- This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 30 minutes ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Roadworks Overview
Roadworks is a community feature on mpdb.no that lets you build your own custom live releases from individual clip posts. Instead of just browsing separate videos, you can curate them into a personal “Roadwork” album with its own title, artwork, description, track order, runtime, and public release page.
It is designed to feel like creating a fan-made live album from the clips archive. You can search through available clips, pick the performances you want, arrange them in the order that feels right, preview the visual cover, and then publish the result as a shareable release for other members to discover. Each published Roadwork becomes part of the community archive, where people can open it, see the cover, read the description, view the track list, and play through the clips in sequence from start to finish.
You can access the already made Roadwork album throught a separate block on the homepage > Community section.
How To Use It
1. Open the Roadwork Studio page. Go to your profile in the navigation and click Roadwork. That opens the Roadwork Studio.
2. Enter a title for your release.
3. Add a short description, this will be shown on the cover right below the title.
4. You can also add a longer description if you want to add extra information about your release.
4. Optionally paste an external artwork image URL if you want a custom cover.
5. Choose whether you want to use the MP mask overlay.
6. If you do not use custom artwork, select one of the fallback artwork styles.
7. Search for clips by song title.
8. Select the clips you want to include.
9. Drag the selected clips into the order you want.
10. Preview the sleeve to see how your release cover looks.
11. When everything looks right, publish the Roadwork.After publishing, your Roadwork appears in the public archive. Other members can open it, play the clips in sequence, and like it.
Important: There is currently a limit of 3 Roadwork albums per user.
Mmm I just tried publishing one, and it did not show up. After clicking “publish roadwork, it went back to the homepage, and nothing was saved or published.
Some suggestions / debugging
• Many clips have the same date when looking for it, maybe it shows the upload date instead of the show date (“Lucifer” gets 3 times 12 of February)
• “use MP mask overlay” => “Use Roadwork template” ? The masking and overlay are terms not everyone is familiar with, even if it pretty straighforward.
• The “Preview sleeve” button could be maybe be aligned with the image URL field? To “validate” the URL instantly.
• Ember Tape, Glacier Drift, Oxide Echo, Signal Burst could maybe be nerd out a bit? With references to MP or Norway? Silly for sure, but it’s just to maximise the hardcore psychonaut aspect of it all.
“Snah is god”, “Trondheim chill”, “Space out”,…• Maybe the “Release builder” and “Create Roadwork” could be left for readability.
• On the created Roadwork page, the first right container has “ROADWORK” on top of the title. This might be redundant.
• On the artwork preview, the short description should maybe be a little smaller (since the description is anyway on the right), and it will avoid the overlay on the image.
• Maybe some sharing options on the creacted Roadwork pages?
• Wouldn’t it be more logical to have Roadworks (plural) in the menu and section title? “Psychonauts Roadworks” even?
Lastly, how about a donation button with a disclaimer about hosting and DNS costs?
Sorry for the specifications aspect of these, but it’s such a cool tool to have fun with. None of these suggestions and remarks are in any way mandatory. The experience is already beyond cool.
I mean, isn’t that a feature that any fan of bands with a bootlegging community would dream of?
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.