I think http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3454 is a great compromise. The intro is short, identifiable, and and easy listen.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 4:40 PM 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 > > -- > Regards, > > Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN) > http://kenfallon.com > http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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