VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Darren Altman · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:30 pm Post subject:

Maybe the site is anti-Danish? *just trying to help!
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject:

As a test, upload a different MP3 altogether. Download someone else's from voices.com and try to upload it. See if it works. if it works, it's something specific in your file. If it doesn't, then it's your specific computer environment (browser, network, yadda yadda).
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philsvoice · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject: Problem uploading

Jacob: What about removing the underscores in the filename? Or test uploading a file with a very simple name like "demo"?

Lee Gordon · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:50 am Post subject:

If this problem cropped up over the weekend, the reason that you haven't gotten any help from Voices.com could be something as simple as there was nobody manning the help desk on Saturday or Sunday.
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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:11 am Post subject:

cyclometh · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:56 am Post subject:

That is interesting. I'd suggest two things next:

1) try it from a different computer. If you can isolate the issue as being system-specific, then there's something going on with that machine's configuration.

2) If it happens even from another system, then there's something either with your network (not terribly likely, but possible) or at the voices.com end, maybe something as simple as the storage space associated with your account is on a bad hard drive or something.

You could try taking a trace of the process by using Fiddler. (fiddlertool.com). It would track all the interactions between your browser and the server, which could give you some insight.
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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:38 am Post subject:

Corey, thanks, I'll bite the bulliy and try uploading from a different pc. Didn't know of Fiddler, will look into it.
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SkinnyJohnny · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:40 am Post subject:

I uploaded a new demo last night to voices and had no problems.
This won't solve your current problem, but I thought I'd throw this idea out about file names. I have a folder called "Web Demos" and copy my current demos to that folder. In that folder I have simple file names like, "weeks_imaging", "weeks_web", etc. (very short file names). I helps me to keep the demos organized for uploads and the file names short.
Just an idea.
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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:15 am Post subject:

PARTIAL SUCCES! I managed to upload the new demos by using a different computer (on the same network). YAY!

However, this makes me confident the problem is related to security issues on my primary computer. Maybe one day I'll fiddle with it to find out what's going on... but not today.

Thank you VERY much guys, you've all been extremely helpful, contrary to Voices support. (Lee, my correspondance with them was last week, so I'm not being unreasonable - we have weekends in Scandinavia too, you know Wink

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JBarrett · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:53 am Post subject:

I had this same problem a week or so back when I was trying to post an audition. Turns out is was my browser. I was using Firefox on my Mac, which had previously not been a problem, but suddenly had become one. I tried it on Chrome and it worked fine.
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Deirdre · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:53 am Post subject:

In the end though, it just shouldn't be this hard.
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Gregory Best · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:59 am Post subject:

I agree DB. Things have gotten unnecessarily complicated in our world.
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Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

danbrantley · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:58 am Post subject:

Ask Voices to unplug their server for five minutes.

...standard advice when I worked (briefly) in tech support.
(And worked more often than not)
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