[cma-l] audio fie sharing

[Bill Best]

Hi Tony

The CMA has had some email problems in the last 24 hours and I have
only just got a new email server back online so I'm not sure if our
emails are in or out of synch - I will assume nothing!

On 12/10/2007, Tony Wilding <tony33hill at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi, the feedback so far on this is very promising.

The feedback on a content syndication platform?

Yes, so that's why we have launched the Getmedia platform - available at:

http://www.canstream.co.uk/getmedia/

With Getmedia anyone can have a username/password and upload their
media files.  Other stations can rebroadcast the audio or users can
download the content as a podcast.  Video files can also be posted to
Getmedia.  Subscribe to the media RSS feed with this link:

http://www.canstream.co.uk/getmedia/audio/rss.xml

> Perhaps the community media association could offer the web space and web
> interface for this.

Hope you like what we have done so far.  We will change the site
template a little to reflect the CMA branding - but the site is there
for everyone to use!

Peter Vautier of London Huayu Chinese Community Radio has already been
in touch to say that he will be submitting another scoop about
Thursday's incident in Soho - so please check the site to hear that.
But we hope that all community radio stations will be able to
regularly contribute to the Getmedia platform.

> May need some form of user/password rights to stop unwanted stuff being
> uploaded and also to monitor the downloads.

Anyone who wants to upload media to Getmedia just needs to get in
touch with either me or Grenville at getmedia at commedia.org.uk for a
username/password and then you will be able to share your content with
the world.

> An added bonus would be the ability to preview audio before download and
> also the addition of a brief description about the audio contents and who
> provided the material.

Those facilities are already built into Getmedia - see what's been
uploaded already!  Users can also leave comments.

> This is a good example (also posted this link earlier):http://www.prx.org/

I'll hope that you'll agree that the Getmedia platform is better!

http://www.canstream.co.uk/getmedia/

PRX is a great site but you need to register and sign in to be able to
preview shows. With Getmedia you can play the file directly using the
built-in Flash player :o)

> Kind regards Tony
>
> btw:willing to help with any site admin etc

Great - I'll send you out some admin details shortly!

So please send us the best of your content that you want to syndicate
with other supporters of community media - that's listeners, community
stations, community learning centres and community projects.

Share your media with Getmedia!

Bill
-- 
Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk/