Hello, I am trying to find the path for the podcast mp3 files using Kasts. I have not been able to find KDE/Kasts folders. I am using Zorin 17 Pro.
Thank you.
Tony
If possible, try to find the SETTINGS for your application.
Then under SETTINGS, you might find an option for āSTORAGE PATHā.
This not only tells you the storage path in use, but also allows you to set your own.
/home/$USER/.local/share/KDE/kasts/enclosures is where they are stored for me.
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Thank you. Worked for me.
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Did you find it in the settings?
Hello,
Yes, I found the path in settings. Setting would not allow me to change the path to my second drive, which is what I was trying to do. I was trying to put the files on a second drive. I have about 75 GB of podcasts and wanted to free up some space on my main drive. Furthermore, I am wondering if I have to set the path when I first install podcasts for this to work. I even tried making an exact copy of the path from the current place to the second drive without success. Thank you. This is a work in progress.
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I would guess that you did not first UNSELECT the option to āuse default pathā.
It is upside down, you have to unselect this before you go up to select your folder.
I am trying to backup some podcast episodes on Android. Where does Kasts store them? I have not found them is the typical locations (Downloads Podcasts, etc.)
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This is something I hate about Kastsā¦ on my desktop it defaults to a hidden folder in your home directory on Linux - not hard to fix, but I donāt use Kasts on my phone.
Open settings, then look for STORAGE.
Mine is set to /mnt/T4/Kasts
On the Android application, whilst I can SEE a header for Storage Path, it is not selectable or expandableā¦ so I cannot set this to my SD card or control it.
Entering Android/Data I can see a similar Kasts folder, but with no contentsā¦ Folder is empty (even though I just downloaded an episode to test this out).
Inside there, you will find Images and enclosuresā¦
Enclosures holds folders with podcast names (in mp3 format).
I find that Pocket Casts is a better application (and if you want synchroā¦).
Pocket casts also works under Waydroid if you want to run it on the desktop, however I find it more suitable to simply connect the phone to my desktop Bluetooth.
On my device (running Lineageos), I cannot access ā¦/Android/Data/ without root. I do not have root.
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I plugged in my phone USB-C (can access via desktop) - but the folder was empty.
Itās ridiculous.
I use Gwayun for downloading music, and that goes to /Downloads/Gwayun.
I donāt understand why Kasts has to hide these files!
PocketCasts is slightly annoying, but the files CAN be found:
EXFAT-256/Android/data/au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts/files/PocketCasts/podcasts/
ā¦ though they have gibberish names, which is almost as annoying as keeping them hidden.
Well, it is a work in progress. I assume that setting the storage location on Android is on the list of things to do.
Kasts developer here. I donāt regularly log in here, so Iām only seeing this now.
Kasts is not hiding the files. Iām pretty sure itās android thatās hiding them. since several android versions ago, default policies have changed to not allow apps to look into anything belonging to other apps. That even includes browsing the file system through USB. You might notice that most apps have empty data folders.
This might be solved by having the app request the right permissions from android to allow it to show those files. But remember that KDE apps are using Qt and not the native android platform libs, so all of these things are a bit more difficult. Hence Iāve simply not found the time nor motivation to look into this so far.
Same thing about moving the storage location on android: itās currently disabled because itās not allowed by the android system unless the app requests special permissions from the system and the user. But this is non-trivial using Qt. I think it might be easier now with Qt6 (compared to Qt5) but, again, I havenāt found the time to investigate this so far.
NB: Kasts is an app mainly geared towards listening, managing and syncing podcast episodes. If you just want to retrieve and store the mp3 files, then you might be better off with a dedicated RSS retriever/downloader app to be honest.
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If you select a new storage location, then Kasts will move all relevant files to the new location. So, you can change the path at any time.
You mentioned that you werenāt able to move the files to a secondary drive. I think that in principle this should work, but I have seen similar things in the past in case the secondary drive is using e.g. a different filesystem than the original drive. So there might be edge cases if youāre moving across filesystem boundaries.
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On a desktop, the logical path for podcasts would be ~/Podcasts/Kasts, or customisable to be re-routed to a specific folder, like ~/Audio/Podcasts.
Overall, however, given the ease with which a podcast player can play the files and simply patch into the computer with bluetooth - I see no real problem either way.
It does look confusing as a new Android user that itās not trivial to simply browse the filesā¦ but itās really very rare that I did this (last time was when I decided to download and export a complete set - then I just went to desktop anyway).
Overall an excellent application, kudos to you 
On a desktop, the logical path for podcasts would be
~/Podcasts/Kasts, or customisable to be re-routed to a specific folder, like~/Audio/Podcasts.
I think this is one of those things where you can never please everyone with the default setting. I, for one, hate it when applications dump files and directories in my home folder without asking, and I think that Iām probably not the only one. 
So Iāve chosen the least intrusive option as the default since most people wouldnāt need to dig into the āraw mp3 filesā anyway. But the option is still there for power users.
With unlimited time I would gladly look into the Android permission system and how to control it from Qt/KDE applications, but unfortunately I donāt seem to find that time.
Overall an excellent application, kudos to you
Thank you! Itās appreciated.
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I agree with you - itās a low value target and hardly worth the effort really.