I've never had a problem with the current setup, so I will vote to keep everything as it is.
Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien z <ahuka5...@gmail.com>wil...@zwilnik.com 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* *Public Key = F6283E7A <https://pgp.mit.edu/>* On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 6:27 PM Mike Ray <m...@raspberryvi.org> wrote: > > TTS bit...I'm most interested in the name of the host and the duration. > The duration I can get from my pod catcher, and I guess most pod > catchers get this. > > But the name of the host is only available if I look online first, which > I don't do at one o'clock in the morning which is when the new cast > drops out. > > Based on the host I sometimes just delete it without going any further. > Usually when I have heard the duration and the name of the host I jump > ahead 30 seconds and miss the host message and the music, or most of it. > But, tedious as it is, I think thanking Josh is necessary and polite > after all he does for HPR. > > Personally I hate that bleeping music :-), but it is just as much part > of HPR as the Nike flash is to over-priced sweat-shop produced sneakers. > > The music is too loud, as others have said. > > But, although sound quality can sometimes be annoyingly bad, and can on > occasions make it difficult to listen, a poorly recorded show is better > than no show, as Ken has often said. > > Case in point...Sigflups excellent recent episode on getting the Cisco > phones she found in the garage working, contained a bad echo. But what > a brilliant episode it was. Hacking at it's best and worthy of HPR if > for nothing else but just the obvious delight in the voice and dialogue > from the host at getting it to work. > > So, it's dangerous to complain about sound recording quality. To do so > we risk not digging up some gems. > > Mike > > > On 01/09/2018 22:42, Dave Lee wrote: > > > > Whilst I agree that the theme music could do with turning down a bit, I > also think that some hosts could do more to improve the levels on their > recorded segment. This is an observation I have towards many podcasts, not > just HPR episodes. A tiny amount of post-production effort can make a huge > amount of difference to the final episode. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > On 1 Sep 2018, 22:18, at 22:18, "Brenda J. Butler" <b...@sourcerer.ca> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> I'm a bit new to the community, but that said here is > >> my opinion. > >> > >> > >> I'm ok with the setup as it is, but if we could make the > >> intro/outro music a little quieter (to more closely > >> match the show) that would be nice. > >> > >> While it is a little boring to hear the "thank you" every > >> time, it is polite and thankful to the hosters. I'm > >> ok with having it up front. > >> > >> And what's a "hacker" podcast without a little text-to-speech? > >> Having it read the show synopsis is as good an excuse as > >> any to include some tts. > >> > >> Also after listening to a podcast (or other content) it can > >> be good to have a little "filler" between shows so you > >> have a few minutes to think about the content, before > >> being bombarded with more content. > >> > >> The actual music is fine with me. I also enjoy the occasional > >> community member's re-interpretation, be it whistled, sung, > >> and/or played on the accordion : -) > >> > >> bjb > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 10:03:07PM +0200, Ken Fallon wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> Following a discussion on the Community News, > >>> ( http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2631 ) > >>> > >>> I am reopening the discussion as to the HPR branding as defined on > >> "Give > >>> Shows > Theme" > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/theme.php > >>> > >>> It's been a while since we had this discussion and it would be good > >> to > >>> revisit it again. > >>> > >>> Currently the branding is as follows > >>> > >>> 1. Show Synopsis (Espeak saying "This is HPR episode ${show_number) > >>> entitled "${title}". It is hosted by ${hostname} ... etc" > >>> > >>> 2. Thanking our Hosting provider (Automatically Added) > >>> > >>> 3. HPR Introduction Music (Mandatory) > >>> > >>> 4. The Show > >>> > >>> 5. HPR Outro Music (Mandatory) > >>> > >>> We would like your input on what if anything should change. > >>> > >>> Is the 1. Show Synopsis, adding value to people ? > >>> > >>> Do we continue to 2. Thanking our Hosting provider ? Should we remove > >> it > >>> or put it in the outro ? > >>> > >>> Should we refresh the 3. HPR Introduction Music ? Make it shorter ? > >>> > >>> Should the 5. HPR Outro Music text be changed ? > >>> > >>> Any other changes ? > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Ken Fallon > >>> http://kenfallon.com > >>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Hpr mailing list > >>> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > >>> > >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > >> > >> ---end quoted text--- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Hpr mailing list > >> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hpr mailing list > > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when > there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery > > > https://cromarty.github.io/ > http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ > http://www.raspberryvi.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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