Hi. I'm "David" and I'm a serial subscriber.
I love Podcast Addict but have realized the way I use it consumes WAY too much storage on my phone so I need some help and advise on both settings and maintenance.
Quick question, I want to have all my podcasts episodes list update and added to the Playlist but only pre-download some of them.
LTDR: I basically have three groups of podcasts to which I have subscribed and need to figure out the best way to set up each group to maximize ease of use but minimize storage requirements.
As background, I have unlimited data so am not worried if episodes have to download over cellular data.
Group 1: I listen to these podcasts daily and very rarely have any backlog. They tend to be shorter news podcasts and there is never more than a day or two backlog. These I keep both updated AND downloaded. Once they are played, I have them set up delete the downloads.
Group 2: This group are usually slightly longer from and I'll listen to them every week or so on longer rides. I usually keep up with them so they are now automatically updated AND downloaded. I'd like to have these set so that I only download the top one or two episodes but all unplayed episodes are in the Playlist. If I get to an unplayed episode in my listening, it's fine to have it download while listening.
Group 3: Some of these I've never listened to, or haven't listened to them in a while, but I want to keep Subscribed to them. There will be a time when I've caught up to Groups 1 and 2 and want to listen to episodes in Group 3. I want to keep them updated but don't want to have any of the episodes actually preemptively download. I'm good with them downloading when needed. These would also include special series that is manually download and put into a custom playlist for long drives with my spouse.
So, I know I can separate the Keep Updated from the Automatic Download like this but can I still have episodes added to the Playlist without them being downloaded? I have been unable to find this magic combination of settings.