Hi Richard
I really think that SoundCloud is currently the best player in this space. =
For long tracks, I have found that you cannot upload anything larger than 1=
GB - it fails silently. This may well be a limitation imposed by the web-ba=
sed uploader.
Before SoundCloud hit the scene, I had developed something for my own use t=
hat I thought about expanding for the particular needs of the nature record=
ist/phonographer, but SoundCloud satisfies 90% of my current needs. That be=
ing said, there still may be some niche development to be done here to prov=
ide services that SoundCloud does not, like spectrogram computation... The =
site is still up at http://naturerecordists.com
I currently have a restriction on the size of the files of 10Mb, but this i=
s completely arbitrary so that I avoid high storage fees. The site is curre=
ntly free.
If you want to do things yourself, just about anything can be accomplished =
with Amazon's S3 and SoundManager2
http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/
David
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> I'm currently using SoundCloud to share my attempts at nature sound
> recording. I think it is an excellent system, very neat. However it
> does have a couple of quirks that make me want to look for alternatives:
>
> - the pricing structure is, understandably, aimed at at people who are
> producing relatively short music tracks. Where, like me, you want to
> share long ambient material the pricing does not make so much sense
>
> - I have had a few issues with UI stability recently. I suspect that
> they are pushing out changes without testing them properly (hopefully
> this will stop in due course)
>
> So the question is, what alternatives do group members know about?
>
> I see that many people run excellent blogs which provide sound playing
> embedded apps. I will be delving into both HTML source and credits for
> tips, but would appreciate any general tips for someone considering this
> route.
>
> I have the skills and resources to do my own hosting, but would prefer
> to have someone else doing the hard work (as SoundCloud does).
>
> Richard
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