Rich and All,
I had a quick look at Rich's new "Orniphonics" birdsong site. It seems like
a generous plan to make North American birdsong available free to all, no
questions asked as to useage. So I'm wondering how many contributors will
be forthcoming? Is there potential here for a commercial rip-off of these
recordings?
I also listened to Rich's Ruffed Grouse, a 20 second 1.8 MB recording (very
nice too) but it took me 15 minutes to download it, with my (admittedly
slow) 28 kbps rural phone connection. There needs to be some indication of
the file size and type, before the potential listener clicks the "play"
button. I take it the WAV files are uncompressed? Would it be better to
use good quality MP3 recordings to reduce the file size?
This isn't a site where I would be browsing, as the file sizes are too big
for me to quickly download. But the general idea is a good one. Good luck
with it Rich.
Vicki Powys
Australia
on 27/12/02 11:21 AM, Rich Peet <> at
wrote:
> Well, the time has come for me to grow up.
> I am going to spend some time to build something for the whole.
> I really want input before launch of a local collaboration.
>
> Please look at the link and the ideas behind it and comment.
> I will be working behind the site to build people to contribute.
> I will add all my resources and stuff to encourage others to work
> toward this goal.
>
> This is not an active site yet and I am looking for input on if the
> concept is good and complete.
>
> Please give feedback off or on line. I want to hear before I go with
> groups that want to help.
>
> I still will add a page about my distaste for callback and wish for
> it never to be used. I will also add something more to encourage the
> newbies.
>
> Please comment on:
> http://www.orniphonics.org
>
>
> Rich Peet
>
>
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