I just want something that’ll chop the sponsored segment out of my podcasts. Can’t be that hard. Every sponsor segment starts and ends with a standard jingle, so just have the software look for that opening and closing jingle and cut out whatever’s in between, right?
Honestly considering vibe coding it because ads are the reason I don’t listen to my podcasts anymore
I’ve thought about that too. Then I feel guilty cutting out their revenue source. Then I realize that doesn’t matter. Then I realize that it’ll require also wrapping it in a whole-ass podcast app. But there could probably be a way to download episodes, run them through the ad filter, then host an rss feed of that list of files… that’s it, I’ll do it.
Automating it would be rad, but if I could even just plug the episodes I have into such a software and de-sponsor them in batches I’d be happy. I was caught up with Hey Riddle Riddle right up until their ads stopped being a set length. Now I gotta skip forward and backward until I find the end of the ad, and I simply stopped listening.
I just want something that’ll chop the sponsored segment out of my podcasts. Can’t be that hard. Every sponsor segment starts and ends with a standard jingle, so just have the software look for that opening and closing jingle and cut out whatever’s in between, right?
Honestly considering vibe coding it because ads are the reason I don’t listen to my podcasts anymore
One of my favorite uses for a a VPN is hearing podcast ads in a language I don’t understand.
I’ve thought about that too. Then I feel guilty cutting out their revenue source. Then I realize that doesn’t matter. Then I realize that it’ll require also wrapping it in a whole-ass podcast app. But there could probably be a way to download episodes, run them through the ad filter, then host an rss feed of that list of files… that’s it, I’ll do it.
Automating it would be rad, but if I could even just plug the episodes I have into such a software and de-sponsor them in batches I’d be happy. I was caught up with Hey Riddle Riddle right up until their ads stopped being a set length. Now I gotta skip forward and backward until I find the end of the ad, and I simply stopped listening.
I download the podcasts I want to listen to, then host my own RSS so I can manage it better long-term.