Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
Aha, so it's a marketing ploy! I knew there must be a reason On 10/8/07, Orson Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > I usually just get the cds and rip them. That is the easiest way I have > done it. Sometimes I even post the data to MusicBrainz. (CD's include > all regular sessions + priesthood session with words and music across > the board!) > > Orson > ___ > Ldsoss mailing list > Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
Brian Hawkins wrote: > From my experience the mp3's available for download are not of very good > quality. I can hear it in the voice of the speaker. I think they record > them at a lower bit rate so the download is smaller. If you want to get the > audio and have good quality the best option will probably be to get the DVD > when it comes out and rip off the audio track. I usually just get the cds and rip them. That is the easiest way I have done it. Sometimes I even post the data to MusicBrainz. (CD's include all regular sessions + priesthood session with words and music across the board!) Orson ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
>From my experience the mp3's available for download are not of very good quality. I can hear it in the voice of the speaker. I think they record them at a lower bit rate so the download is smaller. If you want to get the audio and have good quality the best option will probably be to get the DVD when it comes out and rip off the audio track. Brian On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good thing you don't post your link, I might download it and commit > > copyright infringement ;) > > > > I know, that was a close one for all of us! :-) > > Double encoding is bad. I'm not sure if audacity can split without > > doing it. However this tool appears to be able to: > > > > http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php > > > > Sweet, I'll give it a try. > > Bryan > > > ___ > Ldsoss mailing list > Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > > ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good thing you don't post your link, I might download it and commit > copyright infringement ;) I know, that was a close one for all of us! :-) Double encoding is bad. I'm not sure if audacity can split without > doing it. However this tool appears to be able to: > > http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php Sweet, I'll give it a try. Bryan ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] JLV- Facebook App Proposal Ldsoss Digest, Vol 45, Issue 4
On 10/8/07, James Lee Vann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had an idea this morning, but I'm not really smart enought to do it. If > no one is interesteed, I might get around to it eventually, but if anyone > wants to make an app like this- it'd be way cool! > > There is an app for Facebook that lets you choose the countires in the > world that you have been to, and place a map on your profile showing where > you've been and where you want to go. > > I was thinking of a similiar app for LDS temples. You could display on the > map a world map, showing the location of each temple open, under > construction, and announced, then, athe user could select which temples they > have been to/attended. You could even mash it with Google Earth, so that > you can click on a temple and be taken to its location on Google Earth/ > Maps... > > So, those of you that are smarter than me with PHP, if you want to, have > at it. Let me know if I can help. > That's a great idea James! I'll add that to my list of things to add to the LDS App on Facebook if someone doesn't beat me to just creating a separate application for it. -- Jesse Stay VP, 3rd Party Applications WebWave Technologies Incubator Cell: (801) 979-7576 Blog: http://www.jessestay.com ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/8/07, Dan Hanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the > > > > music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the > > > > entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference > > > > DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference > > > > music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking > > > > within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful > > > > arrangements that show up at conference. > > > > > > > > > I agree. In fact, I downloaded the full mp3 of one session and used > > > audacity and it was really easy to select one of the songs I liked and > > > export it as its own mp3. I don't know if I should share that mp3 (it > > > *seems* like the church wouldn't mind...), and I'm not sure if I want to > > > do > > > that for all the songs, but I had the same thoughts as you. > > > > > > > IANAL, but I think the church probably does mind if you redistributed > > the music. (If not, why don't they provide it, since the speakers > > often make reference to it. They seem pretty strict about > > redistribution, plus a lot of the hymns the church doesn't "own"). > > (just MHO..., note that I'd also like to have just the music > > downloads...) > > That's why I won't post a link to my mp3 here. That and I just > listened to it on my better headphones and it sounds pretty bad. I'm > guessing going from mp3 decoded into Audacity and then re-encoded back > out of Audacity is the reason for that. Might have to check my bit > rate settings. > Good thing you don't post your link, I might download it and commit copyright infringement ;) Double encoding is bad. I'm not sure if audacity can split without doing it. However this tool appears to be able to: http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/8/07, Dan Hanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the > > > > music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the > > > > entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference > > > > DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference > > > > music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking > > > > within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful > > > > arrangements that show up at conference. > > > > > > > > > I agree. In fact, I downloaded the full mp3 of one session and used > > > audacity and it was really easy to select