How to choose Audio only in RSS-Reed

Hello friends,

I can see it in the videos.xml file in the media:group, but my podcatcher (AntennaPod) always prefers the videos files over the audio files.

0-fragmented.mp4" fileSize=« 67295188 » type=« video/mp4 » medium=« video » framerate=« 0 » duration=« 2768 » height=« Audio » lang=« de »> </media:content>

I can also see this: media:peerLink type=« application/x-bittorrent » href=« https://www.mydomain.de/lazy-static/torrents/myVideoId-hls.torrent » isDefault=« true »> </

Is it maybe this setting which affects the choice of the podcatcher? If so, how to change the default to audio?

Not sure, it it’s related to this issue: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/3761

Would be happy, if someone also wants to distribute podcasts (audio only) over Peertube. :slight_smile: Thank you!

You’re absolutely right. It’s been a while since your comment, and I haven’t found any information on this specific feature. Currently, PeerTube allows uploading audio content, and since version 6.3, it also supports streaming and downloading videos as audio-only. However, it still lacks an important feature: an audio RSS feed and a mixed one (following the Podcast namespace), because users may upload videos and audios in the same channel.

As you mentioned, apps like AntennaPod and other podcast players tend to prefer video files over audio files due to the way PeerTube currently handles feeds. Having a dedicated podcast feed would help address this and make it easier for users to access only audio content, which I think it would also benefit the platform giving it a larger user base.

The federated alternative is Funkwhale, but compared to PeerTube, it lacks many features. YouTube is already betting, somehow, for audio-first content with YouTube Podcasts and allowing to play videos in the background (YT Premium)…

As a side note PeerTube provides a podcast XML feed. For example: Default root channel

But it still provides video files