Scatmanjack Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Anyone else having issues when listening to the podcast? I listen via iOS Podcasts App and generally stream the podcasts vs. downloading them. On several recent podcasts, they get stuck in a loop, and repeat a section for sometimes the remainder of the podcast. During the '3 wishes' episode it kept repeating Billy's desire to have breakfast over and over until timer ran out. This has happened on at least 3 different episodes... Any else have issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Seems like this is not an uncommon issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctwilliams Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I have had this on and off as well. I download using Pocketcasts on Android. I have just skipped forward to get out of the loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I'm sorry about this. Try redownloading the episode. It usually solves it. Not sure why this is occurring, especially recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Seems like the common element of this problem is folks who listen to their podcasts via streaming rather than downloading. Way too many possible points of failure or error in that chain, between buffering the data over time, potential for errors in which chunk of the file is being requested or served out, etc. to really identify a definitive fix other than "don't stream, download the episodes before you go on the road." Most podcast players can download the episodes automatically, and they're generally quite small (around 100-150 MB), so on-device storage shouldn't typically be an issue as long you also set up the podcast player to auto-delete all played episodes and you're pretty consistent about keeping up with the backlog. If you really just need to go with streaming for whatever reasons, I suppose you can try a different podcast player and see if they handle errors like that any more gracefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 True, especially streaming over wifi. My Alexa will all of a sudden repeat/loop. Doesnt matter if it is Tunein, anypod, etc. If i download and then bluetooth to my Alexa, then no loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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