Antennapod: FR: Allow per-podcast sort and download order option

[rallyemax]

As a threshold, it would be useful to be able to choose sort order in the podcast view (the view of all episodes in a given podcast), and for this setting to be remembered for each podcast.

Ultimately, it would be great if, for each podcast, a user could choose not only the sort order, but also the download order. This would be useful for certain podcasts that are meant to be listened to chronologically (e.g. History of Rome).

As an example, for a podcast like the History of Whatever, I would like the episode list to be filtered to show unplayed episodes (this can already be done), sorted from oldest to newest, and set to download the next oldest unplayed episode (so that whenever I finish an episode, the next one auto-downloads).

For this to be truly useful, it would have to be remembered for each podcast, so that once I set these things, the episode view for the podcast defaults to my chosen settings.

A further enhancement would be per-podcast download settings, where I could select how many episodes of a given podcast I would like to auto-download, following that podcast's download order preference.

One example of an app that handles these use cases quite well, though I am sure that there are others, is Player FM. I'm not much of a fan of that app for unrelated reasons, but the ability to customize how a podcast is displayed and downloaded is admirable.

App version: 1.7.1 (Google Play)
Android version: 8.1 LineageOS
Device model: Pixel OG

[orionlee]

I'd suggest you chime in your requirements in the existing issues that have covered the cases you desribed.

For sort order on podcast, see issue #2524

For download settings (order), there are also quite a few existing issues related to this, e.g., per-podcast download priority (quite a few issues, e.g. #2437), handling serial podcasts / auto download oldest episodes (#1077)