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Mastodon supports attaching audio files. You can attach them with the same button you use for photos or videos.

Audio files can be any length, as long as the file size is under 40 megabytes. The supported formats are MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, AAC, M4A and 3GP.

The track used in the example is "Modern Technology" by Xvenox under CC-By-SA

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@david @tootapp

Yeah, this is another example of why third party apps are a better option than the official apps.

According to the github looks like they may fix this on the next iOS update though?

github.com/mastodon/mastodon-i…

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Not playing in my web browser. Chrome version 108.0.5359.125 on Windows 10. It appears to be there, but I hit the play button and nothing happens, the counter just stays at 00:00 and silence.
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@TimMaddog

I uploaded a public domain image separately, image upload is available when attaching audio files on the web interface of Mastodon.

If you don't upload a separate image, it defaults to showing either your profile picture in the player or (if there is one) the image embedded in the file.

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I didn't know it comes with a waveform visualizer, guess all that time learning ZGame Visualizer was a waste.
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Tusky is unable to show the thumbnail and shows the alt text instead of that.
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May be worth mentioning, that attaching 2 MB or even 40MB sound files is already putting extra load on your instance, by disk consumption as well as by dealing with copyright infringements. Since this isn't Twitter and most instances are free of charge, it might be best to keep that in mind before starting #musicmonday or something like that and have every account post tons of sound files. Try funkwhale for that!

funkwhale.audio/

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Wonderful to know. #NewHere & learning something everyday 😇

Here are my #audio files, #reading #poetry I love: by Rilke, #Rumi, Frost, Dickinson & many others!

m.soundcloud.com/yahia-lababid…

I hope someone enjoys these ✨

#poetrycommunity #meditation #spirituality #introduction #introductions

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What mastodon doesn't support is CORS policy for media files on cloud storage. This file no longer plays on my server after I boosted it. The error is from Google cloud storage. It says the CORS policy does not allow my server's domain access.

This makes sense, kind of. I imagine media sharing among federated content will be a big challenge to get right.

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Android of certain age wont play it no progress bar, no sound. But the play button changes to pause.
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y’all saying I can attack music files to my account? This I gotta to do! 🎶
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For me the Alt text tag hovers over the play button making it very difficult to actually hit play 😀
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pro Tip: combine the RSS feed tip and the audio tip to get yourself a fast way to have a Podcast (works at least in #antennapod minor inconvenience is only that the html tags <p>... Show up as text)
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@elk interesting! elk client has the alt tag overlapping the play button so unable to play it
@elk
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That track is really sweet. Any idea where I might be able to learn more about Xvenox? I can't really find anything about them online.
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@apps
#fedilab does not seem to support even viewing audio attachments? This post shows an image and that's it.
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It is quite weird that #AltText is used in the place that audio's title and performer are expected to appear. But I suppose it would be just fine if people didn't forget to attribute with first line, or I'd just get used to spoilers. 🤭

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