UESPWiki:Archive/CP Sounds on the Wiki?

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Hi, guys. I was just thinking about something as I was reading some of the pages. I noticed that there are direct quotes from the game's dialogs, and I was wondering if it might be possible to add links to sound files, at least in some cases. For instance, dialogs of the Daedra when you give them their offerings to start their quests, and their ending dialogs when you return for the rewards.

Just thought it would be VERY cool. I would suggest WAV, AU or MP3 formats...something very common so the majority could hear the sounds in their browsers.

BTW, I also wanted to thank you so VERY much for this site! I'm running a D&D game based in a slightly altered version of this world, and this wiki has been a wealth of information -- and I honestly don't think I could have created the world without this site. Again, thank you.

Kim — Unsigned comment by 74.64.86.252 (talk) on 30 June 2010

I've been thinking about having sounds on the wiki too and am mostly in favor of it- one problem though is that it might take up too much space, at least with all the problems the servers have been having in the past moth or so. But I'll leave such concerns to our resident server experts. Once we find out about that though I'd say a formal vote would be good.--TheAlbinoOrc^{Got_a_question?} 20:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Ogg files for the sounds would be better. Quite easy to get an ogg player extension for MediaWiki (which adds an embedded player, too), however - server space and bandwidth may be an issue. Most of the audio files can be found in the install directory anyway, and there's also the issue of copyright (would having all the audio files from the game constitute fair use?) RandomTime 20:12, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh btw - as a D&D player myself, an elder-scrolls setting for D&D sounds awesome. RandomTime 20:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah it does- but how do you handle the leveling? The leveling system in D&D is a lot different than that in the ES universe.--TheAlbinoOrc^{Got_a_question?} 20:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a great idea, if the space, and by extention money, can be found to support it Corvus 23:30, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Randomtime & AlbinoOrc: We're old folks, been playing for...*gulp* 26 years or so in this group of people (more or less) and we've developed our own 1st edition variant. (Mostly developed by my DM & best friend for almost 30 years now, Maria.) There's no leveling like in the game; it's the flavor of the world, the history, the 'realness' that I'm using, not the game mechanics.  :-) if you're interested in it, or to use anything I've wrangled from the site (like the plot & alternate history), feel free to email me: blackwood13 at yahoo dot com.

Others: Will OGG files play in WinAmp or WMP? That's what I mean by 'common'.  :-) there is nothign more annoying than having to DL a special program to use a handful of files.  ;-) — Unsigned comment by 74.64.86.252 (talk) on 1 July 2010