Comments on: MP3 Audio Files from General Conference

By: jacob

jacob — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:27:40 +0000

@Sam – Your meeting house library should (at lease in some geographies) have DVD copies of conference, including priesthood session. Just because you can’t download it from the Internet, doesn’t mean they are not available.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:44:59 +0000

I would like to add my frustration with not having priesthood session audio and video available. I am using a priesthood session talk as the main text for an elders’ quorum lesson. If I had been assigned a talk from any other session, I could use audio or video clips to enhance the lesson. I think hearing President Eyring deliver his testimony in his own voice is more powerful than having someone read it aloud. I fully understand not streaming the broadcast live, but it seems a bit absurd not to EVER make the audio and video available. /rant

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:48:09 +0000

Thanks to the work of many of you, I have a large library of conference talks on my ipod. Pre-ipod, I used to listen to them on my Sony Walkman. I have literally wore some of my cassettes out.

One of my favororite talks of all time is President Hunter’s only direct address to the priesthood as our prophet: “Being a Righteous Husband and Father”. Oh, how I would love to have that talk and other inspired direction to the priesthood with the rest of my growing collection!

By: Chris Dailey

Chris Dailey — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:24:54 +0000

Just to revive an old post I would also like to add to the frustration over the Priesthood session. It is omitted from the downloads in audio or video format. It is omitted from the podcast of the Ensign. The notion of it being a “closed session” just doesn’t seem to be much of a reason to me – nobody asked to see my recommend when I walked into my stake house to watch it.

I teach the TFOT lesson and download all of the audio to my MP3 player for my commute so I can review the talks several times before each lesson. Now these talks don’t get the coverage they deserve because I am not as familiar with the content.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:36:33 +0000

I too agree that priesthood session should have an MP3. I drive a lot and would love to listen to the talk multiple times.

By: IndyLDS

IndyLDS — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:26:20 +0000

I agree with the last comment. I would really like to have the priesthood on mp3. I use the files to review the talks often, and am saddened that I don’t get to review the priesthood in the same way without purchasing the whole conference on compact disc.

What I want to know is that if it is a closed session, why make it available on compact disc and in print? I think that it being a closed session at the time it is given to the brethren of the church is right, but afterwards it should be allowed to be on mp3 like everything else. If for no other reason, it should be available so that visually impaired people not be required to purchase the compact discs just to listen to the messages. But secondarily, so others can review the talks with ease.

I’ll go with decisions of the church, but I just want to let my thoughts be known.

By: Timprunner

Timprunner — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:42:54 +0000

With all due respect, the notion that the Priesthood session is closed and so it won’t receive the same availability (no mp3’s no on-line video, etc.) just seems, well, unhelpful. Is the R.S. meeting not “closed”. Why are MP3s of it available. I’ll confess right here. I’m a guy, and I LISTEN TO THE RS SESSION!!!!! Scandalous, I know, but there it is. My dark secret is out.

Seriously though. Many of us are priesthood leaders. We are anxious to be able to internalize the messages. Some of the most important for us as leaders are delivered at Priesthood. Commute time and other down-times are some of the best opportunities for us to listen and absorb. It really baffles me who is being served by making access to the Priesthood audio and video–not impossible, only highly inconvenient. I beg anyone who will listen to hear my plea. Let us have the word freely. There are no secrets in the Priesthood meeting.

By: ldswebguy

ldswebguy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:04:21 +0000

In addition to the mp3 files of the individual talks, there are also mp3 files of the entire sessions. These files have all the music. The session files are in the gold bar above the files of the individual talks from the session.

By: rpflo

rpflo — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:08:46 +0000

I’ve been using the mp3 files since they first were available and love it.

I always wish the conference music was there.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:29:49 +0000

Not having the priesthood seesion available as mp3 is of course very disappointing. But I’m also wondering if you will be adding it as a wmv file for viewing.

The download of 94mb for quicktime is equally frustrating. It would be very nice to stream it as it has been in the past.

I do really appreciate these all being available – and so quickly.

Thank you.