hiya! i've got this 88megabyte voice recording i'd love to get down to a size i can email. I haven't the foggiest where to start. help! =)
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compressing an WMA file
hiya! i've got this 88megabyte voice recording i'd love to get down to a size i can email. I haven't the foggiest where to start. help! =)
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#2
Switch Audio Converter is a free program that I've had good results from in the past. You can get WMA voice files down to a lot smaller size by converting them to MP3 and using a fairly low bit rate since you don't need CD quality audio for them to still be understandable.
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what bit rate can i get away with? i'm compressing the file using default at the moment. ouch1!! 300megabytes. lolz.
trying 16 bitrate and got a 15meg file; 8 bitrate gave me less than 8meg
i hope i can email the former...
Last edited by MajorFreak; 5th Sep 12 at 11:41 AM.
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It's hard to say how much you can compress the file without listening to it. What I did when I needed to convert and compress some WMAs was to try a setting and then play the compressed file back to see how it sounded. From memory, I think I got away with 8 bits on all except 1 file where I needed to use 16, but that was on a fairly clear recording of a spoken interview with almost no background noise to worry about.
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