Comments on: MP3 File Naming Strategy

By: Basil

Basil — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:34:21 +0000

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audio files — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:46:20 +0000

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By: LDS Tech » Blog Archive » Linking to LDS.org audio files

LDS Tech » Blog Archive » Linking to LDS.org audio files — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:29:51 +0000

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By: ldsWebguy » Web File Names

ldsWebguy » Web File Names — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:56:18 +0000

[...] This post describes the file naming convention for audio, video, PDF, PDA, and other files provided on Church Web sites for download. (Note: This post replaces my previous post MP3 File Naming Strategy.) [...]

By: ldswebguy

ldswebguy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:42:48 +0000

Michael,
We will be sharing these new standards with the BYU folks next week. Then it’s up to them to implement them. If they get good feedback from users like you who want to see consistent standards, they’ll be more likely to implement them.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:51:34 +0000

Hah! Just realized you already put the difference between words and music in the file names. Woohoo!

I am exercising all of my powers of restraint in not downloading the entire 2007 CSMP/Sharing Time file set again tonight.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:17:19 +0000

I have other, general comments, but one about the MP3s in particular that’s proven very difficult for me as a Primary teacher: differentiating between the “with words” and “without words” versions. I have a filter in place on my download program, which keeps me from downloading “with words” files into my “without words” folder (I think it went something like /2/1/301.mp3 = hymnal, with words, page 301, while 2/2/301.mp3 = hymnal, without words, page 301.) Having “w” (or something) appended to the track number would be… nifty.

There was a secondary issue (every year the CSMP includes a selection from the Hymnal, and of course there’s no difference between the hymnal and CS names in the old version, and let’s just say that it took weeks to realize I’d overwritten a Primary song with a hymnal song last year.) but I think that issue is permanently fixed with this system.

All in all, I think this will be a serious improvement.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:40:55 +0000

What about the bitrate for the General Conference talks? I’ve noticed that the bitrate for the posted MP3 files has varied over the years.

Since GC talks are just the spoken word, they don’t need to be at 128 kb/s. Plus, higher bitrates make for bigger files when I try to copy them to my PDA. (I’ve had to get software to reduce it down.)

I’d suggest something lower (e.g. 48 or 96) or at least a lower bitrate option to make it more friendly to portable devices. Thanks!

By: Dan Sage

Dan Sage — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:54:25 +0000

Thank you so much for doing that. I was just about to type what Michael had just written. I agree with everything he just said.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:17:35 +0000

What about sharing this with the guys down at BYU who name the MP3s on the old speeches and devotional talks. They are all over the place on their naming.

It would also be great for General Conference addresses which also seem to be much too inconsistent.

GREAT ROLLOUT FOR THE NEW WEBSITE! Thank everyone in your department for the hard work. Give them all an extra weeks vacation or something!