Support for other online services

[korpe1]

Hey, can we add support also for other online services than just audio.com?

[LWinterberg]

What exactly do you have in mind?

[korpe1]

What exactly do you have in mind?

What do you mean? I think, my idea is pretty simple. Now Audacity supports only audio.com, but what if I want to use something else? Maybe just something sftp, network drive, vanilla Nextcloud or Nextcloud with plugin (where are thousands of them).

[LWinterberg]

Right. So, the cloud saving feature is a bit more complicated than simply a bunch of full projects backed up on an FTP server. Instead, saves are incremental, and converting an incremental save back into a full AUP3 would need server-side software.

From the options you listed, a Nextcloud plugin might be viable and we'll certainly support community efforts to get such a plugin going. As for us, we have big plans to improve Audacity-related cloud saving features on Audio.com, since we have control over both ends, so that's where our current focus is.

[korpe1]

Right. So, the cloud saving feature is a bit more complicated than simply a bunch of full projects backed up on an FTP server. Instead, saves are incremental, and converting an incremental save back into a full AUP3 would need server-side software.

I understand that bare FTP can't support all features we have with cloud.com, but part of them surely. And I think there are many traditional software that support incremental savings e.g. rsync and git.

From the options you listed, a Nextcloud plugin might be viable and we'll certainly support community efforts to get such a plugin going.

I main wish is that offer something stable API/standard for cloud support and then Nextcloud and others can build support for it. AFAIK by now it's hardcoded for audio.com url and also the UI offer only audio.com.

[korpe1]

As for us, we have big plans to improve Audacity-related cloud saving features on Audio.com, since we have control over both ends, so that's where our current focus is.

This is understandable, but in this universal, open-source application I don't want to see deeply integration with only one proprietary cloud service. The open source way is in standards.

So, please always implement way to also other online services support the same features and keep the online service spesific parts of the source code in their own modules/plugins.