Losing the default sounds when I add a second level

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Hi,

My problem is that when I create a course with a single level it automatically picks up sounds (Spanish) and assigns them to my course.

But, when I add a new level, it wants me to choose a “Wiki”. I have tried leaving it blank and also tried selecting other “spanish” ones but there are many of them. The problem is, after adding a level the default sounds are lost. I don’t want to add my own sounds.

I think it’s due to the wiki selection but I’m not sure. I can, of course, create multiple courses with single levels. But I don’t really want to do that.

  • Is there a way to get the default sounds with a multi-level course? If so what wiki should I select please?

  • Is there a way to change the wiki of an existing course?

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those sounds come from a default database. You can add levels without creating new database

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Thanks, I now see what you mean and you have directed me to the correct path.

It is not in fact the wiki/DB that it is the problem.

It is the fact that if my definitions in BOTH columns do no match EXACTLY with the DB, then I won’t get the default audio.

e.g.

dirgir -> to direct = AUDIO
dirigir -> to direct, to manage = NO AUDIO

I don’t suppose there is a way to enforce audio if the Spanish verb (left most column) is an exact match but the English column (2) does not match the DB?

Thanks

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You can download audio from forvo.com and then upload it here for those
entries without audio

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Thanks, but I have done precisely that and it is painfully slow. Since there is no bulk import for wav/mp3s etc.

I’m just trying to optimise my time.

Can we definitely not pull default audio using a single column match?

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you know the default audio is also added by users and may not be good at all at times…

I really don’t know

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Thanks for the replies. Yeah I know the default audio kinda sucks. But so does the Memrise audio upload interface! It’s buggier than windows 3.1 (bad geek joke). I’m meaning that I have c.2000 words in my course. Maybe I’ll pay a guy on fiverrrr to upload them all?

Why on earth we we can’t specify the audio file in a dropbox location in a CSV is beyond me. Surely on the backend it’s just a file verification and a DB insert… but maybe their tech is in a mess at the moment. Sorry, I’m speculating. Just a little frustrated :frowning:

If anyone has any lateral thinking here I would appreciate it.

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Look what I found

Maybe this helps