It seems that gpodder has issues with some language encodings. It cannot create valid folder name for some feeds, so files cannot be downloaded to a non-existent folder.
It appears that gPodder stores podcast-feeds info in a file named ~/gpodder/Database
You can edit this file and make needed corrections for failed transfers with DB Browser for SQL Lite For Ubuntu you can download the source
For Ubuntu if you want the latest version you'll need to compile it following the instructions included in the BUILDING.md file in the archive. This is fairly straightforward and instructions are reproduced and clarified here.
1) Make sure the build-essential
, cmake
, libqt4-dev
and libsqlite3-dev
packages are installed with the command sudo apt-get install build-essential&&apt-get install&&apt-get install cmake&&apt-get install libqt4-dev&&apt-get install libsqlite3-dev
2) Download the DB Browser for SQLite source code
3) Extract the tarball to the directory of your choice
4) Open a terminal in the source code directory WhereYouExtracted/sqlitebrowser-3.9.1/src/
5) Execute the following commands:
$ bash
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install
This process should complete without errors, resulting in a binary file called 'sqlitebrowser'
Alternatively there is also a PPA here with recent versions available for Trusty through Yakkety.
Sources:
https://superuser.com/questions/540511/gpodder-cannot-download-podcasts-for-some-feeds
https://bugs.gpodder.org
http://sqlitebrowser.org/
https://launchpad.net/~linuxgndu/+archive/ubuntu/sqlitebrowser
https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder/issues