Adding or Deleting a podcast

To add a podcast, press ctrl+p or select "add podcast" from the podcast menu. You will be focused on an edit box where you can type or paste the address of the podcast's rss feed. This address should be listed on the website for the podcast. Press the "check URL" button to have QCast check the feed. This insures that the address is correct, and displays some information about the podcast. Read the podcast title and description that are displayed to insure you entered the correct URL. If everything looks good, press the "Add!" button. You will be returned to the main window with your newly-added podcast at the bottom of the list of feeds.

To remove a podcast from the list, simply select the podcast in the main window and press the delete key or choose "delete podcast" from the podcast menu.

Searching for a podcast

From within QCast you can search the iTunes podcast directory to find new podcasts you might enjoy. Select the Search for Podcasts item from the Podcast menu, fill in a search term, click search, wait for the list of results to populate, select one, and tab to and press the Add button. When you are done searching for podcasts, press the Close button to be returned to the main window.

getting information about podcasts and episodes

You can view some information about the selected podcast by pressing ctrl+d or choosing "podcast details" from the podcast menu. This shows the podcast title, the description, and the URL of the RSS feed. Press the close button to return to the main window. For even more information about the selected podcast,QCast can take you directly to the podcast's web site in your default browser. press ctrl+w or select "browse podcast website" from the podcast menu.

If you want to get information on a specific episode before playing it, select the episode from the list and type CTRL Shift D. This will bring up a dialog giving the title, description and length of the episode, as well as "play" and "close" buttons.

Checking for new episodes

To update the list of episodes in the current podcast, press ctrl+n, or select "check for new episodes" from the podcast menu. This will add any newly released episodes to the episode list. Note that by default QCast checks for updates every 15 minutes.

iTunes

To export your podcast list from iTunes, follow these steps:

1. If you are using iTunes version 11, select "Show sidebar" from the view menu.
2. Press tab until you reach the sources treeview.
3. If the podcasts option is not in the sources list, select options from the edit menu, select the general tab and check the podcasts checkbox.
4. select podcasts from the sources list
5. Press the applications key or shift+f10 and select export from the context menu.
6. In the save dialog, tab to the "save as type" combo box and select "Podcast subscription files (*.opml)." Give the file any name you like and choose where to save it.
7. Now you can import this subscription into QCast as described above.

To import a list from QCast into iTunes, do the following:

1. Export an opml subscription file from QCast as described above.
2. In iTunes, go to the file menu, library submenu, and select import playlist.
3. In the import dialog, browse to the file you exported and press enter.

Juice Receiver

To export your podcast list from Juice Receiver, select "Export feeds as opml" from the file menu, and select where to save the file. You can then import it to QCast as described earlier.

To import a list from QCast to Juice Receiver, select "import feeds from opml" from the file menu, and select the file that you exported from QCast as previously described.

Downcast

To export your podcast list from downcast, do the following:

1. From the main screen of the app, select the "more" tab.
2. Select tools, and then select "export feeds to opml."
3. You will be given 3 options. The option to share with your computer involves the use of iTunes, so we recommend either of the other 2 options.
   • Selecting "send via email" will open a new email message with the opml file as an attachment. Fill in your own email address and send the message. When you receive it, you can save the attachment to your computer and import it into QCast as described above.
   • If you have an account with Dropbox and the dropbox app is installed on your device, you can select the "send to application" option and select dropbox from the list of apps. Dropbox will open, prompting you to select a folder. Just select the save button to save it in your main dropbox folder. Then you can follow the above steps for importing to QCast, and select the file that you saved to your dropbox.

To import a list from QCast to downcast, or most other iOS podcast apps, follow these steps:

1. Export your subscriptions from QCast as described above.
2. Either email the file to yourself, or place it in your dropbox account.
3. On your device, open your mail app or the dropbox app, and select the file you exported.
   • In mail, press the action button, and select the podcast app you want to receive the subscriptions.
   • In dropbox, press the export button and select your favorite podcast app.

The playback window

While playing a podcast, the playback window gives you several options, as follows. Each item in this window has a hotkey which will move you directly to that item.

• The volume control allows you to adjust the volume of the audio. The up and down arrows move by 1%, while the Page up and page down keys move by 10%. The hotkey for the volume slider is alt+v
• The podcast position slider allows you to jump through the episode audio. It changes in the same way as the volume. the hotkey is alt+o.
• The speed control allows you to play the file at a faster or slower speed than normal. There is one slower setting, and 4 speeds that are faster than normal. The hotkey is alt+e
• The episode title and a description of the episode are shown. The hotkeys are alt+t for the title and alt+d for the description.
• There is a play/pause button, as well as a button to stop audio. When stopped, the episode will start at the beginning the next time play is pressed. The hotkey for the play/pause button is alt+p, and the stop button is alt+s.
• The jump to time button allows you to quickly move to any point in the episode audio. When you press this button, your current position in the file will already be filled in. Enter the new time you want to jump to, and press enter. Playback will start at that point. The hotkey is alt+j.

Sharing Episodes

If you particularly enjoy an episode you're listening to, you can easily share it with your friends! To share it on Twitter in a way that most accessible Twitter clients can play, click the Share button in the playback dialog. Select Twitter from the list which appears. A dialog will come up prefilled with some text. IF you're satisfied with the text, click the send button. If this is your first time posting to Twitter, you will be prompted to log in. Once you have done so, your tweet will be sent. To e-mail the episode to a friend, go into the Episode menu and select Email episode, or press ctrl+e (command+e on Mac), fill in their address, and your e-mail client will come up with the message preentered. Customize it if you like and press send to share the awesome thing you're currently listening to.