Podficcer Check-In #2

[eosrose]

Only two more months before posting begins! Time to check-in and let us all know how you're doing. What's your latest progress? Need help with anything?

Are you approximately 60% finished with your podfic? Submit a request for cover art by Friday, August 18: https://goo.gl/forms/SRnQsgZTxqNX7HsI3

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[night_inscriber]

Recording is at 100% and I'm now into the editing, which I think would be at 65% currently.
(I'm pretty sure this counts as 60% done?)

This is less of a 'need help' question, but I've noticed a lot of podficcers have nice templates whenever you guys post.
Is there a link somewhere for these things?

[analise010]

Hey, Night! I got my template from eosrose. A while back, she posted tutorials on Livejournal, HERE and HERE about how to post your podfic on AO3. I will admit that, if you aren't already familiar with coding, the learning curve will be STEEP.

You could always be like Reena_Jenkins and keep it simple. She uses a relateable template for her one-shot podfics and creates a chart for the multi-chapter stories.

[night_inscriber]

Thank you!
I looked at Eosrose's code and it definitely made my eyes cross. But I'm willing to learn (and cry)!

I'll have to ask Reena_Jenkins about hers; that might be far simpler for multi-chaps.

Both these are better than just bland text (though I have playing with coverart to avoid the blandness). XD

[jadesfire]

In addition to the above, I found this guide by Shmaylor incredibly helpful - the code is all there so you can copy and paste and adapt if you want :)

[night_inscriber]

Thank you, thank you!
That is a very helpful guide; having the images are great!
And the link about hosting sites is just as informative, though I have to look into those a bit more. It seems like most people are hosted by Paraka.

[jadesfire]

Yes! For some reason, hosting is something I always struggle to get my head around - I understand it when it's explained to me, but it never quite sticks.

FWIW, I've been using kiwi6, which I've found fairly straightforward, and the links just drop into the various templates. The only problem is that my home ISP has decided it's a forbidden site, so I have to do all my uploading at work! But beyond that, it's fairly easy to use. I keep backup copies of everything in Dropbox, just in case. It won't help with the streaming, but would at least mean I could put in a download link if anything happened to kiwi6 and I needed to get myself sorted out.

I'd love to look into it properly, but sadly, like telling my left from my right, it's something my brain will not latch onto, and I ended up annoyed and confused! Hope you get yourself sorted out :)

[night_inscriber]

Does kiwi6 host longer works well?
I'm using Box right now but using something that streams would be immensely convenient.