Set up a new blog to hold my audio files – for current blog

wildhairyhaggis · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 11:54 am
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I would like to have a go at reading my poetry and having the audio on my site.

(I know about the upgrade, don’t want this yet – if the readings work I may pay for it later)

The instructions say I can link to files on the internet for free. Can I create a WP blog just to store my mp3 files and link to them from my current poetry blog?

Thanks

Martin

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panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 12:28 pm
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To upload (=store) your mp3s in a wp.com blog you need the Space upgrade, so there’s no point using a separate blog to do that. You can upload your mp3s in a free file hosting site that gives direct URLs, for instance Fileden.
wildhairyhaggis · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm
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Ha, never thought of that (upload =store). Thank you panaghiotisadam
panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 12:33 pm
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PS You won’t link to the mp3s after you upload them – you’ll insert them with the WP audio player, by writing this in the HTML post or page editor:
[audio URL HERE]
wildhairyhaggis · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 12:41 pm
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Thank you – I’ve checked out Fileden – Free is 1gb – about how many mp3 files would that equal?
panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 1:11 pm
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There’s no answer to that exact question: depends on the duration of each mp3 and its quality (how much the original audio has been compressed). Very very roughly, one minute in acceptable quality would be about 1MB, so 1GB is room enough for mp3s that last a total of about 1000 minutes or 16 hours.
wildhairyhaggis · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 1:17 pm
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Thank you very much, that helps me – cheers.
panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 1:56 pm
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You’re welcome!

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