maybe it's normal, but some Podcast are 2 hours long, it would be nice if I can resart my podcast where I stopped last time.

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If you download the podcast, you'll be able to seek, and bookmark. In fact, if you stop listening, the podcast will automatically be bookmarked. If this isn't working for you, please try another phonon-backend. There are three to choose from from most distros - vlc, gstreamer and xine. Change it either in systemsettings, or in Amarok: Settings > Configure Amarok > Playback > Configure Phonon: Backend tab.

I don't think it is possible to bookmark streams, you must download if you want to bookmark. Right-click on the episode if you haven't set the channel to auto-download.
turzin
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Thank you for your response. in fact, I was listening to the Podcast in streaming... I downloaded it and it's OK. Sorry, I'm new with Amarok :)
valoriez
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Not a problem. It took me awhile to figure out the difference, too. Now I have the new podcasts auto-download, which makes it very convenient.
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Quoting a developer from a bug report (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267660#c3):

Seeking in HTTP streams depends both on server support (but most do) and the phonon backend. I tested a few with the xine backend and seeking worked.


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