Re: compress mp3's?

From: wojo (kwoyach53954_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:17:34 GMT

Of course that's very true but since my player does play MP3's and the sound
quality is very good it's nice to have 2000 or so songs at my finger tips
with one DVD.

"John Ski" <johns50718@aol.comdotorg> wrote in message
news:20040315093704.26379.00001620@mb-m20.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: compress mp3's?
> >From: "wojo" kwoyach53954@yahoo.com
> >Date: 3/15/2004 9:06 AM Eastern Standard Time
> >Message-id: <7Mi5c.49902$rW6.18912@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>
> >
> >Well WMA is indistinguishable until you try to burn them onto CD or DVD
and
> >a player doesn't recognize them. I ripped all my CD's and put them on a
> >couple DVD+RW's so I can have all my music at the touch of a button on my
> >DVD player. It recognizes MP3 but not WMA.
> >
> >"John Ski" <johns50718@aol.comdotorg> wrote in message
> >news:20040315082926.03211.00001577@mb-m23.aol.com...
> >> >Subject: Re: compress mp3's?
> >> >From: "Jason" Dontknow@somewhare.com
> >> >Date: 3/15/2004 12:04 AM Eastern Standard Time
> >> >Message-id: <#2rd7rkCEHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>
> >> >
> >> >Thanks for the confirmation - depends on the length of the song also.
> >MP3's
> >> >I've seen have been between 3Mb and 5Mb (usually closer to 3MB).
> >> >
> >> >"wojo" <kwoyach53954@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:toT3c.36242$rW6.30250@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> >> >> Actually Pammyam 7mb is awfully large for one song. You may want to
> >check
> >> >> the Bitrate settings for whatever program your using to rip the song
> >off
> >> >> your CD. It's different depending on the program you use but usually
> >found
> >> >> in "Options" either as a radio button or a slider bar. A little
lower
> >> >> quality won't be noticable in the sound nearly as much as it is in
the
> >> >file
> >> >> size.
> >> >> "Pammyam" <pam@incognito.net> wrote in message
> >> >> news:uGm0StxBEHA.1600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > Dear Jason and Daniel from previous response:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thank you. I am totally new to this. The file I was trying to
> >compress
> >> >> was
> >> >> > a Bruce Springsteen cut from a cd (one that I purchased!) and it
> >> >converts
> >> >> > to mp3 as an almost 7mb file. Is that pretty typical? I think I
did
> >> >try
> >> >> to
> >> >> > compress the conversion to wav and it was at least as big if not
> >> >> bigger...?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Pam, Novice Compresser
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Jason" <Dontknow@somewhare.com> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:uHqJyRmBEHA.3064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > > Try compressing the equivalent WAV file - you might find the
native
> >> >MP3
> >> >> > > format is around the same size as this. Correct - MP3's will
not
> >> >> compress
> >> >> > > much more than 1% where as some files go over 90%.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > "Pammyam" <pam@incognito.net> wrote in message
> >> >> > > news:ekXl37lBEHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > > > Is there a way to further compress mp3's in order to email
them?
> >I
> >> >> > tried
> >> >> > > > WinZip and BigSpeedZipper, but there is no significant
difference
> >in
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > > > size.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > I looked for an active newsgroup on the subject to no avail.
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > TIA
> >> >> > > >
> >> >> > > > Pam
> >> Missed the OP, sorry. However, one of the things MS apparently actually
> >did
> >> well(unlike the Search Engine in XP) is audio compression. You can
"rip"
> >CDs
> >> using the Windows Media Player to .wma files at 64kbps that are
virtually
> >> indistinguishable from .mp3s at 128kbps. Use "Tools">"Options">"Copy
> >Music" to
> >> set the compression level/bitrate. 64kbps results in a file of 2-3MB
for
> >a
> >> typical track. you could even go down to 48 or 32 if you just want the
> >person
> >> to hear the song without regard to it's being "perfect." I routinely
use
> >64
> >> wmas for my mp3 player and it's just fine...and I can get twice as much
> >music
> >> on it as I do using 128 mp3s.
> >
>
> You're partially correct. You shouldn't really burn mp3s if you want the
best
> sound from your system. Some CD/DVD players(but not all) WILL play mp3s,
but
> regardless, the CD standard .cda file is a much higher bandwidth and will
give
> you better results in a high end audio system. Their's a reason the CD
mfrs.
> don't use mp3, the higher the bandwidth the closer digital reproduction is
to
> analog(e.g. vinyl or tape) More importantly, the OP wasn't asking about
> burning to CDs, she wanted to send email attachments in the smallest
possible
> file size, so your post although interesting and informative is not not
really
> responsive to her problem.
>
> Cheers,
> John
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
> ***Arthur C. Clarke***