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Hi, I've got 12 sounds "that have not been processed yet" since a few hours.
Something I should do?
Thank you,
Bruno Auzet

Hey there bruno.auzet!
Freesound moderation can take several days, so it's not unusual to have sounds pending for only a few hours. All sounds are first inspected by a computer for viruses and spam, and then is moderated by a human offical, so uploads can take some time.

Feel free to pm me with any more questions!

-Sincerely

FiveBrosStopMosYT

Ok Thank you for the answer, and the good job!

FiveBrosStopMosYT wrote:
All sounds are first inspected by a computer for viruses and spam

Actually this is not true... I know you're trying to be helpful, but can you please stop spreading misinformation because it's misleading. Thanks

Audio files cannot contain viruses, they are not executable programs so you can't hide any code inside the file. Therefore, we don't scan for viruses and the spam detection is manually judged by the moderators.

What is true though is that when you upload a file it is processed server-side to create necessary data and a transcoded preview file before it hits the moderators. This usually takes a few seconds per file to complete depending on the length of the upload, but on rare occasions can hang indefinitely.

With that said, I can see your uploads have got stuck in processing @Bruno. But i'll help get them re-processed for you.

Regards
Sam

Good news!

Your sounds have now been re-processed successfully and I just approved them onto the site

Thanks Headphaze! I never knew that!

-Sincerely

FiveBrosStopMosYT