[Enhancement]: the ability to exclude/only include certain patterns from podcasts' automatic downloads #2941

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opened 2026-04-25 00:12:06 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @reda-akherfi on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025).

Type of Enhancement

None

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

  • It would be very nice to have the ability to either target or exclude certain podcast titles for the automatic download functionality.
  • here is how it looks like on antennapod:
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Why would this be helpful?

  • for instance, there is this one podcast that always publishes two versions of the same episode (one of which contains "Narration Only"). both episodes are practically the same, so I end up with 2 identical episodes each week.
  • also, depending on the podcast, there are either special episodes or series that a user might want to target or exclude within the same RSS feed.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

  • somewhere in here, maybe at the top
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Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.28.0

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

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Originally created by @reda-akherfi on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025). ### Type of Enhancement None ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement - It would be very nice to have the ability to either target or exclude certain podcast titles for the automatic download functionality. - here is how it looks like on antennapod: <img width="503" height="699" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8e9839a7-1eab-4056-9e32-b3cce5e5e5bd" /> ### Why would this be helpful? - for instance, there is this one podcast that always publishes two versions of the same episode (one of which contains "Narration Only"). both episodes are practically the same, so I end up with 2 identical episodes each week. - also, depending on the podcast, there are either special episodes or series that a user might want to target or exclude within the same RSS feed. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) - somewhere in here, maybe at the top <img width="1601" height="839" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/14195645-3b67-4e92-a1c8-03b8575c764a" /> ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.28.0 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) _No response_
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-25 00:12:06 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-25 00:12:07 +02:00
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@nichwall commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025):

Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1781

@nichwall commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025): Duplicate of https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1781
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@reda-akherfi commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025):

thanks, didn't see it. I went with https://siftrss.com/. it solved my problem without involving abs.

@reda-akherfi commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025): thanks, didn't see it. I went with https://siftrss.com/. it solved my problem without involving abs.
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#2941