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| 144 | 144 … | However, if you don't see anything appear after about 30 seconds, try restarting ferment. It may take a minute or two before it appears. You should be all good as long as `+connected pub.ferment.audio:43761:....` appears in your terminal. |
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| 146 | 146 … | **If you receive an error message, it probably means my pub server has locked up. This seems to be happening a bit at the moment, [trying to get to the bottom of it](https://github.com/mmckegg/ferment/issues/7).** Let me know and I'll restart it. In the mean time, you could start creating a shiny profile and adding some tunes! |
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| 148 … | +## Publishing Audio |
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| 150 … | +You can share audio with your followers by clicking the "+ Add Audio" button in the top right corner of the screen. [Make sure you read the section about copyright before publishing anything!](#ferment-and-copyright) |
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| 152 … | +After choosing a file and pressing **Publish**, Ferment will convert your audio into a format that compresses and streams well. At this point, you will start to seed the file. |
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| 154 … | +**To make sure other people can play your file, you'll need to wait until the status changes from "Waiting to share 💖" to the beer 🍻 icon.** Other users and pubs that follow you should start seeding your post soon after you add it, but if this doesn't happen for a few minutes, restarting Ferment can help. |
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| 156 … | +On start-up, Ferment checks the files you have cached (or added) against the tracker and prioritize seeding the rarest files on the network. However, any files you play will start seeding immediately. |
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| 148 | 158 … | ## Hosting Your Own Pub Server |
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| 150 | 160 … | See [this guide](http://ssbc.github.io/docs/scuttlebot/howto-setup-a-pub.html) for full info setting up [scuttlebot](http://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebot/). |
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