On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 at 11:05, Steve GS <Gronicus@sga.ninja> wrote: > > > > Even easier, the few NPR podcasts I just checked now have RSS feeds of > their episodes (as expected). It seems it would be much easier to just > download the latest episode based on the XML file, normalize, send it to > play, done. > > How can that possibly be easier? I am playing the podcast and recording it > for a one-time replay. > Now you want me to write a program that automatically downloads 48 files > then manipulate them for equalization then replay it. It certainly doesn't > sound easier to me. I already have that working using simple > computer-generated vocal commands. >
General principle: If you're asking someone else for help, don't tell them that your way is easier, because the obvious response is "go ahead then, do it your own way". You're technically right in a sense: something that you already have is, indeed, easier than something else. But downloading files is *easy* in Python, and audio analysis on files is FAR easier than real-time audio analysis with hysteresis avoidance. What you're doing actually reminds me of the old acoustic couplers [1], which were a messy hack brought about by monopolies that refused to allow other devices onto the network. Unless you have a really good reason for sticking to the black-box system, I would strongly recommend going for the much much easier method of simply downloading the files as they are. ChrisA [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
