[Iced-T]

Does anybody know how I would be able to do this? So say for example, if I've got the recording of a radio show I've done how would I turn that audio file into something akin to the shows on Listen Again where you can pause, fast forward etc? Would RealProducer be a possibility perhaps?

[foot-loose]

I would imagine that Flash / Adobe would be able to give you a product to do what your after. Have a look at the Adobe site.

http://www.adobe.com/

[Iced-T]

Any sort of free download type stuff?

[foot-loose]

... none that I know of (legally).

[Iced-T]

You can PM me some less than legit ones if you like. I don't mind!

[catherine]

That is my department.

[kendra k]

you're the queen of dodgy?

[foot-loose]

She is the queen of doggy.

[Console]

Stupid point, can't you pause and fast-forward (and far more) with every audio file format and pretty much every player? Just put in on your server as an MP3, or OGG/Vorbis or something, and people can download away.

[Iced-T]

Currently I upload them onto my folder on Toucan Storage Vault but it takes a while to download so I was ideally looking for something with more immediacy (like the Listen Again service) where people can just click the show they want to listen to and then it plays like an ordinary streaming audio file.

[Console]

Most media players allow you to 'stream' any audio file. They just have to have the media player download it instead of the browser. It'll download it and play out the buffer. Even Windows Media Player has the capability.

[Iced-T]

Am I just confusing myself here as to how complicated I'm actually thinking this is or is it really just as simple as downloading an mp3 encoder and then copying the URL of the audio file onto my website?

[Console]

Pretty much that simple. You encode the audio, upload the file and link to it, then people can either download it or stream it - whatever they want. Simple.

[Iced-T]

Yeah come to think of it this is exactly what I used to do every time for my hospital radio shows but for some reason I've just completely forgotten the method/process involved.

[Iced-T]

The thing with Toucan Storage Vault however is that when you upload it onto the server you can't then get the mp3 link from it because it uses Flash or something to play it back. There's no way of finding a link to it with .mp3 at the end is what I mean.

[Console]

Well, you can either use a different host or, if you give me an example of how Toucan Storage Vault lets you access the files, I'll see if I can find a direct link.

[Console]

Nevermind, I found it myself. The following XML file contains direct links to all of the MP3's of your shows (in the <location> tag): -

http://www.storagevault.toucan.com/P/47153795/:Files::/?page=1

When you add more shows you may need to change page=1, to page=2 and page=3 etc.

NB: The end of the link is a '/' followed by a timestamp (presumably of when it was uploaded) and then '.mp3'. you can change the filename to whatever you want the file to be download as by default.

[Iced-T]

Wow! How did you manage to find my exact shows? That's amazing! Much appreciated too so thanks for that One more question though, how do I make it so that when you click the mp3 link it plays straight away in Windows Media player or whatever else rather than downloading cos they're quite large files so I'd ideally like people to be able to listen immediately and have the option to download them if they want?

[Console]

Well, there's no way to do that, but you can tell people how to copy and paste the link into Windows Media Player. You just have to give the link (either as a link, or in plaintext) and tell them how to copy it and then what to do in WMP to play it.

[Ezza]

You were online at 6.20am??

[Console]

And 52 seconds, yes.

[S4B]

Why? Could you not sleep?

[Console]

Well, I was awake if that's what you mean. I'm always up at that time.

[S4B]

I am usually but not online as a rule, I find other things to do. You need some more hobbies Console.

[Console]

I was sitting down for five minutes after going running - the hot water hadn't been on long so I was waiting for it to heat up. Hobbies I have, a fast central heating system I do not.