Don't forget to introduce yourself in your show.
@@ -287,24 +287,24 @@This is some important information that you will need to know before uploading to HPR.
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Once you upload a show, you will no longer be allowed to create or edit pages relating to Hacker Public Radio in Wikipedia.
- See our FAQ about the HPR Wikipedia page for more information.
+ See our FAQ about the HPR Wikipedia page for more information.
The community decides the HPR policies. Please join the HPR Mailing List to participate.
-Hacker Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge. We release about 260 shows a year, which is probably more than all of the other FOSS podcasts put together. @@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ Remember once that all the reserve shows have been used up and there are no more shows in the queue, HPR as a project will stop.
-Our hosting is kindly provided to us by Josh Knapp from AnHonestHost.com, and The Internet Archive at Archive.org. We encourage you to support our Patrons. Over the years kind people have donated services and supported equipment for our conferences.
-HPR is founded on the principle of Hackers sharing knowledge. For this reason we are only releasing material created exclusively for HPR. @@ -330,20 +330,20 @@ There you can introduce the content and explain why it is important, providing links to where we can get more information etc., and then include one example episode.
-All our shows are now released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, which means that while you continue to retain the copyright to your show, you are allowing us (and everyone else) to use it provided we give you attribution and that we release it under the same license. Click the link for more information.
-Never include content, for example music, in your show that you do not have permission to redistribute. Try to avoid using any content in your show that can not be redistributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. If you are redistributing under another Creative Commons license, GNU Free Documentation License, public domain, or FLOSS software license, then please signal that when you upload your show. We do not post other copyrighted content, even if it is made available under fair use, or by arranged permission.
-We do not vet, edit, moderate or in any way censor any of the audio you submit, we trust you to do that. Aside from checking snippets for audio quality/spam checking, we have a policy that we don't listen to the shows before they are aired. @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
-Given that we are an open forum for free speech we signal all our shows as "explicit" with the assumption that the listeners will apply the required discretion when playing the shows in public. That said the majority of our content is technical in nature and therefore is often considered appropriate for any audience. @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ hpr2210 :: On Freedom of Speech and Censorship describes the agreed approach to this topic.
-The HPR Schedule is entirely community driven and we recommend that you pick the date or show number as then you know when your show will be released. However the slots will only be allocated once the shows have been successfully processed. @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Once the slots have been allocated it is not possible to move them.
-Any host can select any free slot a up to year in advance. However the audio must be ready at time of picking a slot so that it can be upload immediately afterwards.
@@ -404,22 +404,22 @@ -See the video "Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile" for an interesting background to ASCII and UTF-8.-
When you includes output from the command line in the show notes, posting screen-shots of console or terminal output makes it impossible for screen readers to access the text.
Always try to include the raw output ( eg: embedded in <pre> tags)
Include descriptive language in any link texts.
- Avoid structures like: "For accessibility information click here"
- Rather use: "For more information click our accessibility page"
+ Avoid structures like: "For accessibility information click here"
+ Rather use: "For more information click our accessibility page"
We have people listening from all over the world, who may not have the same cultural background as yourself, therefore you should be as clear as possible when giving details.
For example always give temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit, measurements in Metric and Imperial, dates in YYYY-MM-DD iso8601 format, and abbreviations using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
The reserve queue is intended only to be used in the cases where there is still a gap in the schedule 24 hours prior to release. This was known as the emergency queue, but now can also be used when the hosts don't care when the shows are scheduled. They will be used on a first come first go basis, when there is no conflict with the scheduling guidelines.
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@On this page you will find information on how to record a podcast. Our golden rule is Any audio is better than no audio. so keep that in mind. Don't forget to introduce yourself in your show.
-Many of today's portable media players support recording audio out of the box. Search for "Voice Recorder", to see if there is an application for your smartphone. Whichever option you have close to hand, try and set the recording to the best quality format (WAV or FLAC), and set everything else to the highest setting. It's always the goal to get the best quality audio but here at Hacker Public Radio we value content over quality and so long as it's audible we'll take it.
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ Then just record your show, request a slot, and we'll do the rest. -Some of our hosts recommend Android Audio Recorder on my android phone. It's available on F-Droid and Google Play. These are the recommended settings:
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ -The majority of podcasters use Audacity. First set the Project Rate to 44100Hz, then you can either record your show in Audacity itself or import the file you recorded earlier and edit it as you wish.
@@ -499,12 +499,12 @@
- If you want to record a one-to-one interview with someone then you can use Skype in conjunction with Skype Call Recorder. If everyone is using skype then it won't cost you anything otherwise you will need to pay for SkypeOut service. Although the quality is usually terrible, you could also put your phone on hands free and record with a portable media player.
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If you would like to record with multiple participants then you can use Mumble. Connect to chatter.skyehaven.net Port: 64738 .
Walk through the audio wizard and then pop into the Hacker Public Radio room. Once you are ready press the recording button, select multichannel and then start. That will record multiple tracks, one for each participant which you can edit and then submit.
@@ -515,18 +515,18 @@
You may include backing music but it's best if you don't. Most long time podcast listeners speed up their shows, as this allows them to cram more shows into a day. Having bedding music makes it more difficult to understand, and prevents tools like truncate silence from working correctly.
Others will convert shows to mono to listen in one ear leaving the other free to carry out their other chores. Still more slow the shows down so that they can improve their English. Others are hard of hearing and backing music makes it difficult to understand the text.
We will by default mix down your show to one channel mono and we will transcode to MP3, ogg and spx formats. If you want to control this in more detail then please email admin at Hacker Public Radio for more information.
-There is no need to add any information to the file as that will be inserted based on the information you fill in when you upload the show.
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@The outro is added automatically. It contains the HPR outro music.
Each show needs a title to describe what it is about.
Similarly, a summary helps to add more information describing the show so a potential listener can decide whether to listen to it or not.
Each show is expected to have certain mandatory attributes listed below.
Each show is expected to have certain mandatory attributes listed below.
HPR shows are usually expected to be informative or educational, and as such some sort of accompanying written material is highly desirable. This might consist of brief notes, links to relevant web sites, or possibly longer notes and examples. Photographs, diagrams and example files are also welcome if the host feels it helps to get the message across.
Shows are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. See Stuff you need to know for much more detail about this and related issues.
As a contributor you can choose when your show will be released. We only release one show a day, during week days, but if a slot is free you can claim it. Go to the calendar page to do this. You need to have your show ready to upload before you reserve a slot though.
We are working on the production of reports about any changes made, which will be sent to the host after we have processed the show.
We may make changes to a show's metadata if the host requests it (see the item on fixing errors after upload).
We may make changes to a show's metadata if the host requests it (see the item on fixing errors after upload).
If a show contains links to resources which disappear after a period of time, we may at some future time change the notes to refer to any Wayback Machine copy that can be found.