No issues here playing mp3 files using Edge, Chrome or Firefox using audio player. 

You say you "test" before uploading changes, do you upload the "test" page so as to see how it is working on your server?  I'd try to narrow down the problem using a "test" page that is uploaded.

Your beginning efforts Eric (Squirrels) were good .. far steadier than mine.  I would say your approach was more directed at a general audience whereas even my earliest efforts were more "home movies".  We put ourselves in the movies.  But clearly the camera work was shaky and frenetic.  I wish we had settled down and made cleaner, clearer shots but it does show my friend Bill and myself, age 18 on a trip after being liberated from High School.  I remember we did a film and slide show for our parents when we got back.  The whole thing was more than 30 min. 

So here's about 2 minutes of that film project of 1962.  The digital transfer is poor.   The titles and music were added circa 2006 ??  https://youtu.be/Bsw2zbRGegs

Eric and Gordon .... Eric's transfer method is what I'd call an "optical" transfer to digital.  Remarkable.  I've never seen anyone achieve such high quality with that method. 

I did some transfers like that with mediocre results so I finally bought (about 8 years ago) a "Retroscan Universal" that could do a digital scan frame by frame.  It was expensive, but when I added up the cost of paying someone else to do the job, it seemed worth it.  I had a fair amount of 16mm, Super 8mm and Reg 8mm to transfer.   The hardest thing was doing the 16mm release prints that included sound.   

Here's a small sample of the results off the "Retroscan Universal" .. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/158708010/privacy

Outstanding Eric .. Beautiful restoration work .. who could have dreamed of such a thing in 1969?  You've documented a bit of history -- I imagine the men shown in the video have mostly gone to their rest ???

Here's what I get when I use Eric's link to the Samoa video ... AS you can see I'm not signed into Vimeo .. I do have a 'Free" account at vimeo but I don't sign in to see Eric's video.

Can you post the screen you get? 

AWOL .. Thanks .. I certainly know what that is from my days in the US Army -- I'm sure they still use that term.

Excellent Eric ..  Everything flows nicely.  Not too little – not too much.  You succeed because the piece is full of interesting information with clear and steady visuals to match, and your narration is delivered in a pleasant, authentic manner.

I fully agree that audio is often the biggest challenge if you choose to do more than just a music track.  Yes, researching and writing the narration cues can be lots of work.  BUT – I learn so much more about the place after we have been there.  To me, this is the best part of doing the videos in the first place.   

In my case, getting good “live” sound at the time of shooting is an even bigger challenge.  Every situation is different but getting your microphone as close as possible is the best. 

Like Gordon, I sometimes use a separate “wild” sound recorder.  That helps too. 

I invested in some good audio software that does a fairly good job of dialogue de-noise. This has helped a lot.  But software background noise-reduction can only go so far, sometimes it’s back to how we did things in the olden days, dialogue replacement.   On occasion, I “loop” or “dub” the sound. It’s easier than you think.  Here’s an example.

Dialogue replacement .. 2 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCfYV0-yTY

I did use other footage/stills from Internet sources to fill in the gaps, but all the singers and speakers were shot at the concert.  I used my trusty NX30U Sony, which has fairly good stabilization built in.  I made use of the Digital zoom too to get closer shots.  -- AND there was that giant TV screen too which gave me a nice way to do transitions as I could fill that screen with any image I desired.  I also used a separate audio recorder to take audio of the entire concert, as well as the live sound from the NX30U.  I also obtained a better sound track of the concert from an Internet source.  To my knowledge, Cunard has never released a DVD or Video of this event, although I did see multiple Television cameras positioned in the cathedral.  The sound was a big challenge which I think worked out well. 

One other factor is experience.  This was not my first event like this.  It did take a fair amount of effort and time to edit.  But it was a labor of love.  My goal was to get it down to 15 min.  So, in that sense, I failed.  But my wife always wants these video memories to be longer -- not shorter.  If I cut things too much, she notices.  So it's too long for general audiences but, for us, on a cold winter's night, just right.

Do you have any Cunard experience?

Thinking about Alaska today .. we are scheduled to go back in July 2023 .. We've been there many, many times.  We especially love the enchanted forest at Icy Strait Point.

Icy Strait .. 4 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ED-ix_D1Y

Since it is quiet around here, I thought I’d post a little film I made a few years back. It was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”. It grapples with the ultimate subject, one we all face in the end.  It runs about 6 min.

The Unknowing ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lnMMCyXVrk

Yes and No.  It's hard for me to say since I don't understand enough.  But --- it seems to me the hotel system is in a state of superposition in that there is a 50% chance that the same name guests are the same person, and a 50% chance they are different people.  It is impossible to know, until one of them is observed. 

I think Entanglement is something different since both guests would be part of the same system but opposites.  SO if one entangled guest were to check in and be given an odd numbered room, the other would instantly be known to be checking in and given an even numbered room.   Something like that.

The whole thing is mind bending.