There are some fairly simple audio filters that will speed up the entire podcast without changing the pitch. (No chipmunks)
I'm willing to code up a bot that will watch the posse RSS feed, download it, run the speedup filter, and then broadcast its own RSS, no more than an hour delayed. Assuming there are open source command line tools or a java library to add chapter marks, the bot could get an email address or simple web form where known contributors drop chapter lists, so that the bot can automatically update the audio file it broadcasts. There'd then be a second RSS feeds that would be delayed more, but always has chapter markings. I've mailed the posse about it. I can build it, but I don't have the bandwidth to host this bot for more than about 75 listeners. (Bandwidth bill where my server is at would become a bit too crazy to pay out of my own pocket). If anyone has the bandwidth to run it, let me know. It would probably be a java servlet. I can set it up so that my home server does the encode (saves your production server from having a chunk of its CPU eaten away during the computationally intensive audio speedup). Reply here or mail me. On Jan 29, 3:56 pm, Jess Holle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm... The only speed up I'd like is for the Posse to move on more > quickly when they /know /they don't know what's going on -- rather than > spending a long while saying as much and providing wild and crazy guesses. > > That said, I'm not complaining. They're doing this of their own > volition and are free to blabber on as they see fit. > > -- > Jess Holle > > Ed G wrote: > > How about offering a speeded-up version for those who like the amount > > of information but want to do it quicker? A 10% or 20% speedup would > > not be very noticeable (not like chipmunks at all!) and would save > > that much time. After a week or two of training your ears/brain I have > > listened to podcasts at 30-40% speedup no problem, get almost double > > the listening in! > > > On Jan 26, 9:54 pm, "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Personally, I'd prefer a longer podcast but a lot of it has to do with > >> the great signal to noise ratio this podcast has. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
