RKO uploads are back...

Jan Lund Thomsen · Post by **Jan Lund Thomsen** » 20/11/2004 - 9:42

<Prof Farnsworth> Good news everyone... </Prof Farnsworth>

Thousands[1] of engineers have worked laboriously day and night to ensure that you, the public, once again will have the opportunity to get a fresh dose of your favorite c64 remix drug. "How is this done?", I hear you ask. Simple - using smoke, mirrors, the odd dose of brain-fuel (aka "beer") and the latest advancements in squirrel-driven technology we're once again able to accept uploads to everyones favorite mp3 outlet. And not only that - cleverly constructed PHP scripts now automate the procress of checking the submissions for properly filled in forms and proper mp3 encoding. Stuff not in compliance won't be added, as our patented "Shock Therapy" business logic checks things upon upload-completion. Yes, this does mean that you'll be able to spend time uploading something only to have it canned straight away - which should teach you to get the details right in the future.

All that's left for the good administrative people at the other end of the ether is to check whether the submitted tunes sound good or not and whether they cover real-world music. Thus speeding up the arranger-to-public rate no end. We'll all be replaced by robots in the end, I tell you. Run for the hills.

[1] Well, two. Yours truly, with a bit of help from Skitz.

Vosla · Post by **Vosla** » 20/11/2004 - 23:11

THANK YOU, SIR!

Though it's strange I can't download remixes with my old getright anymore...

Post by **LMan** » 21/11/2004 - 8:45

Very well done, Jan!

ifadeo · Post by **ifadeo** » 21/11/2004 - 13:09

great news, jan !!!

i like the changes.....

cheers ifadeo

xo · Post by xo » 21/11/2004 - 17:30

Nice work indeed.

Jan Lund Thomsen · Post by **Jan Lund Thomsen** » 21/11/2004 - 19:03

Vosla wrote:THANK YOU, SIR!

Though it's strange I can't download remixes with my old getright anymore...

Glad to hear that both you (and the rest of the gang) like the changes.

As for your getright woes they're probably due to something else. Haven't changed anything in the download code in ages.

Oh yeah - I forgot to mention: ID3 tags are no longer compulsory. Well, they are ... but now they're added by the upload engine, using a mixture of the details keyed into the upload form and the results of a quick database lookup filling in the composer/copyright notice from the SID Tune Informaition List. Which explains why only tunes with a valid HVSC path+filename are accepted now. As usual the specifics can be found on the upload page.

Chris Abbott · Post by **Chris Abbott** » 21/11/2004 - 19:26

> composer/copyright notice
That field was renamed, so it isn't "copyright" any more....

If it was a copyright field, it would have to accurate reflect the copyright of the music, which it doesn't... (I argued ociferously for HVSC to change the name of this field).

Chris

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » 21/11/2004 - 19:39

"ociferously"

Have you been drinking Chris ?

Chris Abbott · Post by **Chris Abbott** » 21/11/2004 - 22:01

iss ff atrix!

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » 22/11/2004 - 0:40

Post by **Slaygon** » 22/11/2004 - 17:29

Chris Abbott wrote:That field was renamed, so it isn't "copyright" any more....

This is partly my fault, since RKO grabs my DB, and that field is still called 'copyright' in it. :/