This sounds like a really good compromise. It seems like everyone agrees that less is more, in both loudness and length. And what a bonus that it makes processing easier.
On 20 October 2021 9:38:31 PM UTC, Ken Fallon <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2021-10-18 20:33:48, Mike Ray wrote: >> >> The length of the intro annoys me. TTS, followed by ad for AHH, followed >> by horrible and raucous music. >> >> There is a much softer version of the music which IMHO should be used. >> >> > >TL;DR http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3454 > >Re: Hosts uploading intro and outro > > From a show processing point of view, we have never been able to >automate the posting process due to the fact that some people do and >some people don't add the intro and outro. Even if they are flagged >correctly in the upload form I sometimes forget and end up having to >reprocess files because they have two intros or none. > >For this reason I would suggest that hosts do not add the intro or outro. > >Re: Non musical feed > >While it's possible to do, I am *not* in favour of having a new feed >without music. We accept any audio format, "FLAC is best, we accept the >rest". That needs to stay. From a practical point of view a raw feed >would not be useful as the audio format and encoding would change from >day to day. We deal with that through our conversion scripts so you >don't have to. > >We already have different feeds for the Internet Archive, and the HPR >website AnHonestHost.com. Adding another feed would just complicate >matters and will increase processing time considerably. > >But.... > >I think we can simplify all into one. > >If we take a look at the possible makeup of a show we have 7 possible >sections. See. >http://hackerpublicradio.org/media/theme-music/ > >1. Show Synopsis >This is the text to speech. I was in favour of it but everyone hates it. >It should go. > >2. Thanking our Hosting provider >IA don't know we do this, and Josh never asked us to do this. In >speaking with him, unfortunately the mentions don't convert to clients. >So with his permission, I'd like to move that to the start of the >community news so that it's handled as a personal thank you from the >Janitors. > >3. HPR Introduction Music >There are a lot of themes available, all long >http://hackerpublicradio.org/media/theme-music/ > >I do believe we need to add a theme to maintain the "HPR Brand", >otherwise we risk been considered an amalgamation feed. > >There is no need for it to be as long or as *LOUD* as it is > >4. The Show >Left in obviously > >5. HPR Outro Music >Again we can cover this information on the community news, and in the >metadata of the show. >So we can drop it entirely > >6. Epilogue >Sorry Pokey they need to go. > >7. Promos >We never did any but if there are, we can do them as part of the >community news as well. > >----- > >So in summary, I'd suggest dropping everything but a very short intro >and move the rest to the community news. > >As a proof of concept I just posted a show (we are very low on shows at >the moment - hint hint) and I used the first six seconds of >intro-ak-Maestraccio-cc-by-4.0.mp3 as the entire branding. > >The script to process reduced in size by 50%, as did the time to process >the files. I also suspect that automation of normalisation will be >easier as well. > >So your feedback is appreciated >http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3454 > -- Klaatu _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
