opencast: podcast player

opencast 2026.9.3 shares an episode as a link that plays in any browser, turns the library into a cover art grid, and lets up next start from the launch screen. • share an episode as a link that plays in any browser, with an optional start time. find share episode in episode actions, the touch and hold menu on any episode, and more actions in now playing. in messages the link shows the artwork with a play button. nothing is stored on a server and nothing about you or your library is in the link • the library can show a list or a cover art grid, sort by title or by recent episodes, and badge shows with new episodes you have not finished. turn the badges off in settings, new episode badges • filter the inbox to unplayed, in progress, played, or downloaded, and hide episodes that are already in up next. your choice sticks between launches, and the title says what is hidden • when nothing is playing and up next has episodes, the mini player spot shows the next one with a play button, and tapping it opens the queue • stop playback from the more menu in now playing. the sleep timer sheet shows the active timer, the time remaining, and add 15 minutes. press play within five minutes of a sleep timer stopping and the same timer arms again, and the sleep button drains as a ring (thanks to gonzaloflirt) • remote transcription no longer cancels a paid job or buys a second one when the connection drops or the phone hits a local error. the card says still running on the server and offers resume, and local failures offer try again • ad detection stops rejecting correct results on shows with heavy inserted ads. opencast now tells the server the feed's declared runtime so the extra minutes are budgeted as ads • carplay fetches new episodes on its own when you open it without the phone app • push notifications register again on every launch, so an installation whose token had expired gets its episode alerts back without toggling anything thanks to zottlbaer, somaryaqub, l3uddz, dpassen, and gonzaloflirt for the requests, reports, and pull requests behind this release. full release notes: https://github.com/connlark/opencast/releases/tag/2026.9.3