| General Features | NewsFire  | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
 Version |
1.3 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
1.0b12 |
| Last Release |
|
3/28/2006 |
|
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| Author |
|
Lance Robinson |
www.podcastready.com |
|
| URL |
www.newsfirerss.com |
www.primetimepodcast.com |
www.podcastready.com |
www.iggsoftware.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
 Yes |
|
No |
 License |
lifetime license for one user |
|
|
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| License Cost/ Fee |
16,99€ |
|
free for download |
$16,99 |
| Languages |
en |
en |
de, en |
en |
| Operating System | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Windows 98 |
|
No |
|
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| Windows XP |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Mac OS X |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Linux |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Windows Mobile |
No |
No |
|
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| Palm OS |
|
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| Programming Language |
|
C# |
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| Common Features | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Search |
local & web |
web |
web |
local & web |
| Notifications |
|
System tray notifier |
after start of software |
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| OPML Import |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| OPML Export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Playlist Formats |
|
m3u, pls, wpl, apple, itunes |
|
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| Organize | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Expiring Channels |
|
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|
|
| Archive Old Feeds |
|
Configurable |
|
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| Feed Reading | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Integrated Browser |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Plain Text |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
| Podcatching | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Schedule Downloads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Resume Partial Downloads |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Limit Download Size |
|
Yes |
No |
|
| ID3 Editing |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Sync | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Sync to iTunes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Sync to PSP |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Sync to Mediaplayer |
|
Yes |
|
|
| Sync to iPod |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated burning to CD |
|
No |
No |
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| Media | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| MP3 |
download |
download & internal playing |
download & external playing |
download |
| MPEG-4 |
download |
download & internal playing |
download & external playing |
|
| Real |
|
download |
|
|
| Quicktime |
download |
download |
download & external playing |
download |
| Windows Media |
|
download & internal playing |
download & external playing |
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| DivX |
|
download & internal playing |
download & external playing |
|
| Xvid |
|
download |
download & external playing |
|
| Content Protocols | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| rss 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| atom |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Transport Protocols | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| http |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| https |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| http auth |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
| bittorrent |
|
No |
No |
No |
| Proxy Server |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| feed:// |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| podcast:// |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| pcast:// |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| itpc:// |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| itms:// |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support | NewsFire | PPR | myPodder | PlayPod |
| Support Forum |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mailinglists |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| Last updated | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | 2007-09-20 | 2006-03-29 |
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