A Chirbit user recently asked how to embed a chirbit he created onto his blogger.com site. I didn’t have an online tutorial so I emailed him details. I put this post together to answer the question for anyone else who might need help embedding an audio clip. I will start posting more of these tutorials soon.

Once you have uploaded or recorded your audio on chirbit you can hover over your post to view the action icons for your post. The icon shown below is the “embed this chirbit on your webpage” icon. This is what to click to get the embed code.

When you’ve clicked the embed code icon you will get this popup window with the code you need to copy in your blogger post.

Copy the code into the HTML editor for your post.

This is what it should look like on your site!

If you want to change the color of your embedded chirbit You can switch the style on the settings for your post. There are currently two styles you can change to, but If you have a color combination suggestion email me and i’ll see about adding it.

This set of scripts is based on this article on how to post to Twitpic via the commandline by Bernhard Schulte [ @dozykraut ].

The first file you need is called creds.lib and it will live in a credentials folder in your HOME folder.
/home/$USER/credentials/chirb.lib
This is where you add your chirbit username and password.

chirb.lib

checkcreds() {
CNAME="username"
CWORD="password"
}

Create a log file: /home/$USER/chirbit/chirbitlog
To store the JSON results of your posts.

The following bash script can be called chirbitpost and it can live in your /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin folder but remember to make it executable with:

>> chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chirbitpost

chirbitpost

#!/bin/bash
# chirbitpost Version 0.1
# script to post audio files to your chirbit account
# based on http://dozykraut.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/how-to-post-to-twitpic
# -from-the-commandline/

# store paths in variables
credsfile=/home/$USER/credentials/chirb.lib
audiodir=/home/$USER/Audio/

if [[ -O $credsfile ]]
then
. $credsfile
else
exit;
fi

checkcreds

read -e -p "Audio: " audio
read -e -p "Title: " words
read -e -p "Tags: " tags

echo "uploading your audio:"

cargo="media=@${audiodir}${audio}"
myname="username=${CNAME}"
pword="pass=${CWORD}"
title="title=${words}"
tags="tags=${tags}"
method="method=json"
filesource="filesource=user"
lat="latitude=00.000000"
lng="longitude=00.000000"

target="https://api.chirbit.com/chirbit/postChirbit"


RET=$(curl -silent \
           -F "$cargo"\
           -F "$myname"\
           -F "$pword"\
           -F "$title"\
           -F "$tags"\
           -F "$method"\
           -F "$filesource"\
           -F "$lat"\
           -F "$lng"\
            ${target})

echo -e "${RET}" | grep -Po '"shorturl":".*"' \
     | perl -pe 's/"shorturl":"//;s/"$//;s/\\//g;'

echo "${RET}" >> ~/chirbit/chirbitlog

exit;

I then set up a directory in my HOME folder called Audio and place the audio files I wish to post to chirbit into this folder.

When you run chirbitpost it will ask you for the filename, title and tags for your post and then return the shortURL for your post on a successful upload.

Uploads via this manner currently support mp3, wav, m4a, amr and ogg.

If you have any suggestions or improvements to this script let me know and I’ll update it.

I am excited to present this new iOS app called Instant Audio Recorder created by Wim de Nood.
IAR has some great features for capturing audio and sharing it on Chirbit and Twitter.

Here is a sample recording
http://chirb.it/Bmzs5n

I’ll go over some of these features here as listed on the iTunes app description page:

1. Post audio-fragments directly to Twitter as audio-tweets
2. Keeps recording when you switch to another app
3. Auto-start recording when app is opened (can be disabled)
4. Pause and resume recording.
5. Extended playback options (pause, rewind, fast forward, etc, etc).
6. Rename your recorded audio fragments

This is the recording interface. If you choose to make the app auto record then as soon as you launch the app it starts recording and brings you to this interface.
You can choose to disable this function the first time you launch the app or via the settings button.

The settings button pull up this dialog box which give you the option to toggle a few features.

Once you’ve recorded your audio you can play it back in the Recorded fragments area.
You will see a list of your recordings.
To share and edit your recording click your entry from the list, this will bring you into the Audio Player.

You can also delete a recording by clicking the Edit button to enter into delete mode.

