PodClock - a podcast app testing feed

Jul 09 2023 15
PodClock - a podcast app testing feed artwork

A podcast app testing feed, to help podcast apps test functionality. This contains a number of features and tests for those consuming RSS feeds and data. You can view this RSS feed at https://podnews.net/clock-rss (raw link) or . (HTML link).

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PodClock - when was this episode downloaded?

Jul 09 2023
When was this episode downloaded? The audio will give you the time and day of the audio download.

Test 1: Your useragent and RSS scraper details

May 03 2021
What does this app, and the RSS scraper, say it is? (PodcastAddict/web (+https://podcastaddict.com/; Android podcast app))

Test 2: Opus audio

May 03 2021
Can your device play Opus audio?

Test 3: AAC-HE audio

May 03 2021
The audio in here is AAC-HE.

Test 4: An HTML description, with NO itunes:summary

May 03 2021
Test 2 is for Opus; Test 3 for AAC. This is test 4.

Test 5: A very long (text) description

May 03 2021
This is quite a long description.

Test 6: An itunes:image for an episode, but not embedded

May 03 2021
This tests non-embedded images

Test 7: An embedded image in the audio, but no itunes:image

May 03 2021 3 mins  
This tests images embedded in the AAC file

Test 8: A normal description, and a content:encoded too

May 03 2021 3 mins  
This is a normal description, with some bold and italic HTML, in a CDATA wrapper - it has no itunes:summary, and we see this appearing in the episode list in Apple Podcasts

Test 9: It's the 24th of the month

May 03 2021 3 mins  
This episode's audio and GUID remain the same, but the title and this description are updated every day. This was last updated on 24th April. This should theoretically update every time: but hopefully we shouldn't see more than one of these.