@GlassedSilver commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
Doesn't work with ARD Audiothek ones though as far as I can tell? And apparently unlike with Spotify there is a reliable way to get them from there.
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
Audiobookshelf is first and foremost a local media server. Downloading podcasts from RSS feeds is provided as convenience since podcasts are…
@GlassedSilver commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
I understand where you're coming from, but your reasoning is more technical than it is latching on to the real life reality of average…
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
Moreover if this had been so opaquely irrelevant to the software, why has the issue been left open for that long?
There are over 1000 open issues…
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2025):
Related to https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3540
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2025):
By definition, podcasts should have an RSS feed, which is what Audiobookshelf uses to download episodes.
Additional website-specific downloading is…
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2025):
Can you elaborate on what you are requesting? I don't understand.
Audiobookshelf Server Version
latest
Please provide the version when…
@Vito0912 commented on GitHub (Jul 7, 2025):
You can use something like RSS-Bridge for the ARD-Audiothek. It also has public instances, so you do not need to host anything yourself.
https://gith…
@ZeroDot1 commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2025):
@advplyr I have been looking for alternative solutions, we have noticed more bugs, please have a look at the following comment. https://github.com/tuft…
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2025):
That URL doesn't work. The downloads won't stop because episodes fail. The logs don't show otherwise either
@Vito0912 commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2025):
Please provide more information about how you set up ABS. Include the URL you entered, the logs from ABS, and also the logs from Audiothek.
@GlassedSilver commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
Not OP, but the reality of podcasts these days is that less and less of them are provided thorough fully open means in the form of RSS.
In…
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 23, 2026):
Abs allows you to scan in podcasts that don't have an rss feed
@timkeefer1 commented on GitHub (Jul 6, 2025):
Is there anything else we can do to get more information on the error? From the looks of the error ("Impossible to open"), it sounds like ABS can't…