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google play: x.y.z (state whether from Google Play/F-Droid/Custom built APK)
Android version: 14.x (Please mention if you are using a custom rom!)
pixel 7 pro:
I’m also a beta tester.

I’ve seen various info on this but would appreciate a clear step-by-step…I have about 150 podcasts in my subscriptions. I only want to have episodes automatically downloaded for 15-ish of them…how do I do that? Currently, I enable auto-download and every podcast gets downloaded (not cool). Even when I think only the 15 podcasts are marked as auto-download, all 150 get downloaded (also, not cool).

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Go to subscriptions screen and long press any subscription to pop up a menu. Choose multiple selection. Select multiple of them and change auto download settings using fab icon (bottom right)

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Hello Matth78, Thank you for the tip. However, auto download is still not working on my version: 3.3.2.
Is there something I’m missing?

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Can you confirm you have these settings?

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For me in order to have episodes auto downloaded you have to :

  • turn on auto download in settings/download
  • have settings specific to podcast auto download on
  • have episode in inbox which is used to choose episodes to auto download

Because of the last point maybe check if you didn’t disable adding episode to inbox?
See settings/download and action for new episodes
For reference there had been discussion about decoupling inbox and auto download.

For transparency I am telling you what I know but I don’t use it!

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Dear Ari,

Thank you.

Yes, I can confirm these settings are all correct.
I have tried all these before.
Logically, it should be working but I can’t see why it’s not.

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Thank you, Matth78. Much appreciated.

Yes, I have the setting to the last point re the inbox as it should be.

Out side of that I am a little stumped.

Update: I just refreshed my downloads folder in the drawer and a new episode arrived. I will keep an eye on this development.

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Hi Ari,

I think I know what it is.
One of the features says “Download when not charging”. I had it off.
I only realised when I was using the app and I had it on the charger. Lo and behold, an episode came into to the downloads folder.
I cannot confirm it as yet. But it looks promising.

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Nice catch. I didn’t mention it because I thought that “Download when not charging” was the default.

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Yes, it think it was but I must have turned it off.
Cheers :slight_smile: