Podcasts¶

Podcasts are RSS subscriptions rather than filesystem libraries, so they aren't set up under Admin → Libraries. Instead, you subscribe to feeds from the Podcasts section in the app and Orb keeps them in sync.

Subscribing¶

Paste a podcast's RSS feed URL in the Podcasts section to subscribe. Orb fetches the feed, pulls in the show artwork and episode list, and streams episodes alongside the rest of your library with the same player.

A background worker re-checks every subscribed feed roughly once an hour and adds new episodes automatically.

Seeding default feeds¶

On a server's first boot only, the PODCAST_DEFAULT_RSS_URLS environment variable seeds an initial set of subscriptions:

PODCAST_DEFAULT_RSS_URLS: "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thispastweekend,https://podcast.darknetdiaries.com/"

This runs once; afterwards, manage subscriptions entirely from the UI. See Configuration → Podcasts.

Next steps¶

• Your library — back to the library overview.
• Audiobooks — the other long-form audio type.