STACKERS! I'm super excited to be chosen by the Fountain team to pilot the brand new in-app VIDEO PLAYER!
To use it, make sure you're on the latest version of the app, and follow these instructions 👇
- Download this episode, as it's officially the first and only video podcast on Fountain at the moment
- Pull up the usual audio player
- Press the 3-dot menu on the top-right
- Tap "Switch to Video"
- Enjoy the full episode on video! (It's easy to switch back to audio if you like, from the same 3-dot menu)
As of now, you have to be connected to internet to use this feature - the team is working on making it work if you're a download/airplane-mode type of listener.
Leave a comment with your feedback - @MerryOscar and the team are hyped to make this the best video player on the market!
Thank you @benwehrman for helping us test the new video playback feature in Fountain!
It's still a bit rough round the edges - but keen to get as much feedback as possible - please comment below with your first impressions / thoughts on the ux of switching between audio and video when listening to a podcast.
For anyone that's curious - this is all built on the new rss
<podcast:alternateEnclosure>tag which means this kind of seamless video playback should eventually work in all supporting apps - https://podstandards.org/2025/06/28/hls-video-podcast-demoVideo works for me.
One bit of feedback:
Keep up the good work
I love Fountain, ever since I discovered it, I only listen to podcasts from there, no matter if I win sats or not.......!!
VIDEO?!
Fountain increasingly eating Spotify, craycray
That's awesome!
Congrats on being the trailblazer.
Is this a YouTube feed?