Alpacast
· v1.75
About
Alpacast is a podcast app with playlist configuration on the web.
Create an account on https://alpacast.tarandi.se and setup your playlist to sync.
NOTE! If you're having issues signing in on iPhone (a browser to sign in should show up in Garmin Connect), try restarting your phone and watch. This is an issue with Garmin Connect and iphone.
Features:
- Playlist management on the web
- Two way episode progress sync: Set episode startpoint in web playlist, and see current playback position on the web after syncing.
- Automatic removal of finished episodes from playlist (after syncing).
- Automatically marks episodes as finished if skipped with just a few minutes left.
NOTE! Progress sync does not work as expected on mp3 files on some devices due to a Garmin bug. There is a settings option to always play mp3s from the start, to avoid it.
The bug is reported to garmin here: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/i/bug-reports/music-playback-from-custom-position-with-activecontent-not-working
What's new
- Version 1.75
* Added back some Fenix 8 watches that had accidentally been removed from support.
* Added experimental checkbox in settings to allow syncing while charging.
- Version 1.74
* Slightly improved icons for skip forward/backward
- Version 1.73
* Added setting for skip forward/backward time.
- Version 1.72
* Fixed issue with displaying previous episode's image if an episode didn't have an image.
* Added support for some new watches
- Version 1.71
* Added support for some non-standard mime types.
- Version 1.7
* Fixed issue where playlist over 20 items long would break completely, introduced in 1.62
- Version 1.61
* Improved syncing flow; if synchronization fails after one or more episodes have been downloaded, the partial success is stored. Sync percentage is now based on actual number of episodes to download, not the total number of episodes in playlist (representing a more realistic estimate).
- Version 1.55
* Store playback position when skipping forward & backwards 30s
* Mark episode finished if skipping past end
- Version 1.53
* Introduced new settings (found in ConnectIQ app) for customizing order of buttons in media playback.
* Added new optional "restart playback" button, that will restart the current episode.
* Note that the icon for "sync" in media playback has changed, as the previous sync icon is now used for "restart"