Phil Edmonds

Is the 'auphonic.com' encoder the @buzzsprout.bsky.social "mastering" function? Is that what's dors the "de urmming"? Are the chapter points set before or after this process? If the former does the chapter points get recalculated post the mastering process?

25.07.2025 16:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Screenshot of RSS feed

Screenshot of file properties

Nope - it's the timestamps in the RSS feed. As examined via direct download on computer, audio files is shorter than last chapter markings. So not an @antennapod.org fault.

25.07.2025 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This week there are no dynamic ads for me in Podnews weekly review, but chapter timings are out again. Wondering if this is an @antennapod.org bug them being out of sync, or if the negative duration of last item is just a miscalculation if the audio and chapter markers are different.

25.07.2025 16:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

At least Apple with this is doing something largely better than the classic iTunes cross-fade x number of seconds regardless.

25.07.2025 12:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In your blog you talk of "commercial radio bashes songs together" of course it's not just the seg point that affects the sound. It's the, often thousands of dollars, they've spent on audio processors that helps (or hinders) the transition.

25.07.2025 12:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Key 103 mug

Piccadilly 1152 mug

Request for home recordings

Tapes and cassettes in display case

There's some things @radiomugs.uk and @aircheckdownloads.com may be interested in as well.

22.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Exhibition featuring vintage UHER tape recorder, tapes and boxes

Collection of 1/4 inch tape spool boxes

Exhibition sign and screen "Piccadilly Radio archive 1970s"

Interactive display screen "Piccadilly Radio archive"

Made a quick visit into Manchester Central Library to check out the mini exhibition of their Piccadilly Radio archives. It's only a handful of display cases and some interactive screens. Worth a look if you are passing. #piccadillyradio #key103 #radioarchives

22.07.2025 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Screenshot of chapters screen in Antennapod app showing advert inserted into pod

3: @buzzsprout.bsky.social dynamic ad insertion - shows up in the chapters (good) but the rest of the transcription time markers after advert are out by length of advert (bad if you click "follow audio") Chapter marks seems out of step as well, maybe these were just not accurately set? /2

18.07.2025 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Screenshot of transcript of podcast incorrectly identifying Swindon as setting of The Office.

Screenshot of Chris Spargo YouTube video

This week @podnews.net review podcast
Observations:
1: @james.crid.land needs to enroll into a British geography night class and stay away from Swindon.
2: I'm concerned that the YouTube algorithm is serving me and James the same content as yet again he references a video I immediately recognise /1

18.07.2025 12:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

University of Salford student’s documentary to air on Virgin Radio University of Salford BA Television and Radio Production student Issy Brand will see her final year project broadcast on Virgin Radio this weekend.

University of Salford BA Television and Radio Production student Issy Brand will see her final year project broadcast on Virgin Radio this weekend.

22.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

So @james.crid.land hunch that AntennaPod "might not" pick up the comments link to blue sky from the social interact tag seems right. No comments icon for me. Although the RSS may have refreshed before I updated the app so will have a look once tomorrow's podcast lands.

14.04.2025 12:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

BBC domestic radio will stay available internationally after all Just not from the BBC

Good news, everyone! Possibly

james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bb...

18.03.2025 03:45 — 👍 30    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1

What can you produce with three mobile phones and a wireless mic?
#AdventuresInRadioTech #CommunityRadio #Radiothon2025

youtu.be/AxBUWKDI0J4

17.03.2025 08:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Guess the author of that piece was not around Manchester back then, writing: "Channel M began broadcasting on February 14, 2000, as Manchester Student Television (MSTV)....In 2004...was rebranded as Channel M"

The TV-RSL licence was gained on the back of "student TV" from launch it was Channel M.

10.03.2025 08:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

On the off chance anyone can ID any of the people in the pictures would be great, beyond Liam Forrestall at the front I'm struggling.

26.01.2025 19:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is from the same collection of tapes etc. that I posted previously, so don't have the full details.
Back in those days the old Oldham Chronicle had a nice line going of selling colour prints of photos that had appeared in the still B&W newsprint paper.

26.01.2025 19:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Group outside Oldham old town hall

Photo credit sticker

Sunday Nostalgia this week, in photograph form. Local paper picture from a story about Oldham FM mid 90s RSL's (later became The Revolution as full time licence).
I'm guessing a 1996 story about public support as struggling to ID many of the crowd.

26.01.2025 19:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Here's part 2 from the same "anorak collection".
Hopefully bluesky doesn't count as a BBC or IBA radio station in the UK so I'm not prohibited from playing a jingle and a bit of the sales promo from the LP.

19.01.2025 20:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Various LPs of pirate radio stations

"Anoraks UK" cassette tape

Spool of audio tape labelled "Caroline revival hour".

Sleeve of cassette tape detailing 1987 pirate radio recordings

On that other place that I'm trying to use less I posted some Sunday Nostalgia - a 1990s Aircheck of a local "RSL" radio station from a collection of various tapes, discs etc I've recently taken custody of.

Some of the bits probably have a wider audience, so thought why not post a few bits here.

19.01.2025 20:46 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Last weekend I was in Cardiff for the UK Community Radio conference, this weekend it's London ahead of the @radiotechcon.bsky.social conference tomorrow and as I love a good tower block me I found myself one with no Risk Assessment or Hi-Viz required.

#radtechcon #AdventuresInRadioTech

24.11.2024 15:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Surely the Beeb, along with any sensible business will use custom handles based on domains they own something like @radio1.bbc.co.uk etc.

Seems that could be broadly similar to the old 'blue tick' verified status back in the day on twitter.

21.11.2024 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

x.com

If you want more as it happens tweets today you'll have to find me over on X.com/_philedmonds_ I'm afraid (or wait till later once people have written things up away from that place if you're avoiding it.)

16.11.2024 10:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cardiff city stadium Premier Lounge

Trade show stands

Breakfast bar

Cardiff city stadium set up as conference space

So I'm here as an alternative to that X place.
Still trying to find people to follow on here, but in at the deep end and let's post a few bits.

I'm at Cardiff City Stadium today, not for footy, currently for breakfast and jingles, then the UK Community Radio Network Conference. #communityradio

16.11.2024 10:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Close up of coffee cup.

Hello, World!

15.11.2024 10:58 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0