one of the songs I liked and > > > export it as its own mp3. I don't know if I should share that mp3 (it > > > *seems* like the church wouldn't mind...), and I'm not sure if I want to > > > do > > > that for all the songs, but I had the same thoughts as you. > > > > > > > IANAL, but I think the church probably does mind if you redistributed > > the music. (If not, why don't they provide it, since the speakers > > often make reference to it. They seem pretty strict about > > redistribution, plus a lot of the hymns the church doesn't "own"). > > (just MHO..., note that I'd also like to have just the music > > downloads...) > > That's why I won't post a link to my mp3 here. That and I just > listened to it on my better headphones and it sounds pretty bad. I'm > guessing going from mp3 decoded into Audacity and then re-encoded back > out of Audacity is the reason for that. Might have to check my bit > rate settings. > I used mplayer to snag part of the stream and just dumped the audio out to an mp3. Look into the -ss parameter. I did have to grab the entire 800MB QuickTime movie of the Priesthood Session ASL version. I really wanted that BYU Men's Chorus version of "Be Still My Soul" :-) slide ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/8/07, Dan Hanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the > > > music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the > > > entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference > > > DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference > > > music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking > > > within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful > > > arrangements that show up at conference. > > > > > > I agree. In fact, I downloaded the full mp3 of one session and used > > audacity and it was really easy to select one of the songs I liked and > > export it as its own mp3. I don't know if I should share that mp3 (it > > *seems* like the church wouldn't mind...), and I'm not sure if I want to do > > that for all the songs, but I had the same thoughts as you. > > > > IANAL, but I think the church probably does mind if you redistributed > the music. (If not, why don't they provide it, since the speakers > often make reference to it. They seem pretty strict about > redistribution, plus a lot of the hymns the church doesn't "own"). > (just MHO..., note that I'd also like to have just the music > downloads...) That's why I won't post a link to my mp3 here. That and I just listened to it on my better headphones and it sounds pretty bad. I'm guessing going from mp3 decoded into Audacity and then re-encoded back out of Audacity is the reason for that. Might have to check my bit rate settings. Bryan ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
[Ldsoss] JLV- Facebook App Proposal Ldsoss Digest, Vol 45, Issue 4
I had an idea this morning, but I'm not really smart enought to do it. If no one is interesteed, I might get around to it eventually, but if anyone wants to make an app like this- it'd be way cool! There is an app for Facebook that lets you choose the countires in the world that you have been to, and place a map on your profile showing where you've been and where you want to go. I was thinking of a similiar app for LDS temples. You could display on the map a world map, showing the location of each temple open, under construction, and announced, then, athe user could select which temples they have been to/attended. You could even mash it with Google Earth, so that you can click on a temple and be taken to its location on Google Earth/ Maps... So, those of you that are smarter than me with PHP, if you want to, have at it. Let me know if I can help. -James Lee Vann ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, Brian Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ps - on a semi-related note, why aren't there audio versions of > > priesthood? (Might be fun to try TTS on the text if they had a "old > > man" voice...) > > > I've wondered this myself. I like to listen to conference on my way to > work. I tend to get more out of it then when the kids are bouncing all over > me when watching it on TV. > > As for the Priesthood session - which I do not always get to - I end up > using text to speech software. Not as good as the real voice. Why not make > the mp3's available for that session? > > Brian > > ___ > Ldsoss mailing list > Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > > The American Sign Language version of Priesthood session is up. It has the whole meeting, songs included. There is 10 minutes of blank intro for some reason. Be sure and check out my son who was singing in the choir! -- I am, truly and sincerely, your friend and well-wisher, m0smith http://www.ferociousflirting.com ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ps - on a semi-related note, why aren't there audio versions of > priesthood? (Might be fun to try TTS on the text if they had a "old > man" voice...) I've wondered this myself. I like to listen to conference on my way to work. I tend to get more out of it then when the kids are bouncing all over me when watching it on TV. As for the Priesthood session - which I do not always get to - I end up using text to speech software. Not as good as the real voice. Why not make the mp3's available for that session? Brian ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Script to download conference mp3s....
This may not be as complete/robust as Matt's script, but accomplishes
something similar:
wget -O - http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-775,00.html|
perl -e 'while(<>){next if /Complete/; `wget -nc $1\n`
if(/\"(http:.*mp3)\"/); }'
You need to figure out for yourself, each conference, what the url is that
contains the links to all the mp3s you want (the above url works for English
mp3s from Oct 2007 conference).
The script depends on wget and perl.
All of the mp3s end up in the current directory.
pete
On 10/8/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've updated my script so that there are no longer dependencies on
> BeautifulSoup. Just one script and you can download all the mp3s for
> conference. It will run on most recent unix derived OS's (windows
> users will need to download the only dependency, python).
