Comment by jag0 | Hacker News Reader

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Absolute love the idea. It's something I've been thinking about doing for a while now, but with a slightly different twist. (though I lack the skills myself to code it).

1. I assume you're going to be adding new stuff to it daily ?For example a quick glance in the videogames section and a few 'popular' podcasts I listen to are missing.

2. Would be great if you could "bookmark" a point in a podcast. Here's my thinking. typically I would use this app at work where I can't install itunes. So if I'm in the middle of a podcast and the day is done, I can bookmark and resume tomorrow. (just one simple use case example)

3. Are you planning to add a rating system to it? One of the major problems I have with itunes is it's hard to find stuff because there's just SO MUCH. (doesn't make sense I know..)

All in all great app and I'm sure I'll be on it pretty regular.

p.s. cool domain name, can't believe it wasn't taken!!

Thanks for the feedback. Believe me, I couldn't believe the domain was available either :). Always thought about doing this on podca.st (which I own), but decided to look for something else based on feedback.

1. Yes, curating the featured channels is an ongoing process and ultimately users will be able to curate channels too, beyond their main channel containing their subscriptions. (The mechanism is already in place behind the scenes as all the featured channels are owned by a single "featured" user.) If you have any specific suggestions, please list them here or mail mike@player.fm, thanks.

2. Agree - similar to YouTube's time-based URLs. For sharing a point in the podcast as well as resuming. I think it would be nice to bookmark a time range as well, for sharing/commentary purposes.

3. Definitely want to add ratings. This would be cool for a given podcast series as in iTunes, but an extra benefit here is you'd be able to see how a user rated things in their own channel too.

Sounds good. This will definitely be a service I keep my eye on as it grows.

One more thing, do you have a playlist feature planned?

I don't have any plans at present as I think the channel concept covers at least some of the use cases, as long as people can create multiple channels. You'll notice Player FM keeps playing through the channel once it finishes an episode, so it's a kind of playlist.

What kind of playlist did you have in mind?

for instance, If i wanted to listen to a particular gaming podcast, then a particular science podcast, then back to a gaming...

Got it. You'll definitely be able to do that with a custom channel.

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