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Post by Zi on Jan 15, 2023 15:32:58 GMT
Storage space is limited to 200mg at the moment so we'd prefer that you added links to an outside source. You can use BBCode to embed them if you want. YouTube will auto-embed! We're looking at hosting an external storage space for this forum so that we can actually host our own files. At present though if you do upload to here we may be forced to delete (sometimes without warning) if we need the space. At the moment, it won't be too much of a problem but 200mg isn't much for vids! So you may want to store elsewhere and keep control that way. You need to have made 10 posts before you can add an attachment to the forum. It's to help prevent those spammers. If you desperately need to add something before you've attained those loft heights then PM Admins. This section can be viewed only by members! |
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Post by keff on Jan 17, 2023 17:28:50 GMT
Would a link to a Youtube file be ok? Alternatively an mp3 but I guess that would have to be on forum storage. Presumably the limit is 200MB so one video file could fill it?
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Post by Zi on Jan 17, 2023 17:44:00 GMT
Would a link to a Youtube file be ok? Alternatively an mp3 but I guess that would have to be on forum storage. Presumably the limit is 200MB so one video file could fill it? Yes! A 5 min average quality vid would be about 75mb... When I told my husband there was 200mb of storage he thought I meant per user... (ex software engineer, done multi media). At the moment, I'm not concerned because there are so few people here. We're trying to figure out if we can provide a storage space from our own domain which people could upload to but again it would eventually fill and eventually we'd have to delete. If the forum stays small it might be years before we filled it. I think from your point of view, hosting it somewhere else gives you the most control. I've set this up so a youtube link should auto embed. mp3s won't take up as much space so again it isn't much of a problem for the time being. My husband has confirmed that we're looking at about 1/10 of the space for the same time frame (5 mins) so right now, I don't mind if you use space here, especially if you don't mind it being deleted if/when we get pushed for space. But if you use youtube you could have one of those weird photos that people have - the significance of which is often not apparent.  I'd love to see some sharing. I have a 'thing' about Google but if people link their own stuff via youtube I promise to put aside my issues and watch them! Have I answered or have I rambled? |
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Post by keff on Jan 17, 2023 18:18:40 GMT
Fully accept that files need to be deleted when space gets tight. The recordings I have made are on a private Youtube channel but the links can be shared. I have just remembered that if I convert them to mp3 they can always go onto Soundcloud so they possibly won't take up storage on this forum. In my Youtube videos I am keen not to show anything of myself so the frame is filled with the keyboard and a couple of hands! Thanks for answering the question.
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Post by Zi on Jan 17, 2023 18:45:21 GMT
Fully accept that files need to be deleted when space gets tight. The recordings I have made are on a private Youtube channel but the links can be shared. I have just remembered that if I convert them to mp3 they can always go onto Soundcloud so they possibly won't take up storage on this forum. In my Youtube videos I am keen not to show anything of myself so the frame is filled with the keyboard and a couple of hands! Thanks for answering the question. I think that gives you the most control! We look forward to hearing you! |
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Post by keff on Jan 17, 2023 20:23:13 GMT
Oh dear, I seem to have identified myself. Since I don't think I have met any of the forum members maybe I will leave the link for a few days before deleting it.
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Post by Zi on Jan 17, 2023 22:15:02 GMT
Hi everyone I'm just concerned that keff has a chance to consider whether s/he is happy to have this link live so I've moved it off board for a while till the forum member can decide. Hopefully, it will be back really soon! |
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Post by keff on Jan 18, 2023 9:27:11 GMT
Thank you Zi for removing the link. When I first selected the SoundCloud link from the forum I was startled by a rather large photograph of myself on the SoundCloud page which must have been acquired from Facebook login details. I have deleted the photograph and this just leaves my name.
This morning I have tried another mp3 hosting service JukeHost in order that I disguise my name but it doesn't appear to show me the url of the recording so at the moment I don't have a JukeHost link. As it was the photograph that alarmed me I guess I am reasonably happy for my name to appear and at some stage I can edit back in the SoundCloud link. As a supplementary question is there any way of editing my forum user name?
Would just like to say that I like the title, layout and the subject categories of this forum.
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Post by Zi on Jan 18, 2023 9:51:32 GMT
Thank you Zi for removing the link. When I first selected the SoundCloud link from the forum I was startled by a rather large photograph of myself on the SoundCloud page which must have been acquired from Facebook login details. I have deleted the photograph and this just leaves my name. This morning I have tried another mp3 hosting service JukeHost in order that I disguise my name but it doesn't appear to show me the url of the recording so at the moment I don't have a JukeHost link. As it was the photograph that alarmed me I guess I am reasonably happy for my name to appear and at some stage I can edit back in the SoundCloud link. As a supplementary question is there any way of editing my forum user name? Would just like to say that I like the title, layout and the subject categories of this forum. You're welcome. I wanted you to be totally comfortable with having the vid there. I do know something of what it's like. I've posted my artwork and photos for criticism and it can make you feel a bit vulnerable around the edges! Editing forum nameYes, you can do that as much as you like. I've already gone through a few names only to end up where I started! Click on your Profile. Look on the right hand side and find Edit Profile. Look on the left and find Personal. Edit Display Nameand Save personal settings (scroll to the bottom). Do you want me to restore your original post now or do you want to continue playing with JukeHost? Once you've sorted all this perhaps you'd post some recommendations! I'm a bit out of the loop in these areas now as I don't use some forms of social media any longer...  That's actually a lot funnier than it sounds... for reason I may explain one day... edited to add: Thanks for the thanks! it's still work in progress I think and if we've overlooked something just PM us and we'll look into it. |
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Post by Zi on Jan 18, 2023 11:45:52 GMT
Thank you so very much for sharing this! Being first is hard! I really enjoyed it and it was an interesting treatment - it's the kind of jazz that I don't have problems with. I'm impressed with the sound quality coming off a mobile phone. I love the idea of recording for learning. We tried making recordings every Christmas to see how we progressed but we get didn't beyond the first two. There are other people who do recording and I'm sure they'll have things to say so as the forum is so bare at the moment I'm moving your recording to its own thread in the Critique Corner. You can edit it as much as you like there still. But it will encourage other people to follow suit - it'll set a precedent for how vids/recordings should be added. I think it would also be nice to have a thread here about software and hardware for recording. I really want to encourage people to make and share! It's what the web was meant to do. Thanks again for posting this! Post and recording moved here: themusicstand.freeforums.net/thread/54/fool-on-hill-jazz-arrangement |
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That's actually a lot funnier than it sounds... for reason I may explain one day...