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azusastreet
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Date Joined Oct 2001
Total Posts : 10

Posted 10/21/2001 12:29 AM (GMT -6)

Hi,

I am having difficulty listening to some online sermons which were encoded in RealPlayer.

For instance, this link:

http://199.199.237.50:8080/ramgen/real/1996/Greg_Boyd_Conquering%20Principalities%20&%20Power_February_11_96_Putting_on_the_Armor_of_God.rm

I am wondering if someone at the ministry could work on making thesse sermons available in MP3 format or in Windows Media Player format?

I would convert them myself, but there appears to be a streaming problem with these sermons....

Best Regards,
Ronald Jones

Triskal
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 198

Posted 10/21/2001 5:04 PM (GMT -6)

I've had the same problems with those Real Player sermons. They would never seem to be able to work. Usually the problem is on the server end when it comes to encoded audio files. I remember there being a message that the sermons were down for a while, but even before that message was put up I still had trouble being able to hear them. Anyone know anything about that whole deal?

In His Grip,
Matt

"In Him we live and move and have our being" - Acts 17:28

adiaphora
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Date Joined Jun 2001
Total Posts : 123

Posted 10/22/2001 4:06 AM (GMT -6)

The sermon saga:

Once upon a time, a generous volunteer recorded dozens of Greg’s sermons for our website.

Then the volunteer decided to change them into MP3 format.

Then the volunteer got burned out before the MP3 files were made, and in the mean time, the old files were lost.

Hence, the links to the sermons we have posted are broken indefinitely.

However, a new volunteer has begun recording recent sermons in MP3 format.

Check it out.

So, the sermon saga continues.… If you have knowledge in this area and are willing to volunteer to help us restore the broken sermon links,let me know.

~ a d i a p h o r a

Edited by - adiaphora on 10/22/2001 09:06:42 AM

chambes
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 41

Posted 10/22/2001 11:31 AM (GMT -6)

The link adiaphora gave has links to five recent sermons in mp3 format. Within the next week, there will be 10-15 recent sermons at that page.

The sermons from years back are sitting on a hard drive at Woodland Hills in Real format, waiting to be converted to mp3 and posted. Currently, Woodland Hills does not have the server space neccessary to store archived sermons even if they were in mp3 format. This is being worked on and there will hopefully be a time in the near future when all of the sermons will be available for download as mp3s.

chambes

adiaphora
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Date Joined Jun 2001
Total Posts : 123

Posted 10/22/2001 4:33 PM (GMT -6)

chambes, thanks for the update! If the old RealPlayer files are sitting on a server somewhere, then I could easily restore the broken links we currently have them...except I was told the old files were lost...? If they do exist on some server somewhere, I would like to know. If you have more info about this, would you mind sending me an email? Thanks! ~ a

selah
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Date Joined Oct 2001
Total Posts : 1210

Posted 10/23/2001 11:20 AM (GMT -6)

...claps for the new volunteer!!!

I'm so thankful that I can send the 9/16/01 sermon via MP3 to my family and friends. Sure beats standing in line at the post office!
selah

"Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb." Rev. 22:1

azusastreet
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Date Joined Oct 2001
Total Posts : 10

Posted 10/24/2001 11:09 PM (GMT -6)

quote:

The sermons from years back are sitting on a hard drive at Woodland Hills in Real format, waiting to be converted to mp3 and posted. Currently, Woodland Hills does not have the server space neccessary to store archived sermons even if they were in mp3 format.

Hi, well, I'd be happy to host the realplayer and/or MP3 files on my server for free. If the files aren't actually lost, I'd just need a way to get them transfered to my server. (I have a realplay basic server on the server with a 25 stream limit, but the goal would be to translate the source into mp3 format.)

Please let me know if I may help.

Best Regards
Ronald Jones

JCsites.com
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Date Joined Jun 2001
Total Posts : 169

Posted 10/25/2001 4:43 AM (GMT -6)

Azusa,

I know that there are 35GB's of sermons in the RA format.

With MP3 they can be compressed down to 7GB.

Do you have diskspace for 7GB's of MP3's?

I know woodland hills is thinking of storing them on sermonaudio.com - but there's about a $400 initial investment with a $30 per month fee involved.

Could you do this for whc for free? All 7 GB.

jcsites guy

azusastreet
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Date Joined Oct 2001
Total Posts : 10

Posted 10/31/2001 12:58 PM (GMT -6)

quote:

Azusa,

I know that there are 35GB's of sermons in the RA format.

With MP3 they can be compressed down to 7GB.

Do you have diskspace for 7GB's of MP3's?

I know woodland hills is thinking of storing them on sermonaudio.com - but there's about a $400 initial investment with a $30 per month fee involved.

Could you do this for whc for free? All 7 GB.

jcsites guy

I am presently hosting several non-profit organizations sites. I have only charged them $10/month for the service. I had no idea you had such a large collection of sermons. 35Gb would be too much at this time without me installing a new hard drive; however, the 7Gb would be doable. Still, that's a lot of sermons. What compression rate are you assuming? I've found 16K mono 16,000 KHz to be perfect for most voice-only sermons in the RealAudio format. I am surprised that the MP3 versions would take up LESS room than their RA counterparts. The minimum MP3 rate which is still compatible with most portable players is around 32k/sec. Any lower and you have problems converting the Mp3 into CD-ROM format (wav) or using it on an external player. Anyway, these are some of the technical difficulties/choices.

But to answer your question, yes, I can provide the service for free.

perhaps i should look into upgrading my system with a larger drive to support the RA format as well. Since it's already in that format that would be the easiest solution to re-hosting the materials without a lot of conversion issues. Do you have a program to convert from RA to MP3 en-mass/batch?

FYI. My server is www.officehiway.com.
I play host to swordofthelord.officehiway.com and also countercog.officehiway.com. Also to www.ktue.org and www.radiovista.org. I also hosted/created www.personalbible.com (now defunct, I'm looking to change the name). And also, until recently I hosted www.ibreastfeeding.com and www.perinatalpub.com, but I had systems problems due to nimda virus and they moved. Also have a local pc users group at pcusers.officehiway.com and also a freebie site and infoline.officehiway.com.

I am a Christian and graduate from Christ for the Nations Bible institute (CFNI) with a heart for the mission field.

I can provide you an ftp account on the server to initiate file transfers from your side, or we an discuss another way of getting the files.

Let's be in touch.

Best Regards,
Ronald Jones
ron@officehiway.com

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