COMPLETE - Walking by Henry David Thoreau - tg

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » September 21st, 2021, 1:39 pm

Hey guys! I'm currently working on another solo read with an end date in December, but the one below I've recently stumbled on after thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and the John Muir Trail. I want to share this with the world!

Walking, by Henry David Thoreau

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/walking-by-henry-david-thoreau-2/

Will summarize after reading (Summary by )

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1022/1022-h/1022-h.htm

Target completion date: 2021-10-26

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Walking. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Walking, by Henry David Thoreau. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"Section (or Chapter) # of Walking, by Henry David Thoreau. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of Walking, by Henry David Thoreau."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: walking_##_thoreau_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. walking_01_thoreau_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: TriciaG

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.

Post by **TriciaG** » September 21st, 2021, 1:44 pm

If it's really only one section, it would go in the Short Nonfiction Collection. It's fully searchable from there.

However, I see it's about 12,000 words, which will probably be over an hour - more like 80 minutes. This is flirting with our desire to keep recordings to the length of an audio CD so that someone can burn it to a CD.

SO... you will probably want to break this up into 2 or 3 sections, in which case, it would stay as a bona fide solo.

[*insert smiley depicting intense brain activity here*]

September 21st, 2021, 2:55 pm

There is a solo version already in the catalog in case that matters to you.

https://librivox.org/walking-by-henry-david-thoreau/

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » September 22nd, 2021, 12:09 pm

Thank you Tricia and Jo,

I'll edit the code for 3 sections in the next day or so. I can't access our forum at work except on my phone.

That's odd, I actually searched for it and couldn't find it in our catalog. Though if there's only one version, I'd still love to record a second one.

Post by **TriciaG** » September 23rd, 2021, 8:22 am

OK, this is set up.

Your catalog page now has athenspets.net as your personal URL. Do you want it changed to AppalachianTrailClarity.com? (It can't be changed for individual projects only; it's a global change.)

Post by **TriciaG** » September 26th, 2021, 5:55 am

Moved to Going Solo.

Oreki · Post by **Oreki** » September 28th, 2021, 6:00 am

Hello! May I DPL this?

Post by **TriciaG** » September 28th, 2021, 6:18 am

I've put you in. Thanks!

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » October 2nd, 2021, 5:13 am

Ooh, I'm excited! I plan to do some reading this weekend on both of my current projects! Yes, Tricia, please change my URL to AppalachianTrailClarity if not too much trouble. Thank you, Oreki, for being my listener!

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » October 2nd, 2021, 3:17 pm

Hey guys,

Section 1 has been uploaded. 22 minutes. Thank you!

Post by **TriciaG** » October 2nd, 2021, 3:21 pm

Great! Be sure to change the status in the last column to "Ready for PL". This puts it in that column in the DPL's list.

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » October 2nd, 2021, 3:59 pm

Thanks Tricia. Done!

Oreki · Post by **Oreki** » October 3rd, 2021, 5:59 am

PL notes for Section 1:

Please set the bitrate of the mp3 file to "Constant" and 128 kbps.

Please rename the mp3 file to "walking_01_thoreau_128kb" so that it follows the filename format.

21:50 - Heard "End of section 1 of Walking by Henry David Thoreau.", should be just "End of section 1."

An excellent recording, by the way!

ally99 · Post by **ally99** » October 10th, 2021, 5:51 am

Hi all,

I made Oreki's suggested changes for section 1!

Oreki · Post by **Oreki** » October 12th, 2021, 7:09 am

Hey there,

Looks good to me. Just one more thing: could you rename the file so that it's in all lowercase letters? It should be this name exactly, without the quotation marks: "walking_01_thoreau_128kb"

Thanks!