[LAU] About Soundcloud

[Peter Crighton]

Only two comments to that for now:

1. The default Soundcloud widget is HTML5 since the beginning of the year.
2. Downloading can easily be enabled for every track, but this is of
course the choice of the user. As it is his choice to use Soundcloud
which is actually a very convenient platform, but I can imagine that
there might be accessibility problems … I have no experience with
that, though. But perhaps it might help you to know that the widgets
should be HTML5 and not Flash? I don’t know …

Cheers,
Peter

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Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany
http://www.petercrighton.de


2012/10/31 S. Massy <lists at wolfdream.ca>:
> Hey, list,
> I'll just say this one last time in a separate thread and close the topic
> once and for all, because it makes me feel like a complaining old man.
>
> I know many of you use soundcloud to share and distribute your material,
> and I certainly can understand why, since SC seems to offer a very
> convenient platform to do so and facilitate exposure and feedback from
> others. No trouble there; maybe I'll jump on board the soundcloud train
> if and when I ever have any audio worth sharing.
>
> Now, as you all know, soundcloud uses a flash-based player and does not
> seem to allow direct download by default. As a result, should I wish to
> sample material posted on soundcloud I need to 1) fire up GNOME, 2) fire
> up Orca, 3) fire up iceweasel, 4) memorise and copy the URL, 5) plug
> some headphones in my computer's on-board sound interface, because audio
> doesn't play through my main JACK setup, 6) wrestle with the partially
> accessible SC flash player. This is my personal experience, but I know
> from previous threads that other users on this list face at least some
> of the same issues. I therefore think many on this list would be more
> likely to comment on shared material if direct links were provided or
> if, at least, direct download were enabled on soundcloud.
>
> Most of you have amazing material to share: please don't lock yourselves
> into a platform!
>
> All right, I rest my case.
>
> Happy Halloween to all!
>
> Cheers,
> S.M.
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