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Post by ivinsp on Aug 31, 2024 18:22:10 GMT
I've spent most of the day on and off reducing my visible purchases from 1443 I can now refresh my library, bit of a faff but my magic number was 393!
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Post by eric009 on Aug 31, 2024 18:29:10 GMT
hide over 500. PODCAST AND THE LIKE STILL NO JOY BUT I HAVE 2000+ SO I SORT OF OUT OF LUCK WITH THAT IDEA
Just to say, you need to get your list down to 500 not reduced by 500. i know i doing 500 at a time see if can get away 1000
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Post by mef13 on Aug 31, 2024 21:09:31 GMT
I hate to say it but at least the new app is allowing me to download the new releases without any of the faff…
mef
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Post by aemiliapaula on Aug 31, 2024 23:44:44 GMT
I'm hiding most releases (over 1500) and I think I'm now under 500, but I'm going to try to get to 400 tomorrow before trying to refresh old app.
I am listening to a few things I already downloaded on the new app, wish they would keep it for now
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Post by andrew on Sept 1, 2024 0:26:01 GMT
I've over 2000 items in my library. There's a time per item to hide as most times you have to confirm the hiding, then whole page refreshes and you have to scroll to find the next item to hide. Using BF's approach would take far too long. So I generated a webpage with a hide link for the numbers 1 to 2800, as each link is clicked it changes to white text on white (so effectively disappears), clicked links open in a new tab, every so often I close all tabs to the right of the the one with all the links. Have merrily clicked away for a while to hide over 1800 items. Into app and still it won't refresh my list. Couldn’t sleep so thought I’d have a bash at hiding more, but just using my phone - so the slow but proper way. Just over 200 still visible according to the difference between my total and the number showing as hidden. Yet there seemed a lot more than that in the list of visible items. Got to the point where my page tells me I’ve hidden 2053 of 2022 items. Tried the app. It refreshed! …to show over 300 titles. Not sure if my earlier approach to just make and click every possible hide link has screwed up my hidden count. Main thing is I can now get my recent purchases to show in the app. Seems likely the refresh failed a few hours ago because at that time I still had well over 500 visible items.
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Post by andrew on Sept 1, 2024 0:48:36 GMT
On further checking, I have caused this. Oops!
Just made a hide call for a title I don’t have and it has increased my hidden count by one.
I can do the same for a title number they’ve not used yet and it increases by 1. Make an unhide call and it decreases again.
So lesson is:
Don’t go making every call Please stick to the hide and the unhide links BF give you I know it was tempting to try to speed up the process But it’s just borked up my counts
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Post by eric009 on Sept 1, 2024 15:22:38 GMT
down to 700 do more later
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Post by Ela on Sept 1, 2024 18:45:43 GMT
I told my spouse about Big Finish's proposed "fix" and he remarked, "Why should you do their work for them?"
I guess it's a good thing I usually download to iTunes and listen on my iPod. (Which would also work for listening to it on my phone, though I don't usually do it that way.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2024 19:06:29 GMT
Briggs is often under prepared and clearly working off the cuff on pods. For stuff like this disaster he should be 100% informed and know as much as he can. This isn't forgetting who a bit part player in Blake's 7 on one of his tangents - it's people's PAID collection. He's a self admitted luddite with tech, so maybe don't have him speak to the issues, BF?
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Post by andrew on Sept 1, 2024 19:38:21 GMT
Used the unhide all option (if only there was a hide all option to apply to a range) and tried again to hide things.
All fine this time. 1856 of 2022 hidden. App now refreshes fine. Fairly quickly too.
In doing so, I noticed a few anomalies:
Robin Hood - can't see any of the 6 releases on my downloads page so couldn't hide them. They still show in the app though.
Sigmund Freud Files - same, don't show on download list but still in my list in the app.
2000 AD - I should have 6 releases. I can see 3 on my download list, all 6 show in the app.
I've never noticed before whether these used to still show in the download list or just in the app.
Only ones of those that are download only are the Freud ones, so if they are no longer downloadable I'd best get them listened to soon in case they ever disappear from the current or future app too. The rest I at least have on CD as backup.
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Post by timleschild on Sept 1, 2024 20:43:50 GMT
I told my spouse about Big Finish's proposed "fix" and he remarked, "Why should you do their work for them?" Exactly. I've never known anything like it!
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Post by mark687 on Sept 1, 2024 21:08:33 GMT
Sorry everyone I'm having an opposite reaction here:
Is it a mess Yes, Should it have happened No.
However
Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD?
BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months?
However if people still feel that strongly there's only 2 Options
Write en masse and politely ask why it could be up to 6 months without a permeant fix
Don't Buy anymore till the permeant fix or stable App is in place
Regards
mark687
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Post by timleschild on Sept 1, 2024 21:30:30 GMT
Sorry everyone I'm having an opposite reaction here: Is it a mess Yes, Should it have happened No. Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? However if people still feel that strongly there's only 2 Options Write en masse and politely ask why it could be up to 6 months without a permeant fix Don't Buy anymore till the permeant fix or stable App is in place Regards mark687 I think most of us know what the options are. I have written to them. I am doing the 2nd also.
