What's happening on the P20 Mastodon. News from the other side

[Marzal]

For those not following the Mastodon conversations.

Here I will try to maintain a curated list of relevant discussions and information so it's a bit less difficult to find.

And some relevant link/resources.

PI Resources:

• https://public.podcastindex.org/hivenodes.txt - Mastodon announce
• https://public.podcastindex.org/report.html (Obsolete?)
• https://public.podcastindex.org/24hourFeedReport.html
  • https://public.podcastindex.org/newlyAddedFeeds24hours.csv
  • https://public.podcastindex.org/podcastindex_problematic_feeds.csv (24h interval)
• https://public.podcastindex.org/podcastindex_dead_feeds.csv - Info
• https://public.podcastindex.org/recommendations.json - PodRolls pages:
• https://public.podcastindex.org/recommendations_video.json
• https://public.podcastindex.org/recommendations_music.json
• https://public.podcastindex.org/podcastindex_feeds.db.tgz - Info
• https://tracking.podcastindex.org

Branding

• https://podcasting2.org
• https://live.standards.site/podcasting20/ - Podcasting 2.0 Brand Guide
• https://podcastfont.com/ - The Podcast Font. Discussion

Tools

• https://podcastdetails.com/ - Get a lot of stats about your podcast.
• https://lookup.wherever.audio/ - This site supports Podcasting 2.0 GUID lookups and reverse lookups.
• https://podcastap.com/ - Follow Podcasts and Music feeds on the Fediverse.
• https://transcript-search.vercel.app/ - Support Transcript Search Tool.
• https://art.transistor.fm/ - Podcast episode artwork generator.
• https://albertobeta.github.io/podcast-location-tag-demo/ - podcast:location Tag Demo.

Podping

• https://ppmonitor.podcastindex.org/ - Podping Gossip Monitor
• https://podping.org/
• https://tiles.podping.org/
• https://podping.watch/

Stats

• https://stats.podcastindex.org - Summary statistics about how many feeds and episodes it has seen and stored in its database. More info
• https://podnews.net/podcasts/recommendations -> Podnews nicer UX for recommendations.json Podroll
• https://livewire.io/podcast-index-stats-visualized/ - Podcast Index Statistics, visualized.
• https://podcastindustryinsights.com/podcast-index-statistics/
• https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/data
• https://livewire.io/podcast-chapters-stats/ - Chapters format adoption.
• https://rpodcast.github.io/pod-db-dash/ - Duplicates Data Viewer & Data Quality.
• https://griddlecakes.com/nstrends/ - Namespace Trends.

Validators:

• https://validator.w3.org/feed/
• https://validator.livewire.io
• https://podba.se/validate/
• https://www.castfeedvalidator.com/
• https://validator.truefans.fm

Feed Examples:

• https://podnews.net/rss - 13 tags + podcast:follow - SelfHosted
• https://media.rss.com/podcasting-innovation/feed.xml - 16 tags - RSS.com
• https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1538779.rss - 11 tags - buzzsprout
• https://kdeexpress.gitlab.io/feed - 22 tags + podcast:follow - SelfHosted
• https://wildrss.com/

[Marzal]

List of tested working Hive nodes in plain text format:
public.podcastindex.org/hiveno

Re-validated every 24 hours.
Last-Modified header will tell you when the tests ran.

#podping

https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116105381335293316

[Marzal]

Feed Ingestion Report - Past 24 hours:
https://public.podcastindex.org/24hourFeedReport.html
Source data:
https://public.podcastindex.org/newlyAddedFeeds24hours.csv

https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116064135839966610

Related discussion: #737

#Slop #SPAM

[Marzal]

Pimonitor command line tool initial code. Very alpha:
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/pimonitor
The goals here are manual feed triage/Index management and running automation tools on the data. Currently exploring with AI/LLM to get a feel for how this thing should look and work

https://podcastindex.social/@dave/115865990738337459

Not so Alpha anymore

Related discussion: #737

#Slop #SPAM

[Marzal]

Building a thing after I randomly mentioned it to @samsethi in the last PWR - for showing streaming sats payments to a Strike account.

