QUESTION: What is the least-expensive (prefer FREE) way to get my G+ HOAs converted to #podcasts and upon which services/software should I rely? How steep is the learning curve? I have 9 episodes archived as MP4s and on Youtube which are video/audio and it has been recommended that I also create plain podcasts of the audio. Each video is one hour.
Ideas, referrals, experiences, warnings all welcomed. I have zero budget (still unemployed) but lots of time and somewhat good tech savvy (I can learn).
Thanks! Please EM me: sallyember AT yahoo DOT com with your responses.
Sally Sue Ember I don't play on the YouTube side much but I thoght there was a way to just download the audio portion,...
ReplyDeleteHi, Andrew Hatchett : I'm looking for a way to have a site hosting the podcasts for free or inexpensively so people can access my archived HOAs' audio-only much the same way they'd access a video. Seems to be what some people want.
ReplyDeleteSally Sue Ember I don't really play with audio or video that much. I'm sure that Terry Leigh Britton or John Brown or Scott Scowcroft would have better insight as to what would be most helpful to yo.
ReplyDeleteSally Sue Ember I just confirmed that Video Pad Video Editor from NCS software will allow you to "split" the audio off your MP4 files and save it as a WAV file. Lots of other conversions posible. I prefer Audacity for audio editing (free for Windows and Mac) once you've split the WAV file off the MP4.
ReplyDeletehttp://media.io/ is an online converter.
ReplyDeleteHere are more: https://www.google.com/search?q=mp4%20to%20mp3&rct=j
ReplyDeleteJohn Brown Actually, you can open an MP4 video directly into Audacity and then save it as an MP3 file after editing it! (I only learned that last week by trying it!)
ReplyDeleteSally Sue Ember - I think you were also asking about hosting. $20/month is about the least you can get away with for professional hosting, using Blubrry or Libsyn.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.blubrry.com/
https://www.libsyn.com/
Soundcloud is also an option - free up to a certain time limit:
https://soundcloud.com/
Comparison:
Soundcloud vs Blubrry vs Libsyn Vs Podbean Stats
Andrew Hatchett I emailed her with the info.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Andrew Hatchett , Terry Leigh Britton , Drae Box , Rayne Dowell and John Brown
ReplyDeleteTerry Leigh Britton not to hijack this thread but how did you open the MP4 in Audacity? When I tried, it said it was an Advanced Audio Coding File (unsupported).
ReplyDeleteAudacity is free and allows you to import audio from your downloaded mp4 files
ReplyDeleteYou can store free unlimited amount of files at archive.org and link to each one from your blog, g+, fbook or website etc also... alll freeee
ReplyDeleteFor example here is my life story in fostercare on mp3 which takes you on a virtual subway ride through fostercare. It has been there since 2002 free. https://archive.org/details/subwayride