Can we have a "Audio" capsule?

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   SiddSinghposted 15 years ago

   Can we have an audio capsule just like we have video capsule?

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      Maddie Ruudposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      This has been suggested before, and we generally give the same response.  If there were an audio-sharing site that operated similarly to YouTube or Google video, where the content is already policed for copyright violations/adult content, etc, we might consider it, but allowing users to simply upload audio files poses a number of problems, copyright concerns being one of them, another being that it would be extremely difficult to moderate.  It would suck up a lot of resources, both in terms of me having to listen to the audio files all the way through when a hub was flagged, to make sure that it was in compliance with our terms, and also in terms of the space all the files would occupy on our servers.

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         SiddSinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you Maddie, for explaining the issue. That is why I was wondering if it would be feasible in the first place!

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   rmshdcposted 15 years ago

   this is good idea.

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   GeneriqueMediaposted 15 years ago

   Heck yeah it is.
   
   I almost had a solution via archive.org and their java based embedded player. But alas, the video capsule was confused by it.

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   SiddSinghposted 15 years ago

   I am bumping this up for once.
   
   I would really like to know what fellow hubbers think about an "audio" capsule, so that we can also use audio clips.
   
   Is it possible (and feasible) by any chance?

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      agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Sidd that sounds like a good idea to me.!
      A does raise some questions though.
      If you upload from your computer, how would you control content.
      what format would you use.

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         SiddSinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Hi Ag,
         
         That is what I meant by the "feasible" part. And I agree with Paraglider that video samples don't really look great when all you want to play is an audio clip.
         
         I am rather tech-challenged, but can we have a solution similar to how we put the pics in a forum posting. That is, host the pic somewhere else (like Flickr), and just provide the link.
         
         That begs another question: Are there any sites that host audio clips??

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            agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Ok I realise that utube is not ideal but you don't have to watch the video . You can be reading the Hub or comments and still listen to the audio. You can even go off onto another page and the audio will still be playing.

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               agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               Sidd I forgot to mention I am using Firefox!

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                  SiddSinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  Yes Ag, I am also using Firefox.
                  
                  I guess we will have to do with your idea till Hubpages admn see any merit in this!!

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                     agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                     Nice try Sidd . I am not going to be holding my breath on this one.lol
                     Back to utube!

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                        SiddSinghposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                        Hi Ag,
                        
                        I tried this way, but without success. I might be doing something wrong. Can you tell me how you do this (uploading audio via You Tube) ?

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               AEvansposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               I like the concept, but I am certain there are pros and cons.

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   Paragliderposted 15 years ago

   I've asked this a few times too. I have a few classic guitar hubs that are crying out for audio samples. The 'solution' of using a video capsule with wallpaper is very inelegant.

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      agvulpesposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      It depends on taste doe's it not, I have seen some very attractive slide shows with audio!

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         Paragliderposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I meant technically inelegant, to have to have video when all you want is sound.

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   Raven Kingposted 15 years ago

   Darn! I would be nice to have audio capsules. How about playlists?

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