I have hit a brick wall

Perhaps one of the easiest ways to manipulate your audio file (if you're willing to turn to the dark side) is through iTunes (FREE: http://www.apple.com/itunes ).

Once you have imported your file into iTunes, you can adjust the file rate by going to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced > Importing (may be different on PC). Change "Import Using" to "MP3 Encoder" and "Setting" to "Good Quality (128)", if it's not already. Hit "OK". THEN, you need to go to Advanced > "Convert Selection to MP3". Essentially, this makes a new copy of your audio file as an MP3 at 128 kbps. This is the file you can upload.

If you need to trim your file for length (to get down to 2 minutes), highlight your file in iTunes and go to File > Get Info > Options. Here you can set your preferred Start TIme and Stop Time. Hit "OK". You will then go to Advanced > "Convert Selection to MP3". Again, this will create a NEW file that is trimmed in length.

Hope that helps. Little podcaster tricks of the trade.

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Pete Moore
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ROFLMAO

stalzz, you killed me with the last line of your message: "I'm an old man."

I can't wait to hear your submission.

Steve

Ultimately the paradoxes of life make fools of us all. So if we would be wise we should study life's paradoxes and confront our abject foolishness head on.

I had a couple of problems too. I recorded at work on a PC using Adobe software, then had to convert it to a smaller file, cuz I guess we use the big guns here. But, eventually it worked out. There are several free software programs that can help you switch it to an MP3 file, even to a smaller MP3 file, if that's the problem. The one I downloaded was called Switch. I found I had trouble trying to use free editing software, because it also required downloading a program that would write an MP3 file, and for some reason, that wasn't working out for me, but if you're on a PC, it might be easier to find.

Hang in there,
Elizabeth Ziegler
News Director
KISU-91.1 FM Pocatello, Idaho

Jimmy

Hi!

Could you please post the specific error message you're getting?

What are the steps you're doing to upload your sound file.

Glad to help any way I can. If you'd like to, you can communicate with me on my contact page.

Jimmy
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Please listen to my entry at:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/197

if your getting an error message, your file may not be converted over to mp3 yet.