The only thing I'm concerned about is the air gap between what my
hosting company says they give me and what they are actually
provide :o)
They promise about 8TB per month, that should be enough for about 160
000 posse downloads.
We'll see!
On Feb 4, 7:32 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The person bringing you the CPU and the code is me.
>
> The person bringing you the bandwidth is Steven Herod.
>
> Yes, there will be an RSS feed. It'll be a virtual copy of the
> official posse episode feed, which definitely works for iTunes (you
> can sign up to podcasts that aren't in the iTMS by using Advanced,
> Subscribe to podcast...'). If there's an issue with another player,
> let me know and I can look into it. Or, better yet, download the atom/
> rss yourself, fiddle with it until it works, and mail me that. Kinda
> hard to debug without the device/software in question otherwise :P
>
> Software-wise, it's all done - this is how it works, for your
> perspective:
>
> In iTunes, or any other podcast manager, you use 'advanced, subscribe
> to podcast...' and put in a URL I'll be handing out next week or so.
>
> That podcast is a virtual copy of the real podcast. It has the same
> description, almost the same name ('TEMPO' is suffixed), and the same
> podcasts, starting at #228 most likely. The mp3s that get released by
> it are also virtual copies; they have the exact same ID3v2 tags, so
> same image, same notes, same everything. It's just 83.3% as long. This
> feed will be delayed about ~2.5 hours (high quality re-tempo takes a
> while, and ADSL upload of ~50MB takes about half an hour on top of
> that!)
>
> The only holdup is my ISP (my home server does the recoding and then
> uploads it to Steven Herod's server for hosting). They've gone
> bankrupt. A new ADSL provider has been arranged for, but they need to
> do the usual swap-some-wires song and dance and I have no idea how
> long it'll take. Once that's up, tempo posse will be released.
>
> If people like the service, and if Steven can handle the bandwidth, I
> may add the ability to mail a list of chapter markers to a preset mail
> address which then get integrated right into the mp3, but no promises.
>
> On Feb 3, 4:56 pm, Ed G <edgrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Unless you were already planning to, would it be possible to set up an
> > RSS feed for it? This way updates can be subscribed to and downloaded
> > automatically from almost any podcast player/reader (zune, itunes,
> > ipodder, google reader, etc). Here's one description of the format for
> > it:http://www.podcast411.com/howto_1.html
>
> > On Feb 2, 9:44 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hosting problem solved, someone was kind enough to offer. Will check
> > > if he wants his name publicized.
>
> > > On Feb 1, 11:48 pm, Michael Neale <michael.ne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes I have no problem with the length of any podcasts I listen to - I
> > > > pretty much listen to podcasts only when working out, so longer is
> > > > better (just makes me push that bit further). So longer == healthy !
>
> > > > On Feb 1, 5:17 am, Jared Bangs <jaredba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot
> > > > > <reini...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I ran java posse 227 through the sox tool's tempo filter to speed it
> > > > > > up by 20% without changing the pitch (in laymans terms: no
> > > > > > chipmunks!)
>
> > > > > > ...
>
> > > > > > Anyone got some bandwidth left over? I can script automatic uploads
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > run the RSS feed, as long as someone else hosts the files.
>
> > > > > > Could be a solution for Dick's repeated failed attempts to put the
> > > > > > posse episodes on a diet. I like em fullsize, so perhaps this is a
> > > > > > good enough reason not to cut into the discussions.
>
> > > > > Count me in the camp that appreciates them "full size", and wouldn't
> > > > > mind if they were a bit longer from time to time.
>
> > > > > The most enjoyable parts for me are when the guys are just talking
> > > > > about java-related stuff they're really interested in, whether this
> > > > > means they're going off on a tangent or not. It's always (I think)
> > > > > more enjoyable to listen to someone talk about something they care
> > > > > about or have an opinion on, and if it doesn't directly fit with a
> > > > > news item or extends the episode a bit, that doesn't bother me.
>
> > > > > Perhaps if we're looking for volunteers for a technical solution,
> > > > > someone could volunteer to do an AAC version with chapters broken up
> > > > > by topic / new story, so that those who are concerned about the length
> > > > > can skip ahead a bit more easily. Of course, this would only work for
> > > > > players that support this (not mine), but it might be worthwhile for
> > > > > some benevolent soul who has compassion for those who are really
> > > > > concerned about the length.
>
> > > > > In any event, I'd rather the posse not feel pressured to constrain
> > > > > what they may want to say, since I think that would be detrimental to
> > > > > the quality of the content.
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