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Minimising mp3 files

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by yvonne.tagbo

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I have placed an mp3 file in a shockwave flash intro online. The file size of the mp3 is almost 2MB. I would like to know how to minimise the size of the file.

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by pxttocyob

Convert the sound to a lower sampling rate. You do not need CD quality for little 2 inch PC speakers.

by rkirkland

Lowering the bitrate from 128 @44100mhz to around 32 or so will drastically reduce the filesize...but will also reduce the quality of the sound.

by nomadh

I tried this with a few songs and mp3s are set up for high quality sound. Typically an mp3 degrades very fast when bitrates are lowered below 64k or so. Even when lowered to the point that the mp3 is unlistenable it will still not save you much space. I found wma's to be amazing in this regard. I could compress songs to the point that a few could fit on a floppy. I can't remember the exact numbers but songs that were 3meg in mp3 could be brought down to 50-100k in wma formats. It will sound like a cheap am radio but it can do it. Mp3's will still be 2 meg but be unrecognizable. I hear mp3pro or mp3+ can work similar to wma but I havent tried it.

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