Please recommend a basic reader for podcasts, to receive RSS feeds and transfer files to desktop folder for easy copy to Clip+. No need for fancy features. Needs to work with Windows 7.
The reader “Juice” would have been perfect for my needs, except that it is no longer supported and was built to run under XP. (Anyone using Juice with W7 ?).
Any recommendations?
I was using Juice with Vista and now am with W7, without any issue. The trick is to change one of the default install settings–I found quick and easy instructions on what to change via an Internet search.
I couldn’t find/remember exactly what I had done to get Juice to work with Win 7/Vista, but here are some posts I found which, I think, were what I had done: – use XP compatability mode (and perhaps run as administrator as well); and – change one of the Juice cfg file file location references (I beliieve it is the reference to “My Documents”–change to “Documents”). Hope this helps!
By the way, I just checked, and my Juice is set to run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode, with no “run as administrator” set. I think the only reason the compatibility mode is set to that is that I kept on trying different solutions, and Windows 2000 was a more “basic” version/setting–I don’t think that there is anything magical about that setting as opposed to Windows XP SP2.
I couldn’t find/remember exactly what I had done to get Juice to work with Win 7/Vista, but here are some posts I found which, I think, were what I had done: – use XP compatibility mode (and perhaps run as administrator as well); and – change one of the Juice cfg file file store location references (I beliieve it is the reference to “My Documents”–change to “Documents”). Hope this helps!
http://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/45
edit: By the way, I just checked, and my Juice is set to run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode, with no “run as administrator” setting set. I think the only reason my compatibility mode is set to that (Windows 2000) is that I kept on trying different solutions, and Windows 2000 compatibility mode was a more “basic” version/setting to try–I don’t think, though, that there is anything magical about that setting as opposed to using Windows XP SP2 (the trusted basic) compatibility mode.
Thanks for your help.
Also looking into new podcatcher product for W7 named –“Push”
Thanks for the tip as to the W7 podcast aggregator–will have to check it out.
Having said that, I really like Juice (fka iPodder)–simple and easy to use, and it just works. 
Wrong name!
Take a look at Pull from codeplex.com
Looks like similar to Juice, but built for W7
Basic features work fine, but in need of a bug fix release.
Thanks for the name update! 
I was just going to go and check the program out. I like the way the program looks, as well as the fact that it does videocasts as well, and will download and try it later. Saying that, I must admit to a historical fondness for Juice/iPodder, as an old underdog program. Just out of curiosity, what bugs have you found with Pull?
New to podcasting so still trying to learn this program.
Lots of text and graphics errors of minor consequence. Biggest problem I see is inability to delete episodes from table. Seems that I should be able to do this with a r-click, but doesn’t appear to work.
Let me know if you learn anything.
I have used Juice for several years, a wonderful program. That is, until I ran into a major snag trying it in the Windows 7 environment. By happenstance, at the same time I ran into this issue (the output folder naming issue), I was running amok exploring the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 , and simply “went completely manual”, using the Feeds function in the new browser.
Microsoft IE9 is now available for download, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. Just as Windows 7 solved many (okay, not many, as the term is a little light in that regard- the new OS is wonderful compared against its predecessors).
Funny, searching for “Juice” in my files, I have the log file, and therein lies the confirmation: it had the wrong output folder named. I’ll have to reinstall and give it a try. Juice is great, especially the automated maintenance of the downloads folder.
Bob 
After my total frustration with Juice under W7 I began a search for more compatible podcatchers.
I tried “Pull” which showed promise. Useable, but lots of bugs with little confidence repair. Probably not as good as working version of Juice.
Then I stumbled upon “gpodder” - originally for Linux, but recently ported to Windows (incl W7) platform. My initial usage shows it to be everything I was looking for. East intuitive interface, fast downloads, easy transfer of mp3’s to a desktop folder for copy into Clip+ uSDC. Claims to be able to synch directly with Clip+, but I haven’t gotten there yet.
Give gpodder a try and let me know what you think.
I used to use Mediamonkey for my podcasts, but now that I have a Touch, I use iTunes:dizzy_face:
Hey there Martin!
Yeah, if there’s one thing that music for the masses has done well, podcasts are most often tailored to iTunes. Most podcasts that I have found offer an iTunes version or link.
I have three Nanos that were gifts for my daughters this last Christmas, from their aunt. The girls all stuck with their Sansa Clips. Now Daddy has iTunes on his computer to feed those machines. Just insert credit card or gift card…I still haven’t found the slot for that. I should poke around the podcast section_…is_ there a podcast section? Now I’m curious.
Bob
@neutron_bob wrote:
Hey there Martin!
Yeah, if there’s one thing that music for the masses has done well, podcasts are most often tailored to iTunes. Most podcasts that I have found offer an iTunes version or link.
I have three Nanos that were gifts for my daughters this last Christmas, from their aunt. The girls all stuck with their Sansa Clips. Now Daddy has iTunes on his computer to feed those machines. Just insert credit card or gift card…I still haven’t found the slot for that. I should poke around the podcast section_…is_ there a podcast section? Now I’m curious.
Bob
There are more podcasts than I could ever listen to…lol. I for one never typed in my credit card number…I had gotten a $15 iTunes card for X-mas, before I even had the Touch, and I used that. I used that one up and bought another one of those cards, of which I still have 6 or 7 dollars worth left. But I’ve only spent that on apps and games, no music. I’ll only (occasionally) buy online music in MP3 form, so that any player I have, now or in the future, will play it.
Now in your case, you can’t buy apps for the Nanos, but if you have Mediamonkey on your computer, that will put music on them just fine…and you’ll have no need for iTunes. I’d even trade you one of my Fuzes for one of the Nanos(if they’re not a girlie color) just because I haven’t tried a Nano. But my two Clip+'s aren’t going anywhere!
@neutron_bob wrote:
Funny, searching for “Juice” in my files, I have the log file, and therein lies the confirmation: it had the wrong output folder named. I’ll have to reinstall and give it a try. Juice is great, especially the automated maintenance of the downloads folder.
Bob
Bob, once you know the issue, it’s an easy 10-second fix, and voila!–Juice is up and running again, as good as ever! And the issue is caused by Microsoft’s folder renaming scheme with Vista and Windows 7, changing the “My Documents” folder to “Documents”. See the above link for posts discussing the compatibility issue and easy ways to handle it. Great to have Juice back after!
@gerryp123 wrote:
After my total frustration with Juice under W7 I began a search for more compatible podcatchers.
I tried “Pull” which showed promise. Useable, but lots of bugs with little confidence repair. Probably not as good as working version of Juice.
Then I stumbled upon “gpodder” - originally for Linux, but recently ported to Windows (incl W7) platform. My initial usage shows it to be everything I was looking for. East intuitive interface, fast downloads, easy transfer of mp3’s to a desktop folder for copy into Clip+ uSDC. Claims to be able to synch directly with Clip+, but I haven’t gotten there yet.
Give gpodder a try and let me know what you think.
Thanks, again, for the tips–will have to check gpodder out!
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