When running python3 sidecar.py --rss-feed https://www.spreaker.com/show/3257924/episodes/feed --directory /workspaces/obsidian/ no transcripts were downloaded. Transcripts exist in RSS feed.
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
<enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70153435/draft_177152729635743_audio.mp3" length="15511301" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/>
<podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/>
<podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199/1afacbf8-5d7d-4a14-a62d-d18eecab2199.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/>
In this case, the text/plain transcript would be downloaded to the assets directory, then linked in the markdown sidecar in the ## Related section.
When running
python3 sidecar.py --rss-feed https://www.spreaker.com/show/3257924/episodes/feed --directory /workspaces/obsidian/no transcripts were downloaded. Transcripts exist in RSS feed.In this case, the
text/plaintranscript would be downloaded to theassetsdirectory, then linked in the markdown sidecar in the## Relatedsection.