Existing users, 
I've watched this thing evolve - with hope - but it just doesn't work in any predictable manner.
Go ahead, run it a few times in a row and watch how it deletes some podcasts on one pass, then others the next time - for seemingly no reason.
Listen as it says it deleted podcast. Then read how it says it did AND says it didn't.
Watch how it increments play counts as it runs - leaving smart playlists based on play counts FUBAR.
Look at an interface that is ugly and confusing beyond any attempt at explanation.
I just gave it another try, hoping that perhaps this rev fixed some stuff. Nope - I now need to dig through my trash and reset playcounts all over.
What a hateful mess.
Cast Away
Podcast removal scheduler & auto-player for iTunes.
Version: 2.9.3
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Contributed by: riff.raf Saturday, April 15 2006 @ 07:05 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 1-6 months
Recommend Product: NO
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Random... Entirely Random - Wooden Brain
Oh... I should also add with regards to played counts -- that is in fact the undesired by INTENDED result of using the option to force iTunes to update unplayed podcasts. There is simply no other way to do it other than to play the last few seconds of at least one episode per podcast. If played counts are important to you then uncheck that feature ("Make iTunes update") in settings.
If you have these problems contact the developer and don't post uninformed 1 star ratings on version tracker. or better yet read the info, which is detailed and explains at least the above aspect about played counts.
Sunday, April 16 2006 @ 09:17 AM PDT
Random... Entirely Random - Wooden Brain
none of this behavior is normal. from your comments, there's a good chance you downloaded the 1.5 version that was posed early by mistake. it was fixed with a silent update of version 1.9.2 within an hour (and noted on MacUpdate but not here because it was fixed before it was announced on VT).Reply to This
Sunday, April 16 2006 @ 09:13 AM PDT