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Best Sound Clip Format?
Posted: 2003-10-06 04:16pm
by Lord Poe
I have a bunch of audio clips I want to put on my website, but a few of them are 5 minutes long or more. What would be the best format to use?
.wavs- I'd have to zip these for sure. .rm? .mp3? And should these be zipped?
Posted: 2003-10-06 04:20pm
by Hamel
Definately mp3
Wav is too big a file size
Realplayer files are crap, because RP itself is crap
Mp3 is the way to go
Even if your audio clips are low quality, use mp3 anyway
Posted: 2003-10-06 04:27pm
by Embracer Of Darkness
Personally, and I'm going to be hanged for this, I'd say WMA format.
Posted: 2003-10-06 04:36pm
by Arthur_Tuxedo
What about .ogg? It's an open source, smaller filesize than mp3, better quality, and Winamp can play it fine.
Re: Best Sound Clip Format?
Posted: 2003-10-06 05:24pm
by GrandMasterTerwynn
Lord Poe wrote:I have a bunch of audio clips I want to put on my website, but a few of them are 5 minutes long or more. What would be the best format to use?
.wavs- I'd have to zip these for sure. .rm? .mp3? And should these be zipped?
For the best inter-platform compatibility, use MP3s. You can get decent filesizes if you encode them at some low bitrate (48 to 64 KB/s or lower) since I presume you're encoding spoken word and possibly limited music.
RealPlayer sucks, and WMA isn't exactly an open standard cross-platform format.
Posted: 2003-10-06 05:37pm
by Vendetta
Anything but realmedia.
Anything
Posted: 2003-10-06 06:22pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Anything but Real and Windows Media.
Best would be OGG or MP3.
What size are the files in question?
Posted: 2003-10-06 06:33pm
by Wicked Pilot
Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Personally, and I'm going to be hanged for this, I'd say WMA format.
BURN IN HELL WINDOWS WHORE!!!
Besides not choosing WMA, and would also suggest you not choose RM either. I strongly recommend MP3.
Posted: 2003-10-06 06:47pm
by phongn
MP3 using the FHG codec (bundled with most versions of Windows), since that one handles low-bitrates better than LAME.
Posted: 2003-10-06 11:41pm
by Lord Poe
Thanks, everyone. Looks like it will be mp3. Is there a good wav to mp3 conversion tool online, or should I just buy one?
Yes, the files are spoken word. Many I'm going to upload have to do with Trek and Wars. One of the funniest is a Howard Stern reporter asking David Prowse if he farted in the Vader costume and basked in the stench.
Posted: 2003-10-06 11:45pm
by phongn
Windows should come with an MP3 codec; you can usually have WinAMP's "WAVE Output" export anything you want.
Posted: 2003-10-07 01:42am
by Lord Poe
phongn wrote:Windows should come with an MP3 codec; you can usually have WinAMP's "WAVE Output" export anything you want.
Thanks again, Phong. I just installed it!