I need to make smaller sound files

lover_boy_142 · Post by **lover_boy_142** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 10:55 pm

im really pissed i need to make sound files smaller so i dont blow up my bandwith on my web page

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 12:23 am

Ok, it would help if you would tell us how long and what type of sound files these are...

Music?

You talking?

What are you currently encoding them in?

Have you heard of MP3? I bet you have. Well if you're already using MP3 that's about as small as you're going to get it.

There are some other options, such as Ogg, RealAudio. But you need to explain more on your problem before we can help.

~klinky

lover_boy_142 · Post by **lover_boy_142** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 12:58 pm

im using nero wave editor and i have been making the SONGS mp3's but they r still 2 big i need something smaller. ive heard of streaming audio and video and i can only make streaming video at this point but i want to make the 4mb mp3's into like 1mb or smaller.

madmallard · Post by **madmallard** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 8:22 pm

well, make them mono, and lower the bitrate below 96 kps at least and make it variable.

see how low that gets it, and lower the bitrate if its not small enough

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 10:51 pm

lowering the sampling rate will help a bit when encoding at real low bitrates too.

Tho, mp3 kinda sucks at low bitrates. If you need to go lower use something like ogg vorbis (good) or realaudio 8 (excellent). RA8 is cool in that you can go down to 32kbps and it won't sound that bad, about on par with 96kbps mp3.

CoolMatty · Post by **CoolMatty** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:35 pm

If you are going for extreamly small file sizes, you can't beat Realvideo/audio. Just try pumping your video thru Premiere's RealVideo export, with about 600kbps, and you'll be suprised how low the file size will drop.

Only do this if you really need to though, since RealVideo is generally looked down upon, and isn't that great for those of us with larger res, and wishing to play it back fullscreen.

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:00 pm

CoolMatty wrote: Only do this if you really need to though, since RealVideo is generally looked down upon, and isn't that great for those of us with larger res, and wishing to play it back fullscreen.

el incorrecto. Actually all those who say RV9 is bad at higher bitrates are full of it. It beats xvid and wmv9 on the 2 mbps 640x480 clip test I've been screwing around with the last few days.

Also, better to use helix producer than premiere and export to rv9 instead of 8. Tho the audio codecs are the same for both.

CoolMatty · Post by **CoolMatty** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 8:01 am

RadicalEd0 wrote:
CoolMatty wrote: Only do this if you really need to though, since RealVideo is generally looked down upon, and isn't that great for those of us with larger res, and wishing to play it back fullscreen.
el incorrecto. Actually all those who say RV9 is bad at higher bitrates are full of it. It beats xvid and wmv9 on the 2 mbps 640x480 clip test I've been screwing around with the last few days.

Also, better to use helix producer than premiere and export to rv9 instead of 8. Tho the audio codecs are the same for both.

I never said anything about it being crappy at higher bitrates. I was talking about it being crappy at lower bitrates when in Full Screen mode. Most all 352x240 avis and MPEGs at least look decent when fullscreened, but RealPlayer really looks bad when fullscreened at a low res.

lover_boy_142 · Post by **lover_boy_142** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:29 am

Thank you guys i lowered the bitrate to like 36 or something like that and made it mono. the sound is still pritty good and the file size is under a mb. thank you a lot.

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:55 pm

CoolMatty wrote:
RadicalEd0 wrote:
CoolMatty wrote: Only do this if you really need to though, since RealVideo is generally looked down upon, and isn't that great for those of us with larger res, and wishing to play it back fullscreen.
el incorrecto. Actually all those who say RV9 is bad at higher bitrates are full of it. It beats xvid and wmv9 on the 2 mbps 640x480 clip test I've been screwing around with the last few days.

Also, better to use helix producer than premiere and export to rv9 instead of 8. Tho the audio codecs are the same for both.
I never said anything about it being crappy at higher bitrates. I was talking about it being crappy at lower bitrates when in Full Screen mode. Most all 352x240 avis and MPEGs at least look decent when fullscreened, but RealPlayer really looks bad when fullscreened at a low res.

ohhhh
I interpreted higher res as higher video resolution and not higher monitor resolution.
alles gute sir!

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