How do I shrink an MP3's filesize using freeware?

[Anonymous]

OK, here is what is happening:

The original voice recording is made at 44100 Hz and placed onto a CD
as a cda. I am ripping that cda using CDBurnerXP Pro and saving it to
my hard drive as an MP3. After that, I open it in Audacity and edit
it. When the editing is done, I am uploading the MP3 to a website where
it is available as a streaming audio file. The entire play-time is
about 30 minutes.

Here is the issue: Other 30-minute streaming MP3's on other websites
are 5 MB long. Mine is 25 to 68 MB long. How can I use CDBurnerXP,
Audacity, or some other freeware product to squash these files down to
5 MB?

 

[rich]

Here is the issue: Other 30-minute streaming MP3's on other websites
are 5 MB long. Mine is 25 to 68 MB long. How can I use CDBurnerXP,
Audacity, or some other freeware product to squash these files down to
5 MB?

the solution is in the bit rate.

open your file in Audacity.
open the FILE menu then PREFERENCES
in the mp3 export section is a setting for bitrate - probably 160 or 128
reduce it to 32 and ok the setting.
now export the file as an .mp3
30 minutes is about 6 - 7 Mb.
many old radio shows are archived in this format where quality is not an
issue.

 

[CoMa]

OK, here is what is happening:

The original voice recording is made at 44100 Hz and placed onto a CD
as a cda. I am ripping that cda using CDBurnerXP Pro and saving it to
my hard drive as an MP3. After that, I open it in Audacity and edit
it. When the editing is done, I am uploading the MP3 to a website where
it is available as a streaming audio file. The entire play-time is
about 30 minutes.

Here is the issue: Other 30-minute streaming MP3's on other websites
are 5 MB long. Mine is 25 to 68 MB long. How can I use CDBurnerXP,
Audacity, or some other freeware product to squash these files down to
5 MB?

Change the Lame mp3 bit rate setting, channel setting and the sample rate

Try
MP3 bitrate: 64
Mono channel
22050 Hz



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CoMa

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[default]

OK, here is what is happening:

The original voice recording is made at 44100 Hz and placed onto a CD
as a cda. I am ripping that cda using CDBurnerXP Pro and saving it to
my hard drive as an MP3. After that, I open it in Audacity and edit
it. When the editing is done, I am uploading the MP3 to a website where
it is available as a streaming audio file. The entire play-time is
about 30 minutes.

Here is the issue: Other 30-minute streaming MP3's on other websites
are 5 MB long. Mine is 25 to 68 MB long. How can I use CDBurnerXP,
Audacity, or some other freeware product to squash these files down to
5 MB?

Dietmp3 not free but the version I downloaded only limited the number
of files I could compress at one time.

Works like a champ, good fidelity, really shrinks the file size. A
little slow with an older machine.

 

[Bruce Hoyt]

OK, here is what is happening:

The original voice recording is made at 44100 Hz and placed onto a CD
as a cda. I am ripping that cda using CDBurnerXP Pro and saving it to
my hard drive as an MP3. After that, I open it in Audacity and edit
it. When the editing is done, I am uploading the MP3 to a website where
it is available as a streaming audio file. The entire play-time is
about 30 minutes.

Here is the issue: Other 30-minute streaming MP3's on other websites
are 5 MB long. Mine is 25 to 68 MB long. How can I use CDBurnerXP,
Audacity, or some other freeware product to squash these files down to
5 MB?

In Audacity change the bit rate to 24. That means 24 kilobits/second.
You will find this under File -> Preferences -> File Formats -> Bit Rate:

Bruce

 

[Anonymous]

THANK YOU to everyone who answered!

Your ideas are working and they are GREAT!

Thank you to everyone for your help!







This is why I love this newsgroup...!!!

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

THANK YOU to everyone who answered!

Your ideas are working and they are GREAT!

Thank you to everyone for your help!

This is why I love this newsgroup...!!!

We have all mastered the art of mind-reading and automatically know what
you are talking about, of course...

Hint: a little context in your messages would do no harm.

 

[Paul Blarmy]

On Sun, 28 May 2006 17:58:26 +1200, Nicolaas Hawkins wrote...

We have all mastered the art of mind-reading and automatically know what
you are talking about, of course...

Those of us who noticed it was in the same thread as the original
request had a bit of a clue of course........

 

[HVS]

On 28 May 2006, Paul Blarmy wrote

On Sun, 28 May 2006 17:58:26 +1200, Nicolaas Hawkins wrote...


Those of us who noticed it was in the same thread as the
original request had a bit of a clue of course........

Ah, but you can set some newsreaders (XNews, for one) to start a
completely new thread when the subject changes, which complicates
things.

 

[Paul Blarmy]

On Sun, 28 May 2006 08:07:49 GMT, HVS wrote...

Ah, but you can set some newsreaders (XNews, for one) to start a
completely new thread when the subject changes, which complicates
things.

In that case I apologise if I sounded overly sarcastic!

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

On Sun, 28 May 2006 17:58:26 +1200, Nicolaas Hawkins wrote...


Those of us who noticed it was in the same thread as the original
request had a bit of a clue of course........

Then some of us use newsreaders that do not waste space by displaying the
whole thread of every new message that pops up.

 

[S.O. Meone]

We have all mastered the art of mind-reading and automatically know what
you are talking about, of course...

You need special freeware for that: Virtual Mindreader Lite. Some say
it's crippleware though.

Hint: a little context in your messages would do no harm.

Indeed, it wouldn't. I have no idea what this fellow is on about. Not
that I really care though.

S.O. Meone

 

[Lee]

You need special freeware for that: Virtual Mindreader Lite. Some say
it's crippleware though.

S.O. Meone

Are you saying that the Lite version will read OUR minds? What an
insult! I thought it would take at least the PRO version with a bunch
on add-ons. <vbg>
Regards
Lee in Toronto

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[Nicolaas Hawkins]

Are you saying that the Lite version will read OUR minds? What an
insult! I thought it would take at least the PRO version with a bunch
on add-ons. <vbg>

So are you suggesting that your mind is pretty much illegible, then?


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[Lee]

So are you suggesting that your mind is pretty much illegible, then?

No..... but a lot of cross-linked files! <g>
Regards
Lee in Toronto

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[Nicolaas Hawkins]

No..... but a lot of cross-linked files! <g>

DEFRAG! REBOOT!

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[Vrodok the Piglet lover]

Once Upon A Time (on 29 May 2006 00:41:30 +0200), in alt.comp.freeware, Lee

No..... but a lot of cross-linked files! <g>
Regards
Lee in Toronto

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