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{{Infobox project
{{Infobox project
| title = Instacast
| title = Instacast Cloud
| logo = InstacastLogo.png
| logo = InstacastLogo.png
| image = InstacastHomepage.png
| image = InstacastHomepage.png
| URL = https://instacastcloud.com
| URL = https://instacastcloud.com/
| project_status = {{closing}}
| project_status = {{offline}} (website)<br />{{offline}} (podcasts)
| archiving_status = {{saved}}
| archiving_status = {{saved}} (metadata)<br />{{lost}} (podcasts)
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/instacast-grab instacast-grab]
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/instacast-grab instacast-grab]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/instacast/ instacast]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/instacast/ instacast]
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'''Instacast''' is a podcast app for iOS and Mac. Its parent company, Vemedio, has run out of money and deleted its website and [[Twitter]] accounts, and it's very likely that Instacast Cloud will soon suffer a similar fate.
'''Instacast''' is a podcast app for iOS and Mac. Its parent company, Vemedio, ran out of money in June/July 2015 and had to close the cloud service '''Instacast Cloud'''. The app itself, stripped of the cloud features, is still available as Instacast Core as of November 2018.


== Site structure ==
== Site structure ==
*https://instacastcloud.com/shared/episode/2ix9
* https://instacastcloud.com/shared/episode/2ix9
**1-4 characters, lowercase alphanumeric
** 1-4 characters, lowercase alphanumeric
**same content available at https://instacastcloud.com/b/2ix9
** Same content available at https://instacastcloud.com/b/2ix9
**mp3s are hosted externally, but probably should be grabbed as well
** MP3s are hosted externally but probably should be grabbed as well. Podcasts that aren't well-known are especially at risk of disappearing completely.


== Archiving ==
== Archiving ==
Only the metadata will be saved (by [[ArchiveBot]]), the linked podcasts won't be yet. However, ArchiveTeam is planning to build a list of podcast sites from the metadata, and content of those sites will probably be saved in the future.
The metadata was saved through ArchiveBot in job {{Job|cutxsw3n2c1io1mpndog8xalf}}. ({{Job|9psce5n9rvwnnoqm9lf2km7g5}} only retrieved a handful of pages linked from the homepage.) The linked podcasts themselves have not been saved yet.
 
For the archived version of a specific page, use the [http://web.archive.org Wayback Machine]. If you're looking for the bulk archive files instead, see the job links above.


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Revision as of 06:59, 8 January 2019

Instacast Cloud
Instacast logo
InstacastHomepage.png
URL https://instacastcloud.com/
Status Offline (website)
Offline (podcasts)
Archiving status Saved! (metadata)
Lost (podcasts)
Archiving type Unknown
Project source instacast-grab
Project tracker instacast
IRC channel #latercast (on hackint)

Instacast is a podcast app for iOS and Mac. Its parent company, Vemedio, ran out of money in June/July 2015 and had to close the cloud service Instacast Cloud. The app itself, stripped of the cloud features, is still available as Instacast Core as of November 2018.

Site structure

Archiving

The metadata was saved through ArchiveBot in job job:cutxsw3n2c1io1mpndog8xalf. (job:9psce5n9rvwnnoqm9lf2km7g5 only retrieved a handful of pages linked from the homepage.) The linked podcasts themselves have not been saved yet.

For the archived version of a specific page, use the Wayback Machine. If you're looking for the bulk archive files instead, see the job links above.