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Post by number13 on Sept 1, 2024 21:39:36 GMT
Sorry everyone I'm having an opposite reaction here: Is it a mess Yes, Should it have happened No. However Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? However if people still feel that strongly there's only 2 Options Write en masse and politely ask why it could be up to 6 months without a permeant fix Don't Buy anymore till the permeant fix or stable App is in place Regards mark687 I've never used the old app and doubt I'll use the new one. One of the many things I like about BF is that the DLs are no-strings .mp3 files so I can listen in my audio player of choice.
Even the one on my antique not-very-smart-any-more-phone which I now use only as a player while gardening and DIY-ing. If it falls in the pond/paintpot it's not the end of the world!
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Post by aemiliapaula on Sept 2, 2024 0:20:15 GMT
Briggs is often under prepared and clearly working off the cuff on pods. For stuff like this disaster he should be 100% informed and know as much as he can. This isn't forgetting who a bit part player in Blake's 7 on one of his tangents - it's people's PAID collection. He's a self admitted luddite with tech, so maybe don't have him speak to the issues, BF? yes it seemed someone tried to explain it to him, but calling it a "library" was confusing. He seemed to think people were trying to download ALL the stories at once on the app? We were just trying to get the list to display so we could choose 1 to download.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Sept 2, 2024 0:26:59 GMT
Sorry everyone I'm having an opposite reaction here: Is it a mess Yes, Should it have happened No. However Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? However if people still feel that strongly there's only 2 Options Write en masse and politely ask why it could be up to 6 months without a permeant fix Don't Buy anymore till the permeant fix or stable App is in place Regards mark687 truly if i didn't have a holiday weekend I would not have had time to reduce the visible library. I would have just used the other ways that were somewhat still workable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2024 1:49:09 GMT
Sorry everyone I'm having an opposite reaction here: Is it a mess Yes, Should it have happened No. However Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? However if people still feel that strongly there's only 2 Options Write en masse and politely ask why it could be up to 6 months without a permeant fix Don't Buy anymore till the permeant fix or stable App is in place Regards mark687 You listen to EVERY release the second its released. You clearly have lots of time every single day. Not everyone does and time to sit at a PC or laptop is limited. Listening with the app is the only way I've been doing it for ages because my Iphone is portable and can be used in the car.
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Post by elkawho on Sept 2, 2024 3:20:27 GMT
Briggs is often under prepared and clearly working off the cuff on pods. For stuff like this disaster he should be 100% informed and know as much as he can. This isn't forgetting who a bit part player in Blake's 7 on one of his tangents - it's people's PAID collection. He's a self admitted luddite with tech, so maybe don't have him speak to the issues, BF? yes it seemed someone tried to explain it to him, but calling it a "library" was confusing. He seemed to think people were trying to download ALL the stories at once on the app? We were just trying to get the list to display so we could choose 1 to download. I sent an email to the podcast clarifying how the app works and that we are not trying to download all of our purchases, but that the app needs to be able to access them.
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Post by bohnny on Sept 2, 2024 22:39:34 GMT
Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? Regards mark687 About these two points: you’re right that BF has provided an interim approach - at least I hope it is interim (I fear that they will let it rest here, given the new site is coming, why invest in a temporary solution). But unfortunately it’s not workable for a lot of us Personally Im only able to listen on the go - work and family make it so - so any ‘sit down and listen’ option isn’t available to me. more generally, it’s not about LISTENING to 500 audios in 6 months (cos yes that would be extreme), you need to get down to 500ish unhidden releases in your account to be able to access ANY audios thru the app. So if you want to use the app to listen to releases as they come out, and have a lot of releases (1600+ in my case), you have to find the time go and hide 1000+ releases to do so.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 3, 2024 7:03:47 GMT
Can most of us Listen on a PC/Laptop/CD? BF have provided a medium term fix for the APP is it time consuming to do Yes On the other hand how many people can say they'll listen to more then 500 Audios while on the go in 6 months? Regards mark687 About these two points: you’re right that BF has provided an interim approach - at least I hope it is interim (I fear that they will let it rest here, given the new site is coming, why invest in a temporary solution). But unfortunately it’s not workable for a lot of us Personally Im only able to listen on the go - work and family make it so - so any ‘sit down and listen’ option isn’t available to me. more generally, it’s not about LISTENING to 500 audios in 6 months (cos yes that would be extreme), you need to get down to 500ish unhidden releases in your account to be able to access ANY audios thru the app. So if you want to use the app to listen to releases as they come out, and have a lot of releases (1600+ in my case), you have to find the time go and hide 1000+ releases to do so.
Exactly that. And I am sorry, but I have a full time job and a life, so not happening on my end.
What do they think of their fans? That we all are people living in their parent's basement all day, too much time on their hands, listening to their audios?
I think I will also go for the option and write an email. If I find the motivation and time, that is.
Already voiced by disapproval on pretty much every FB post of BF.
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