“toc”: false — doesn’t show images

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  theyelllwodart · Member · April 20, 2026 at 5:11 pm

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  # Problem

  Chapters with "toc": false don’t render images (at least on Android).

  # Desire

  Render the images of chapters with "toc": false but don’t add them to the ToC (or any chapter navigation). I’d like to display helpful contextual images for a few seconds without polluting the chapter navigation.

  # Suggestion

  Make this toggable setting at the podcast level. Some users may not want to see ads if the publisher embeds them.

  Related:

  https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/hide-chapters-from-table-of-contents/

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  staff-eleanor · Staff · April 22, 2026 at 11:46 am

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  Hi there! Thanks for your suggestion for adding a toggle setting for chapter artwork. I’ve added this to our feature reqeust about improving the Chapters feature.
  
  Do you have a podcast I can add as an example of one that could benefit from this type of feature?
  
  Let me know if you need help with anything else.

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  theyelllwodart · Member · April 22, 2026 at 1:25 pm

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  Do you have a podcast I can add as an example of one that could benefit from this type of feature?

  Podcasting 2.0: Episode 248: Thingamajigger uses chapters, with toc: false, to provide visuals for the segment. Here’s a backup of the chapters json in case that link breaks, https://pastes.io/Lza9wFZz.

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  staff-joey8 · Staff · April 23, 2026 at 6:01 am

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  Thank you so much for that, @theyelllwodart

  We’ve added it to our report, and hope to add such functionality in a future update!