I've got a home server that is always on and online but hasn't got a display. What I'd like to do is the following: The server checks my podcast subscriptions and downloads them in the background. When I switch on my desktop PC and open the podcatcher application, the files are already download and I can start listening or syncing right away.
Do you know a podcatcher that is split up like that in frontend and backend?
I use
cronandhpodder(available from Software Center) to update my subscriptions and download my podcasts at night. You could do that, and open your application and point it at the downloaded files.