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Doc on using ngrok for overcast.fm?
I was trying to set up podsync to listen to the next.js 2021 conference videos on a long road trip, but I couldn't seem to add the feed to overcast on iOS.
I just get this.
The same URL loads fine in a browser at the same URL. I can even open the URL in iOS chrome and save the file back to dropbox.
So it didn't seem like a networking problem.
Turns out putting https://ngrok.com/ in front of my local server did the trick.
I realize this is really an overcast limitation rather than podsync, but given most people are probably running podsync locally I was thinking maybe the readme should include a note about setting up a public URL for use with overcast.
You know.... now that I write that. I might also be because I finally thought to set server.hostname once I set up ngrok.
I'll have to try it again setting sever.hostname to my on-network IP and see if that works.
Huh. Interestingly enough hostname = "http://192.168.86.25:8080 had the same "Timed Out" response from overcast.
So guess a public URL is a requirement for overcast? Anyway. I thought maybe a doc could be helpful for folks trying to do a similar thing.
Hi, just for documenting the issue: Overcast has servers that check if the feed has new podcasts. Since your IP is local to your network (RFC1918, 192.168.x.y), those servers can not locate your feed.
If you punch a hole through your firewall (i.e. by using ngrok), those servers are able to catch your feed and everything will work just fine.
My latest workaround for this is to copy everything locally and use VLC for iOS for mobile viewing/listening. The speed control isn't as good as overcast, but it's at least better than dropbox which has no speed option.