Compressing Audio Files

[Guest]

I have a 30 minute audio message a client wants added to his website. I have been unable to compress the audio file to a size small enough that it doesn't take forever to load. Any suggestions on how I can compress this audio without compromising listening quality and still load quickly?

 

[Steve Easton]

Have you considered using streaming audio so
that it will start playing before it is fully downloaded?
The lowest quality .wav file uses 8kb per second and
would a 14.4mb file to run 30 minutes.

mp3 would be smaller and a midi file smaller yet
if either are an option.

hth

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I have a 30 minute audio message a client wants added to his website. I

have been unable to compress the audio file to a size small enough that it
doesn't take forever to load. Any suggestions on how I can compress this
audio without compromising listening quality and still load quickly?

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

You can get streaming media encoders for MS at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

You can also get encoders for RealNetworks Real player at
http://www.realnetworks.com/products/producer/basic.html

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

I have a 30 minute audio message a client wants added to his website. I

have been unable to compress the audio file to a size small enough that it
doesn't take forever to load. Any suggestions on how I can compress this
audio without compromising listening quality and still load quickly?