PianoTell Recital #1 Meta Feedback

navindra · 2024-07-15T15:40:41+00:00

Update 3: 15 August 2024 PianoTell Recital #1 is now live! Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread. Meta feedback on the recital...

navindra

Player1 I'll be hosting my video on Rumble so if there's something special you need to put into the software for that, here's a heads up.

Sure. It was a bit of a head scratcher, but I think I figured it out. I searched for a piano video and this one came up:

https://rumble.com/v2g6wz8-hans-zimmer-time-piano.html

Pick the Embed option:

Now copy "Embed IFRAME URL" and paste it here.

Example: https://rumble.com/embed/v2dlhk6/?pub=4

You should see this:

So it's going to work for the recital. 🙂

rsl12 what's the advantage of using Rumble over Youtube?

I've learned that there are a lot of very strong opinions on video hosting that it's just best to try to support as many as possible. Davide and others had a lot to say about YouTube vs Vimeo on PW/PC.

bSharp

Player1 I tried yesterday but couldn't get in to PW for the fast pieces recital. I did get in this morning to listen but it's not reliable and I can't seem to be able to post. I guess that means I'm going to submit here.

Were you trying to submit a piece? I think the recital closed on the 15th.

I'll try to submit something here next month. Maybe I'll start over and resubmit the pieces I submitted over at PW. The second time around should be better.

Player1

bSharp

I was going to post comments on the recital.

Player1

rsl12

For me it's just easier. Uploads are faster too. (although that's changing as the platform gets more users.) Uploading to Youboob can take 10 minutes or more. Grumble is done and ready in just a couple of minutes.

BicBic

I’ll submit something! Not sure if it will be the same or different to what I submit on PW. In fact, I haven’t got to the end of the piece I was learning for Aug PW anyway, so we’ll see!

navindra

A whole 9 days to go before the recital opens for submissions! ⏲️

Are you ready yet? 🎭

lilypad

I have a piece that might be ready by then.

The only time I tried sharing a music file from Google Drive was on one of the monthly piano bar threads on PW. I thought I did everything right, but people couldn't access it and I had to use my box account instead. I'm game to try Google drive again because I store all my stuff there anyway and it'll be like a grudge match to get it to work.

navindra

lilypad Could you try sharing a sample box link here? If we can get it to work, that's all good... assuming box is your preference. @Rob might know what you need to do for Google Drive permissions.

Rob

lilypad Hi Lilypad,
When you select a file in Google Drive, click on 'Share', then under 'General access' select 'Anyone with the link', then click on 'Copy link', Click 'Done'. and then using the 'Add a link' feature, here, type your preferred title inside the first pair of square brackets, [ ], and paste the link from Drive into the parentheses ( )
It is very similar to sharing from Box, except the type of access in Drive needs to be selected manually.
Hope this works.
Edit:
Example from Drive:
Happy Saturday

lilypad

navindra I think I got the Google Drive working thanks to Rob's instructions. At least it worked for me (Google knows that I'm the owner though). Google drive is my preference, so unless you want a Box test for other users, I'm good.

Sophia

Yikes, I've been trying to whip a piece in submission and thought I had ample time still, but now I feel the pressure 😬

navindra

Sophia You do have ample time! The recital only opens for submission in 9 days, but you have until the recital goes live to submit your performance. That's 2 weeks more time in addition to the 9 days! 🙂

Sophia

If you thought that was a peptalk, it didn't work. Now I'm really scared 🤣😂🤣

rsl12

Sophia your Lesson 6 sounded pretty good! I think you could polish it a little and add an ending.

TC3

It may still be a work in progress, but I think I have something close enough ...

navindra

Rob Thanks Rob! For the recital, you only need to paste the link directly. The ‘Add a link’ feature is not needed.

Like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jN2mIdavUJ2boBfITiRvvq0rOrIbNy0W/view?usp=sharing

lilypad

Rob Thank you, Rob. Trying it now. I must have left out a step when I tried it on PW way back when.

Limpid Stream

Hope this works.

Rob

navindra Thanks for that, Navindra.
I just did it the other way to save space, but it is good to have it open directly in the page, as you have done here. 🙂

Rob

lilypad Your recording brought back fond memories of learning Le Courant Limpide , and of my childhood piano teacher, almost sixty years ago! I haven't heard that in years. Thank you for posting it.

navindra

lilypad Let's use Google Drive since Box is not known to work but please copy and paste the link directly here like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zpmb-p9gdwWucAmKBdJ9vHadCnseOmHQ/view

Then it will show up directly embedded on PianoTell:

Rob

lilypad It worked perfectly.👍