gPodder Linux -- Stuck on Merging Episode Actions #1670
Description
Report Date: 2024-11-03
I am running POP OS 22.04 (Ubuntu variant).
PROBLEM SUMMARY
After moving the entire gPodder Folder to a network drive, gPodder opens but any attempt to update podcasts results in an seemingly eternal prompt:
Merging episode actions Episode actions from gpodder.net are merged. 0% See 
WHAT I TRIED
I moved the gPodder directory from the /home to a network drive.
I added to ~/pam_environment:
GPODDER_HOME=/remote/SMB-Remote/PODCASTS/gPodder/
GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/remote/SMB-Remote/PODCASTS/gPodder/Downloads/
I logged-out and logged-in and also rebooted.
I open gPodder and gPodder shows the episodes correctly.
However, when I try to Update Podcast, the above prompt displays and sits for hours without resolving.
The settings.json shows:
{
"auto": {
"cleanup": {
"days": 7,
"played": false,
"unfinished": true,
"unplayed": false
},
"retries": 3,
"update": {
"enabled": true,
"frequency": 720
}
},
"check_connection": true,
"device_sync": {
"after_sync": {
"delete_episodes": false,
"mark_episodes_played": false,
"sync_disks": false
},
"custom_sync_name": "{episode.sortdate}_{episode.title}",
"custom_sync_name_enabled": false,
"delete_played_episodes": false,
"device_folder": "/media",
"device_type": "none",
"max_filename_length": 120,
"one_folder_per_podcast": true,
"playlists": {
"create": true,
"folder": "Playlists",
"two_way_sync": false,
"use_absolute_path": true
},
"skip_played_episodes": true
},
"downloads": {
"chronological_order": true
},
"extensions": {
"enabled": [
"gtk_statusicon"
],
"gtk_statusicon": {
"download_progress_bar": false
}
},
"limit": {
"bandwidth": {
"enabled": false,
"kbps": 900.5
},
"downloads": {
"concurrent": 16,
"concurrent_max": 16,
"enabled": true
},
"episodes": 1000
},
"mygpo": {
"device": {
"caption": "gPodder on my-pop-os 1",
"type": "desktop",
"uid": "my-pop-os"
},
"enabled": false,
"password": "",
"server": "gpodder.net",
"username": ""
},
"player": {
"audio": "default",
"video": "default"
},
"software_update": {
"check_on_startup": false,
"interval": 5,
"last_check": 0
},
"ui": {
"cli": {
"colors": true
},
"gtk": {
"download_list": {
"remove_finished": true
},
"episode_list": {
"always_show_new": true,
"columns": 7,
"descriptions": true,
"view_mode": 0
},
"html_shownotes": true,
"live_search_delay": 200,
"new_episodes": "show",
"podcast_list": {
"all_episodes": true,
"hide_empty": false,
"sections": true,
"view_mode": 1
},
"search_always_visible": false,
"state": {
"channel_editor": {
"height": 480,
"maximized": false,
"width": 400,
"x": 1492,
"y": 291
},
"config_editor": {
"height": 450,
"maximized": false,
"width": 750,
"x": 905,
"y": 460
},
"episode_selector": {
"height": 400,
"maximized": false,
"width": 600,
"x": 441,
"y": 331
},
"episode_window": {
"height": 400,
"maximized": false,
"width": 500,
"x": -1,
"y": -1
},
"export_to_local_folder": {
"height": 400,
"maximized": false,
"width": 500,
"x": -1,
"y": -1
},
"main_window": {
"episode_column_order": [],
"episode_column_sort_id": 12,
"episode_column_sort_order": false,
"episode_list_size": 200,
"height": 1008,
"maximized": false,
"paned_position": 525,
"width": 1717,
"x": 1176,
"y": 145
},
"preferences": {
"height": 377,
"maximized": false,
"width": 772,
"x": 868,
"y": 474
}
},
"toolbar": true
}
},
"vimeo": {
"fileformat": "720p"
},
"youtube": {
"preferred_fmt_id": 18,
"preferred_fmt_ids": [],
"preferred_hls_fmt_id": 93,
"preferred_hls_fmt_ids": []
}
}