PyCasts

PyCasts is a small, lightweight audiobook & podcast client written in python3.

Features

• automatic timestamp saving, letting you play wherever you left off
• speed controls
• simple & clean ui
• ttk theming (sorta)
• automatic library sorting
• vlc based; supports almost all audio formats
• small in size
• easy to use

Installation

Linux

1. Install vlc

   In ubuntu this is done by executing sudo apt install vlc, other package managers will likely work similarly

2. Download PyCasts

   • Clone the repository (Option 1): Run git clone https://github.com/mocchapi/PyCasts.git
   • Download the latest release (Option 2): Go to the releases tab on github (found here) & download the latest one. Dont forget to unzip!

3. Install the libraries

   In the directory you downloaded PyCasts to, run pip3 install -r requirements.txt, or in versions after 1.0 pip3 install -r requirements-linux.txt

4. If needed, install python3-tk

   If using Ubuntu, run sudo apt install python3-tk

Windows

1. Install vlc

   Download & install VLC media player from here

2. Download PyCasts

   Go to the releases tab on github (found here) & download the latest one. Dont forget to unzip!

3. Install the libraries

   In the directory you downloaded PyCasts to, run pip3 install -r requirements.txt, or in versions after 1.0 pip3 install -r requirements-nonlinux.txt