Re: FLASH: Compressing MP3

[John Dowdell]

At 5:48 AM 10/13/0, TESTER-KIRBY Cheryle wrote:

>Does anyone know of a way of compressing an MP3 file, basically the site

>won't even load when I make it live as the MP3 is over 4 mb. I'm new to

>importing music etc so wondered what was the standard.


Well, an MP3 file is already compressed... pretty highly so, in fact. If

it's a 4-megabyte deliverable file, then that's pretty large, and I'd guess

it would take a long time to play.


You can often control the final size of an MP3 by choosing the modem speed

it's designed for... start with a high-quality file, and the compressor

will intelligently toss away bits to meet your target delivery speed.


You can also compress an MP3 further by choice of content: just as with

JPEG, areas of similarity compress very well, while areas with sharp

contrasts require more bytes to describe.


jd






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