Comment 5 for bug 1446859

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citizendelta (dghallau) wrote :

I think this has to do with where play of the podcast episode is initiated.

In other words, if play is initiated from the `Episodes` screen, then the podcast is streamed from wifi or network data, _even if the podcast is already downloaded locally_.

If you initiate play of the podcast episode via the `Downloaded` menu of the Podcast screen (via Menu--> `Podcasts`--> then select the podcast show, then click on `Downloaded`) by clicking on one of the episodes listed there, then the podcast episode is played from the downloaded copy rather than streamed.

At least that has been my experience on my Nexus 4, Ubuntu 15.04 r47, Podbird v0.8.

I do think this merits the "bug" label, because it would make more sense that if an episode is downloaded, then Podbird should preferentially always play the downloaded copy rather than streaming episodes via wifi or data network, which can lead to unwittingly incurring data charges from a mobile carrier.