Does the app support chapters?
Two types of chapters are supported by the app’s premium version, Castro Plus:
- Chapters specified in the episode description/show notes
- Chapters embedded in the episode file
Please note that not all podcasts have chapters. If the publisher did not incorporate chapters in their podcast, the chapters feature is not expected to work.
Chapters specified in the episode description/show notes
Publishers indicate these chapters in the episode description, along with their respective timestamps. If you play an episode that has this information, you can tap the timestamps to skip to the chapters or parts of the recording that they correspond to.
Steps:
- Tap the episode and hit the play button.
- Access the episode description/show notes by tapping the right arrow button on the right side of the episode. Alternatively, you can tap the upward arrow icon found at the bottom left of the screen (to switch to full-screen player) and swipe to the right to see the episode show notes.
- Scroll down and look for the list of chapters/timestamps.
- Tap the timestamp that corresponds to the chapter you’d like to listen to.
Chapters embedded in the episode file
These are chapters that are incorporated by the publisher in the episode file itself. If you play an episode that contains chapter information in its file, you can skip between chapters from the app's full-screen player, or even from your device's lock screen. The chapter artwork will also appear provided that it's also included in the episode file. All of these work based on your configuration in Settings > Chapters.
Steps:
- Tap the episode and hit the play button.
- Tap the upward arrow icon found at the bottom left of the screen to switch to full-screen player.
- Skip between chapters using the « and » icons found right above the episode title, or you can tap the title to see the list of chapters and skip playback from there.