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03. Getting mp3 files
Pact plays MP3s, and getting mp3s reliably is a moving target -- at least, it is for me on my Mac.
Some sites offer a downloading service. They appear to come and go, so here is what I've used (as of May 2022):
Pytube is a python library. e.g., see this StackOverflow post -- I think there are other command-line options as well.
Mac Podcast player used to let you drag-and-drop podcasts from the gui to a Finder folder, but of course that no longer works because Apple.
So, some options:
Project: https://github.com/hagent/export-macos-podcasts
This needs Node.js 14 or higher, so you might need to:
npm install -g n
sudo n latest
sudo n 18.1.0 # or whatever
# Sanity check: I had to clean up a bunch of stuff to get the node
# version change from n to stick.
node -v
# Run the script
npx github:hagent/export-macos-podcasts
I actually had many more issues with npm/node/npx, and ended up referring to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32849741/homebrew-npm-install-could-not-symlink for help.
LMK if you have any thoughts.