Good plan Ken. I approve. Andrew
On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, 15:38 Thaj Sara, <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. Anything that makes the processing a simpler task is beneficial. > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 7:07 AM Kevin O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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