From: surname@gmx.net.plusremovethisandtherest.invalid   
      
   On 24/01/2026 12:20, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   > Occasionally I hear of a possibly interesting podcast.   
   > I find smartphones effectively unusable due to screen size and missing   
   > keyboard.   
   >   
   > Is there a viable way to access an occasional podcast on a Debian system   
   > with SeaMonkey?   
      
   I suppose that the podcasts of interest aren't directly playable in SM,   
   by just clicking on the podcast link. Maybe the site has its own   
   obfuscating player, so that no direct media link is available, or SM   
   can't run the site JS to play the podcast, or perhaps you hit the SM   
   Linux 32-bit issue where the sound doesn't work (quite significant for   
   audio podcasts).   
      
   In that case you can install from the Debian repos mpv, if not already   
   installed, and yt-dlp. mpv will play a wide range of media files. If it   
   can't identify a playable stream at the podcast link, it will try to use   
   yt-dlp to extract a playable link; the latter has a range of generic   
   extraction tactics as well as an extensive library of extraction tactics   
   for specific sites.   
      
   For more specific advice, you'd have to tell us which podcast URLs   
   you've found and how playing fails.   
      
   hth   
   /df   
      
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