[Enhancement]: Support media:content in addition to enclosure.url for podcast episodes #2405

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opened 2026-04-25 00:06:48 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Timtam on GitHub (Dec 8, 2024).

Type of Enhancement

Server Backend

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

Some podcasts do provide URLs to their content not within the enclosure -> url attribute, but within a media:content attribute. Audiobookshelf currently only checks for enclosure.url and thus ignores episodes with an url within a media:content attribute. I think this format is known as Mrss, I don't know for sure though. That seems to be the main way of exporting podcasts from rss-bridge https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge.
An example podcast can be found here: https://rss.nixnet.services/?action=display&bridge=ARDAudiothekBridge&path=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ardaudiothek.de%2Fsendung%2Fkalk-welk%2F10777871%2F&limit=&format=Mrss

Why would this be helpful?

Rss Bridge is a pretty useful tool, and most likely not the only one using Mrss. It'd be great to be able to use rss bridge together with ABS.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

Just a backend change, no visual change required.

Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.17.5

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

No response

Originally created by @Timtam on GitHub (Dec 8, 2024). ### Type of Enhancement Server Backend ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement Some podcasts do provide URLs to their content not within the enclosure -> url attribute, but within a media:content attribute. Audiobookshelf currently only checks for enclosure.url and thus ignores episodes with an url within a media:content attribute. I think this format is known as Mrss, I don't know for sure though. That seems to be the main way of exporting podcasts from rss-bridge https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge. An example podcast can be found here: https://rss.nixnet.services/?action=display&bridge=ARDAudiothekBridge&path=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ardaudiothek.de%2Fsendung%2Fkalk-welk%2F10777871%2F&limit=&format=Mrss ### Why would this be helpful? Rss Bridge is a pretty useful tool, and most likely not the only one using Mrss. It'd be great to be able to use rss bridge together with ABS. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) Just a backend change, no visual change required. ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.17.5 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) _No response_
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-25 00:06:48 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:06:48 +02:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025):

Fixed in v2.18.1.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jan 20, 2025): Fixed in [v2.18.1](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.18.1).
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2405