The Audio Player give you the option to share your clip via Chirbit.

If you do not have a Chirbit account your clip will first be uploaded to the iar chirbit account, then a link will be posted to your twitter account.
If you do have a chirbit account you can click the gear/settings icon to add your account login info.

In this dialog box you can add your chirbit username and password to upload your post to your account.

You can rename your recording via the Rename button.

This is a quick tutorial on how to add audio to a holiday greeting card, or any printed item.

Step 1 is to create a chirbit post, which you are able to do by uploading an existing audio clip to chirbit, or recording a new one via a webcam or microphone on the site. You can also upload or email a voice memo from any smart phone with a voice recorder and email capabilites.

Step 2 is to hover over your chirbit post to click on the “view qrcode for this chirbit” icon.

after you click on the icon, the QRCode window will pop up as illustrated here.

You should now be able to download your qrcode to print it on your card or flyer.

if you prefer you can also just send/print the shortURL to your audio clip in your card or flyer.

Share your actual voice this holiday!

Here are some example holiday chirbit posts.

http://chirb.it/2znf4n

http://chirb.it/dks097

http://chirb.it/F0m8yF

http://chirb.it/Ermb5v

Songatron as you may know is the Awesome Mad Libs Song creating Robot developed by Jonathan Mann and Cramzy. With Songatron you can inject your own word into one of the many available tunes to create a new masterpiece to share with the world.

Browse chirbit to listen to all songatron posts here:

Songtron on Chirbit

You can find Jonathan Mann on Twitter here: @songadaymann

The free version of the app only included 18 voices until recently. It now includes all of them. To share your recordings on chirbit you must have the full version, because you need the share via email capability. I have sent them an email about adding an upload to chirbit button. (fingers crossed) I hope they do it!

 

 

To post your audio clips on chirbit just eMail your recording to wav-post@chirbit.com and include your 4 number pin in the body of the email. Here is an example of a recording I made with it.

http://chirb.it/1yKcAx

Here is a review of the app on YouTube.

If you get a copy of the app and record something share it in the comments below. I’d love to hear your posts.

Chirbit WordPress Plugin

Last month I released the WordPress Chirbit Plugin. It enables you to embed your chirbit post easily on your WordPress blog/site. To embed a chirbit post in your blog all you need is the plugin and the short URL for your chirbit.

Example:
[ chirbit: http://chirb.it/ghcKkPL ]

If you use it please send feedback and feature suggestions for the next version!

You can download the plugin here.

Chirbit BBCode Plugin

Rick Strife created a BBCode plugin for embeding your chirbit posts easily in a Bulletin Board that is BBCode enhanced.

To embed a chirbit in a bulletin board post all you have to do is use Rick’s plugin, your chirbit short URL and the simple BBCode.
Bulletin Board Code as you may know is a way to enhance posts without using HTML.

Here are a few links about BBCode:

• phpBB BBCode guide
• Chirbit BBCode Plugin on PhpBB3 BBCodes site

Chirbit OpenVBX Plugin

Mr. Andrew Watson of OtherNumber created the Chirbit plugin for Twilio’s OpenVBX platform.
It enables you to post to chirbit from your OpenVBX system.
You can download the Chirbit OpenVBX plugin here:

• Andrew Watson’s Chirbit VBX Plugin on GitHub
• The OpenVBX Plugin repository

Snapvine is no longer. So where can you go to record audio messages to share on Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and pretty much anywhere online? Look no further than chirbit!

Here are just some of the features that chirbit offers!

• Record audio straight from your browser using a webcam or microphone.
• Upload existing audio files in wav, mp3, m4a or amr formats!
• Upload to your chirbit account using a smart phone with a built in voice memo recorder.
• Geotag your audio posts to let others know where you recorded them! (optional)
• Categorize your chirbits into fun categories like “Joke”, “Rave”, or “My 2 cents”
• Leave private audio messages to your friends.
• Share your chirbits easily on Twitter, Facebook or Google Buzz with one click!

Feel free to contact me directly if there is any feature that you need or would like to see on chirbit and I will do my best to implement it!
I hope to inspire the users of chirbit to this kind of love, support and dedication!