"Runway" is a kind of Helipad but for Strike payments. Writing it entirely in JavaScript, client-side, so I can't see into your own Strike account, and so the code is open and readable. I need to build the code to parse the payment details properly (it's currently ugly JSON) but it works.

Will build a configurable "delimiter" (probably set for "this time last week"), as well as automatically get payment details of boosts. For Podcast Guru, who don't yet support the spec, that means I'll have to assume that more than 200 sats is a boost.

https://podnews.net/runway if you want to play along. As you'll see from the API details, it's safe from me emptying your account! But there's not much error handling here yet.

https://bne.social/@james/115989351733467514

Related discussion: #676

#Boost #Metadata #LNaddress #Strike

[Marzal]

Add config to generate podcast audio file

Chocobozzz/PeerTube@9204d04

https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/116124855359761573

Related conversation: Podcastindex-org/web-ui#431

#Peertube

[Marzal]

git clone https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podping.alpha.git
cd podping.alpha/gossip-listener
cargo run

Podping.cloud is the hosted front-end to the Podping notification system. It stands in front of the back-end writer(s) to provide a more friendly HTTP based API.

This alpha version is a work in progress. It is currently in an exploration phase. The goal of this version is to wireframe the p2p gossip writer and corresponding front-end support.

#podping

Related conversation: https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116137943502145319

[Marzal]

The podcast index GitHub tracker bot tags every post with the repo and what triggered the post so you can filter for only what you are interested in.

For those who prefer to follow the P20 development on Mastodon and leave GH Watch on Participating and @mentions or Custom only. @daveajones has created a bot account @github@podcastindex.social that:

Will:

• Post every new open or closed issue or Pull Request.

Could:

• Also post issues assignations, labels ...
• But this is not enable for now to not spam too much. Popular demand could enable it.

Has:

• Specific hashtags like #podcasting20github #p20issue_closed #podcastnamespace
• So anyone can filter out some events or follow specific ones

Related conversation: https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116145582438331125

PD: When posting on Mastodon it's always useful to use granular hashtags like:

• #PodcastNamespace
• #P20_proposal
• #P20_tag
• #P20_app
• #PodcastIndex
• ...

[Marzal]

Also on the Mastodon topic, I have published some lists that I regularly maintain and can be imported on Mastodon to bootstrap your P20 social graph there:

• P20 folks -> Podcast_Index.csv
• Examples of ActivityPub bridge accounts from : ap.podcastindex.social + Castopod + Truefans.social -> Podcast_AP_Bridge.csv
• English speaking podcast and podcasters -> Podcast_EN.csv
• Spanish speaking podcast and podcasters -> Podcast_ES.csv

More info on : https://marzal.gitlab.io/mundolibre/blog/2025/01/27/el-fediverso-es-divertido/

Feel free to point out missing accounts on the lists.

[daveajones]

Amazing David. ❤️❤️❤️

[Marzal]

We just shipped AI disclosure to all our podcasters. No official framework exists in podcasting yet, so we used a deliberately generic checkbox.
Checked = true. Otherwise, false. Identical logic as Explicit.
We (think we) are the first to add this to RSS feeds. We chose podcast:txt (underused but versatile, and one of 3 P2.0 tags Apple recognizes) at the item level.
The sooner this signal lives in RSS feeds, the better (with NO penalties). We hope other hosts follow.
https://validator.livewire.io/?validate=https://media.rss.com/podcasting-innovation/feed.xml

Original Post: https://podcastindex.social/@alberto/116159566410991443
Discussion also on: https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116159688744869834

RSS.com official documentation (<podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">):

• https://help.rss.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002773969
• https://changelog.rss.com/v26-3-1-333215#:~:text=AI%20disclosure

Spreaker official docs (<podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">)
https://help.spreaker.com/en/articles/12458456-ai-generated-content-in-your-podcast-and-episode-descriptions

Apple requirements:
https://podcasters.apple.com/support/891-content-and-subscription-guidelines#:~:text=Artificial%20Intelligence

Tag used:

• https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/tags/txt.md

Related discussions:

