Edited to add: converted the file to mp3. Have tried to upload about five times to one particular hosting company. Every single time the upload finishes my browser crashes. And the upload doesn’t save. Am trying not to throw things. Need break. Back later.
So here’s the deal.
There is one specific hosting company I want to use for the podcast. But said hosting company has been experiencing an “outage” for the last 36 hours, which leads me to think that perhaps they’re not the best choice after all.
So I’ve been trying to figure out different hosting companies, allotted bandwidth, limits on uploads, blah blah blah DOES ANYONE HAVE A CASSETTE TAPE? BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO WORK A CASSETTE TAPE.
But the biggest hurdle of all is that my editing software exports an mp4a file, which apparently is deeply, deeply different from an mp3 file, and I’m having trouble finding a host who will let me upload my fancy file without telling me that there has been an ERROR! or a FAILURE! or that my FILE FORMAT IS NOT SUPPORTED!
So I’ve been playing “Even Then” over and over (I need the perspective), and I really do hope to have all of this worked out by lunchtime. And if I don’t have it worked out by lunchtime, well, that’ll be fine, too, although I’ll probably require some counseling this afternoon.
Thanks for your patience, y’all. I’m feeling better now because Mandisa is singing “Shackles” on my iPod. However, that may not help matters because I don’t know how I’ll possibly solve my podcast problems while I’m dancing around with my hands in the air.
I’ll (hopefully) be back in a little bit….
My husband the computer genius says that you should be able to export the file as an mp3 file. Just like you can save a word processing file in several different formats, you should be able to save the audio file in different formats.
Maybe, just maybe, that will work. Because if you post the mp4a, many people will not be able to hear it, and I know my Okie ear are looking forward to belly-laughin’ along with you and Big Mama’s southern drawls.
Just gather everyone’s home address and send us all a copy on cassette. That’ll work, right?
Yes on the first post. I have a mac computer which uses aac files and when I need something in an mp3 format I just click on a button that says convert to mp3 and it will do that automatically. However before the latest apple upgrade it was necessary to export it as an mp3 or copy it to a disc then redownload it as an mp3 after adjusting the settings in your computer so it knows you want it to do that. Good luck.
I was looking late last night to see if it got up yet.. guess not :-)
Keep trying and it’ll work!
Sallie
I have no doubt that it will be more than worth the wait.
Girl, you take your time and don’t worry about us out here–I have a feeling we’d all wait all the live long days to witness to this blessed event :)
And if you need counseling later, I am here for you. I have half a counseling-ish masters degree and I’m not afraid to use it.
Praying for you… May the Lord come and be MIGHTY over your technology! And I’ll be dancing to Shackles with you :)
With love and prayers and anticipation!
Holly
hury hurry!! I can’t wait!!
xoxo!
:-)
Oh – I love the song – “Shackles!” I’ll have to check out her CD. :)
Call Paypal.
I hear they’re a barrel of help.
Maybe you could ask Martha and some of her friends for some help?
Whoooo HOOOOOO!
Come Boomama! You can do it! Put a little power to it!
(Not that you are applying every brain cell you have – just thought a little cheerleading might help. Of course I’m not a cheerleader. I never was a cheerleader. I am just a bookworm. But maybe some other Internet is a cheerleader and can be more cheery. Not that I’m not cheerful… oh, nevermind… I give up. I’ll just pray that it all gets together soon.)
ThoughtfulMom is cracking me up! Though never a cheerleader myself, I’ve studied them… I’m even a little bit afraid I’m raising one. Here’s what E would tell you…
Go BooMama, Go BooMama. Get your MP3 playin’! O yeah! O yeah!
bless your heart, boomama.
all your diligence and patience and tryingness just for us.
i truly feel loved, and it’s all because of you!
thoughtfulmom: i will attempt a lil’ cheer, even though i never cheered once in my life. except at basketball games and baseball games. just never formally, you see.
two four six eight!
who do we appreciate?
boooooooooooo
mama!
one three seven nine!
we all think she will get it fine!
poddddddddddd
castin’!
go boomama!
As Art Williams once said, “All you can do is all you can do”.
You’ll get it, I KNOW you will, because you have a DESIRE to share with us…it’s your purpose, it’s your passion…it’s your CALLING! (well, maybe not your calling…or your purpose, but I think you have just a tad bit of passion based on your own words…and I ain’t talking about the way you are dancin, either.)
You are so techy Boomama! Wow!
That Mandisa can really lift some spirits! My 3 year old loves that song. I love to see his little arms lifted high praising God. It was hard to explain to him exactly what a shackle was, though…