Re: FLASH: HOLY MOLY sound files are massive!!!

[Chris]

Al Rosetti wrote:


>

>

> HOLY MOLY!!!  Even the tiniest wave files are ending up 7 to 8 hundred K!

> I don't have to tell you guys that's completely unacceptable.  Is there a

> better format than Wav for Flash?  If not, do you guys use any addtional

> programs to compress your wav files?

>


Unfortunately, soundfiles are massive (compared to vector / flash art)


1 minute Stereo 16 bit 44k = 10MB


so even 15 seconds would be 2-3 MB


now half all that --> 15 Sec. Mono 8 bit 22k = 400k


each cut in half you make halves file size ...


1 min again = 10MB ... now make it mono = 5MB ... now halve the sample rate to

22k = 2.5MB


now make it 10 seconds = approx. 400k


5 sec and down to 8 bit = 100k


I'm sure when compressing to SWF ... that gets cut down even more


There's a program called (I believe) Wave Convert that does an excellent job

of converting and "compressing" sound files to make them sound thier best.

It's sort of like the Media Cleaner Pro for Sound files.


cheers


(sorry, no flash at my site yet)


g o t c h a g r a p h i c s   d o t   c o m


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