Dear sursounders. TL;DR There a new Ambisonia.com. It's a static version, without login. I can add new contributions manually.
Here are the details: The Ambisonia.com collaborative web site was just retired from University of York, where it was hosted for a bit more than 3 years, thanks to the joint efforts of Etienne Deleflie who accepted my request to put Ambisonia back online, Dave Malham who accepted to host the web site at York, and Oliver Larkin who setup and maintained a server to connect the hard drive sent by Etienne. At the time, my original plan was to fix the resurrected site, and migrate it to add new features. I did fix the torrent download system, but I did not add new features; the main reason was that the Plone content management system used to build and run Ambisonia was obsolete, and I was unable to migrate it to a newer version. Recurring problems made it necessary to disconnect the wiki, later followed by the registration system, then the database started to show signs of corruption. Ambisonia needed a new home... So I exported all relational data to JSON files, and built a static version as a starting point, without a content management system, minus the wiki. In the process, I discovered the rich collection of contributions, and I decided to put an emphasis on the content. I hope that you will appreciate the new fluid layout, the overall simplicity, and the direct download links (!!). But please don't mirror the web site to create a personal archive; the total size is 36GB and the monthly allowed bandwidth is 600.00 GB. If the bandwidth requirement exceeds this limit, I may ask for help ($$). Most of the urls were kept as in the original web site, to avoid broken urls on other web sites. Ambisonic contributions are still geolocalized (if the location was provided), but I favoured OpenStreetMap over GooleMaps. The images provided and the copyright info are easier to see. Although I could stop developing Ambisonia and leave it as an archive, I'd like it to be a starting point for the next version of Ambisonia, still as a collaborative web site, to respect the original intent. Here's the agenda, opened for (private) discussion: - Add a preview player (the one I developed on http://ambisonic.xyz) - Add a download mirroring system (so bandwidth could be shared). - Choose a new framework to build a new dynamic web site, in order to reactivate collaborative mechanisms. Some people asked me how they can contribute new content. I can accept new content, but I'd have to publish it "manually". That's fine for now, because it could help me find a simple contribution mechanism that would not require the entire site to be dynamic, hence reducing complexity and risks of system corruption. Ok, I better stop now... -- Marc _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
