Ken, my only SUPER nitpicky thing I'd say is possibly edit out the last second or so of the music to get rid of the symbol/shaker/thingy that starts to come in. You might be able to just do a hard fade out and catch it.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:41 AM Andrew Conway <nal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good plan Ken. I approve. > > Andrew > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, 15:38 Thaj Sara, <thajas...@gmail.com> 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 <zwil...@zwilnik.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Anything that makes processing easier is good, I think. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin B. O'Brien >>> zwil...@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 >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:11 AM Klaatu <kla...@mixedsignals.ml> 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 <k...@fallon.ie> 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 >>> > 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hpr mailing list >> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> >
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