Item Actions

Submitted by eric on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 21:29

Item status is indicated by the color of the progress bar

  • Blue - New
  • Grey/orange - In Progress
  • Green - Done

Play/Pause icon - the item that is currently loaded into the media player will have a play or pause icon displayed.

Force download

Normally, pressing on an item adds it to the queue, and will obey any 'only on' restrictions such as 'only on wifi'.

Force download will bypass any 'only on' restrictions for this item only. The item will be added it to the queue and the download will start immediately.

A dialog is displayed the first time you do a 'force download' that explains that the force will bypass the onlies.

You can also do a force download from the download queue by long-pressing on an item.

Delete Item

Deletes the item. Only displayed if this is an item that is retained as result of the 'Retain Expired' setting. Items that are expired will have a timer icon displayed.

Stream

Streams the audio or video over the network connection, without having previously downloaded the media. This works very well on Wifi, however this feature is not recommended over cellular network, especially for video. This menu action will be displayed for any audio/video that has not already started or completed downloading.

Description

Display the Feed description

Play in external player

Launch the media in the external player

Play Partial(!)

Partial downloads can occur if a download is interrupted or if a Feed mis-reports the size of the media (see FAQ)

Cancel download

Cancels a download that is in progress

Remove from queue

Remove the Item from the Download Queue

Flag as New

Flags the Item as New.

Flag as In Progress

Flags the Item as In Progress.

Flag as Done

Flags the Item as Done.

Misc

Item Press

Pressing on an Item will behave different depending on the state of the Item. Audio and video files will be played. RSS news items will be displayed in the news screen.

Episode status icons

  • Green arrow - Episode has Media that can be downloaded
  • Music/Video/News - File has been downloaded, ready to play
  • Hard disk - File is being downloaded
  • Gear - File is queued for download
  • Red Triangle - An error occurred during download
  • Question Mark - Unsupported media type

Episode progress bar

  • Blue - Episode is New
  • Grey/orange - Episode is In Progress (percentage in orange)
  • Green - Episode is Done