[APBeta] Audio attachments possible?

[Roberto Abraham]

Hi Paul,

Yep, I was indeed talking about adding attachments to old
observations from the observation database window... sorry if
I was unclear. I figured working in the observation database
window was the most direct way to edit old observation database
entries. Maybe I should instead just do it the way you've just
suggested though... certainly as long as it's possible to do
it somehow that's plenty good enough!

By the way, it's an inspired choice to store the observation
database as a generic sqlite database. Picking something standard like
this is a nice way to "future proof" this important file, and makes
it fairly straightforward to get at the data using a range of
tools.

Regards,

Bob

On Dec 21, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Roberto Abraham wrote:
>>
>>>> You _should_ be able to attach files "after the fact" (use the  
>>>> Attachments sub-tab of the offending observation). If you can't  
>>>> attach the file, then it's a bug, and should be fixed. As a  
>>>> matter on interest, what kind of audio files are they? (i.e.  
>>>> what's the file extension?). I might be able to wangle a way to  
>>>> play them back directly from within AstroPlanner.
>>>
>>> Afraid I can't seem to figure out how to do this. I see the  
>>> attachment sub-tab associated with
>>> each observation, but I can't seem to edit anything in it  
>>> directly. If I click on the pencil to edit
>>> the observation I'm taking to a new mode but there doesn't seem to  
>>> be a place to add an
>>> attachment.
>>>
>>> By the way, the iPhone stores audio clips as .m4a files (MPEG-4  
>>> audio).
>>
>> On the Attachments tab, there's a list of attachments. Under that  
>> is a "+" button that allows adding new attachments to an  
>> observation. Otherwise you can just drag the file from the Finder  
>> to the area on the right that should read "Drag files here to  
>> create NEW entries". Here's a screen shot:
>
> Hang on - are you talking about editing the observation from the  
> observation database window? That's a different matter. I'll look  
> into it.
>
> Paul R.
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