Bhante this is wonderful, but do you ever take a break? 
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Lol. believe it or not, I have a very relaxed schedule. Everyone should do less work, and I aim to set an example.
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Youāre going to get me fired! I suppose that would be a good thing though. 
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@MichaelH, I am having trouble finding SN1.23 in digital ocean. The FLAC exists but not the opus file:
OK:
https://github.com/sujato/sc-audio/blob/master/flac/pli/sn/sn1/sn1.23-pli-mahasangiti-sujato.flac
Error:
https://sc-opus-store.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/pli/sn/sn1/sn1.23-pli-mahasangiti-sujato.opus
Am I using the correct URL?
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Hi @karl_lew , the URLs are like:
[https://sc-opus-store.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/en/sn/sn1/sn1.23-en-sujato-sujato.webm]
[https://sc-opus-store.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/pli/sn/sn1/sn1.23-pli-mahasangiti-sujato.webm]
Iāll (finally) update the wiki now with the URLs!:
[Recording suttas: process for creating voice recordings Ā· suttacentral/suttacentral Wiki Ā· GitHub]
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Excellent! Thank you. 
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Now that we are able to create Voice Sound Modules (VSMs) for AI voices to provision sound caches in production, itās time for me to swing back to human voices and pick up the work on Aeneas segmentation of Bhanteās recordings. Let me know if there are any changes to the workflow or plan.
Iāll be working initially with the Pali recordings rather than the English recordings because Iām guessing the Pali recordings will be stable given that the Mahasangiti text isnāt changing. This will allow more time for Bhante Sujato to re-record any English translations should the need arise. It will also provide an alternative to Aditi for users listening to Pali.
Thanks!
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No worries, all looking good. Iāve been slow on recording the last couple of weeks due to completing the paragraph task. Iāll be back at it very soon.
While itās true to say the Pali text will be more stable, I do not expect the English text to change drastically, especially the human-recorded version. I will not be re-recording this, it is a one-time thing. So I am making sure I am happy with the text before recording. Of course there will be small changes and adjustments as time goes on, and I will always be open to fixing mistakes. But the result of that will be a slight drift between the written text and the recorded version. Again, i fully anticipate that this will only happen very slowly and in a very small number of cases.
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Thank you, Bhante. We shall no longer worry about discrepancies.
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@MichaelH I just noticed that the segment URLs do not have author or reader fields. This is fine for now, but would be a problem if we support other authors or readers. Currently sujato/sujato are implicit.
Also, I estimate that your digitaloceanspaces bucket will eventually have well over 150,000 files. I hope that will not cause alarm.
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An ocean of dhamma indeed!
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Thanks to Aminah, we have a sneak preview of what we are working on for the next release of Voice.
With the segmentation of Bhanteās audio, users will be able to listen to the above combination of voices as well as others. Many thanks to MichaelH and Bhante Sujato for making this possible!
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@MichaelH, would you join us on this thread when you have a moment? We have some questions on the extent and perhaps location of segmented audio uploads. We will soon release Bhanteās currently recorded segmented Pali audio in Voice and need to check back with youā¦
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No need to read the whole thread, Michael (which would be a bit discouraging in fact 
), but from post #423 on, please. Thank you!
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Since Aeneas produces subtitles, Iāve produced some code that outputs videos and subtitles for any sutta in bilara-data, and adds it to a Youtube Playlist with name of Nikaya chapter - here are some tests for perusal!:
Linked Discourses 2 Youtube Playlist
Samyutta NikÄya 2 Youtube Playlist
If you think this drone noise is okay, please let me know. I can also easily take away the big SuttaCentral header or sc-voice logo? The visuals are just slightly random images from a pixabay.org search for āforest.ā Perhaps other pics might be better.
Once I have a machine set up that can do rendering over the next fortnight, I can render all of the recordings out straight into a youtube playlist for each chapter - so it would be good to get some feedback over next few weeks, as rendering takes a while. Iād create a whole new channel for Early Buddhist text recordings - if SC should have its own Youtube channel too then Iām happy to set one up for SC instead too 
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The subtitles for the English text work pretty wellāexcept that the sutta was spoken at āSava teamā. 
But very nice idea! 
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Okay thanks that 2.4 in English didnāt have the subtitles, so thatās taken out of playlist now!
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SN2.6 in the English playlist is in fact in Pali and has no subtitles.
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This sounds fantastic, it would be amazing.
Just so you know, Iām settling back in and plan to start recording again soon.
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Michael, this is a wonderful YouTube channel (notme notme)! I have subscribed.
- I assume that wonderful subtitles in Pali/English will be added eventually?
- The drone reminds me too much of the airplane I was on this past weekend. Iād be quite content with just Bhanteās voice on a background of emptiness that invites neither craving nor aversion.
MN121:12.4: They understand: āThis field of perception is empty of the perception of the defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
Thank you for your channel!
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