Talk:PRX Content Prep Guide

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Overview

From the PRX website:

Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. PRX is also a growing social network and community of listeners, producers, and stations collaborating to reshape public radio.

Create your user account

  1. Go to prx.org, click on SIGN UP and create your own account.
    - Be prepared to provide a Username, your email address, a password longer than 4 characters, first name and last name.
    - Under ROLE, choose PRODUCER/REPORTER: STATION-BASED.
    - Country = UNITED STATES.
    - Postal code = use the station's 63103.
    - City = St. Louis
    - Click the box stating I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.
  2. You will then be sent an email that will need to be confirmed in order to activate your account.
  3. Once activated, write to Administrator Andy Coco (coco at kdhx dot org) and ask to be added to the KDHX group as a Producer.
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Prepare episode data

  1. Prepare the episode data by using the PRX mp2 converter. Drag the wav or AIF of your episode to the converter, a new mp2 file will dump in same episode folder as original.

(screen grab)- cking w/ Andy to make sure this is separate app and not done on the PRX website somewhere.

  1. Login to prx.org and click on MY PRX on the far right.
  2. Under Pieces and Series, choose Create New Piece.
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Basic uploader

6. In the new window that opens, click the check box next to "Use the basic uploader". Then click on the CHOOSE FILE button under "Browse for an audio file:" in the PRX uploader, and locate the mp2s that you converted for upload.

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Basic tab information

In the first tab labeled "Basic", fill in the following information.

(need producer status in order to proceed with review - VT 3/5/15)

Account: KDHX check box - piece is part of "series" Collector's Edition

Title: "Live at KDHX:" + Band Name + recording date, ex. Live at KDHX: The Treetop Flyers 8/25/13

Short Description: ex. "The Treetop Flyers perform live in the studios of KDHX in St. Louis on August 25, 2013."

Long Description:
This piece airs in two segments:
Part 1: 13:52
Part 2: 12:45
Once processing of uploaded pieces allows, alter title of each segment to the name of the band featured - if in two parts, use [band name], part 1 / [band name], part 2 (what????-VT)

Details tab information

Continue with the info needed in the tab "Details"

"Add Producer Name" - Add Christian Schaeffer as producer

Upload Collector's Image from local episode data folder (no caption or credit needed) WHERE IS THIS FOLDER?

Date Pegs: Typically, no date pegs are needed

Topics: In Topics, choose: Entertainment and Music. Click on Save Topics?

Formats: In Formats, choose: Interview and Weekly Program Click on Save Formats?

Tones: choose: Sound-Rich, Engaging, and Intimate Click on Save Tones?

Additional Tags: Add the tag manually: Live Performance

Musical Works - use the log file if provided, or review the session audio data from the server's Live In Studio AV volume > Board Master Authoring folder

Details: Production Date will be Collector's episode original airdate

Related website: http://kdhx.org/play/radio-shows/collectors-edition

Permissions tab information

Continue with "Permissions" Tab info

Station pricing: change to FREE

Offer piece on station website: Streaming Only

Edit or excerpt my piece: Never

Publish tab information

Continue by reviewing the post in the "Publish" window - seek typos and needed corrections prior to clicking "publish" at bottom right. Use tabs above to go back and make corrections if needed.