>
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Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/8/07, Dan Hanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the > > music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the > > entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference > > DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference > > music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking > > within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful > > arrangements that show up at conference. > > > I agree. In fact, I downloaded the full mp3 of one session and used > audacity and it was really easy to select one of the songs I liked and > export it as its own mp3. I don't know if I should share that mp3 (it > *seems* like the church wouldn't mind...), and I'm not sure if I want to do > that for all the songs, but I had the same thoughts as you. > IANAL, but I think the church probably does mind if you redistributed the music. (If not, why don't they provide it, since the speakers often make reference to it. They seem pretty strict about redistribution, plus a lot of the hymns the church doesn't "own"). (just MHO..., note that I'd also like to have just the music downloads...) For those who want more detailed instructions on using audacity to "autosplit" based on silence here's an article describing ripping LPs/tapes. http://www.linux.com/feature/119550 -matt ps - on a semi-related note, why aren't there audio versions of priesthood? (Might be fun to try TTS on the text if they had a "old man" voice...) ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Conference music
On 10/8/07, Dan Hanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the > music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the > entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference > DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference > music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking > within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful > arrangements that show up at conference. I agree. In fact, I downloaded the full mp3 of one session and used audacity and it was really easy to select one of the songs I liked and export it as its own mp3. I don't know if I should share that mp3 (it *seems* like the church wouldn't mind...), and I'm not sure if I want to do that for all the songs, but I had the same thoughts as you. Bryan ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
[Ldsoss] Conference music
Hi folks, Just curious as to whether any one knows of a way to listen to the music of General Conference without having to download the MP3 for the entire session. I can do that, or listen to it via the conference DVDs, but it would be nice if high-quality MP3s of the conference music were available (in case folks from the lds.org site are lurking within earshot :-). There are some breathtakingly beautiful arrangements that show up at conference. Also curious if anybody knows about the availability of conference audio/video for Conferences prior to when the Church started posting online? Thanks for any pointers, -- Dan ___ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
Re: [Ldsoss] Script to download conference mp3s....
I've updated my script so that there are no longer dependencies on
BeautifulSoup. Just one script and you can download all the mp3s for
conference. It will run on most recent unix derived OS's (windows
users will need to download the only dependency, python).
Enjoy
-matt
ps. note that sunday afternoon still isn't up on
http://www.lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,49-1-775,00.html
On 8/20/07, Cathy Malmrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow, that is so nice. Thank you for doing that.
>
> --Cathy Malmrose, CEO ZaReason, Inc. (Mormon family building Linux systems)
> www.zareason.com
>
>
> On 8/19/07, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > My wife recently asked for all the recent conference mp3s, so I
> > whipped out a little script to do that in python. You point it at a
> > lds.org conference url and it will pull all the individual talks
> > (skipping the complete session ones) into a specified directory.
> >
> > I thought I'd share it in case anyone cared.
> >
> > enjoy,
> >
> > matt
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"""
script to download all mp3 sessions from a given conference url
example use::
python downloadconference.py -u http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-690,00.html -d /tmp/conf
Only requirement is BeautifulSoup module.
Licensed under PSF license.
Copyright 2007 - matt harrison
"""
import urllib2
import logging
import optparse
import sys
import os
logging.basicConfig(filename="log.txt", level=logging.DEBUG)
def get_contents(url):
page = urllib2.urlopen(url)
return page
def get_link_iter(url):
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
html_page = get_contents(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_page)
links = soup.findAll("a")
for link in links:
yield link
def get_mp3_iter_no_bs(url):
"""
remove dep for beautiful soup...
"""
html_page = get_contents(url)
for line in html_page:
start = 0
done = False
while not done:
loc = line.find('a href="', start)
if loc == -1:
done = True
else:
loc = loc + len('a href="')
end = line.find('"', loc)
link = line[loc:end]
if is_mp3(link):
yield link
start = end
def get_mp3_iter(url):
for link in get_link_iter(url):
href = link["href"]
if is_mp3(href):
yield href
def is_mp3(href):
#filter out "Complete sessions"
return href.endswith(".mp3") and "Complete" not in href
def copy_mp3s_to_dir(url, dest_dir):
if not os.path.isdir(dest_dir):
os.makedirs(dest_dir)
for mp3_url in get_mp3_iter_no_bs(url):
download_mp3(mp3_url,dest_dir)
def download_mp3(mp3_url,dest_dir):
#download mp3
logging.info("Downloading %s" % mp3_url)
fin = urllib2.urlopen(mp3_url)
mp3 = fin.read()
fin.close()
filename = get_filename(mp3_url)
#copy to dest
dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, filename)
logging.info("Writing to %s" %dest)
fout = open(dest, 'w')
fout.write(mp3)
fout.close()
logging.info("Done")
def get_filename(url):
"""strip off last part of url for filename"""
return url.split("/")[-1]
def main(args=None):
if args is None:
args = sys.argv
p = optparse.OptionParser()
p.add_option("-u", "--url", action="store", dest="url",
help="specify url to download mp3s from")
p.add_option("-d", "--destination-directory", action="store",
dest="dest", help="directory in which to place mp3s")
opt, args = p.parse_args(args)
if opt.dest and opt.url:
copy_mp3s_to_dir(opt.url, opt.dest)
else:
print p.usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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