• Enhancement Proposal: Disclosing synthetic voices with podcast:person #731
• Proposal: <podcast:disclosure> for affiliates, AI, sponsorships, etc. #669
• Proposal: <podcast:ai> (AI Generation and Assistance Disclosure) #735
• Generative AI Disclosures #663
• How to get a better and cleaner Index and directories #737

[Marzal]

I just built this shouldidisclose.ai by researching what every major platform and regulatory body requires and distilling it into something actionable today!
Rationale and framework of reference is here:

https://shouldidisclose.ai/about.html

https://podcastindex.social/@alberto/116173052677046110

[Marzal]

Really enjoyed the latest P2.0 episode @dave @adam
Just published a piece that also addresses some of the questions you raised rss.com/blog/ai-disclosure-in-
Excited about AI (we even hold a patent on AI voice cloning for ads). Ads in AI podcasts, not a big concern: if real humans listen, all good. But we like this voluntary signal to be there: it keeps podcasters ahead of regulators, and it allows apps to build filters or UI cues.
Also built a quick tool to help podcasters decide: shouldidisclose.ai

https://podcastindex.social/@alberto/116198887561992904

[Marzal]

My job? RSS. My side projects? Also RSS.

I built Wild RSS a few months ago to help spot issues in podcast RSS feeds. It's far from complete, but it validates against namespace specs, flags best practice issues, and catches things I've seen break in the wild. Deciding what's a warning vs an error is tricky though - what fails in one app might work just fine in another.

https://wildrss.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.podcastindex.org%2Fpc20.xml

https://podcastindex.social/@dovydas/116189547645975930

#FeedValidator

[Marzal]

#PeerTube v8.1 is out!

This update brings optimized audio files for podcasts, an improved channel collaboration experience, a major overhaul of image processing, and much more…

https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-8.1

https://framapiaf.org/@peertube/116209681366671005

Better podcast support
Since PeerTube v7.1, there's been support for podcasts, but apps haven't been playing well with HLS files generated by PeerTube. This new version of PeerTube lets admins force the creation of an optimized audio file and fixes most issues reported with podcasts.

[Marzal]

Testing ActivityPub comments both on page and in the player. It's not federating yet, but.... Soon!

https://podcastindex.social/@martin/116217210704674211

New PodFriend app incoming with ActivityPub support

[Marzal]

There is a lot of movement and developmet about Podping Gossip.
And a new tool to monitor the nodes: https://ppmonitor.podcastindex.org/

Hashtags to follow: #gossiplistener #podpingalpha

[Marzal]

There is a new API endpoint to signal problematic feeds.

#api The '/recent/problematic' endpoint is where feeds marked as scam/phishing/illegal/seo spam/low effort AI are accessible. This is a work in progress.

Full discussion: https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116399580318932990

And the 24hourFeedReport also carry this data:
https://public.podcastindex.org/24hourFeedReport.html

#AIslop #SPAM #SCAM #API

[Marzal]

There is a new API endpoint to upload followers of a feed.

#api If you have a "publisher" api key you can now upload follower counts as a CSV file to the /upload/followcounts endpoint. I will explain more in the board meeting tomorrow. This is meant for podcast apps to be able to share back to us how many people subscribe to the podcasts in their catalog.

It's just a CSV upload with two columns:

feed_url,follow_count
example.com/feed1.rss,42
example.com/feed2.rss,7

This is going to help us do a lot of cool stuff. Right now the file is max 50MB.

https://podcastindex.social/@dave/116495618826973635

#API #newENDPOINT #publisherAPIkey

[daveajones]

To be clear, this is for listening apps to upload all of their follower counts. So it would be a list of all their followed feeds in a CSV. You could upload a CSV with just one, but that isn't the intent.

[Marzal]

That's what I understood. It's a feature for podcast Apps. 👍

[Marzal]

Thanks @dave for releasing the open datasets from PodcastIndex: so much fun stuff you can build with them! e.g. I prototyped a Podroll Atlas, running entirely in your browser:
https://atlas.rss.io/

https://podcastindex.social/@alberto/116560931430315002