Anything that makes processing easier is good, I think.
-- Kevin B. O'Brien [email protected] http://google.me/+kevinobrien http://www.google.com/profiles/Ahuka5656 http://about.me/zwilnik “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:11 AM Klaatu <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
