Thinking about purhasing - Need help! -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Posted by: vgarkovich Date:3/12/2003 8:46:23 AM I'm developing Web-based training for dial-up users, and would like to include audio. The download time is approximately 20-30 seconds. That won't work. My wav file sizes are 363kb, 509kb, and 870kb. Will Sound Forge allow me to compress these wav files. If not, any suggestion on what I can do to shorten the download time? Thanks
Subject:RE: Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Reply by: vanblah Date:3/12/2003 10:34:13 AM Encode them as MP3 files if you can. That will make the file size smaller ...
Subject:RE: Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Reply by: Chienworks Date:3/12/2003 11:28:07 AM What format are the .wav files? If they're CD quality audio then they would be 44.1KHz, 16 bit stereo. This isn't really necessary for web work. If you need to stick with .wav files then you can probably use 11KHz mono files. If it's just voice then 8 bit would probably work. This would make them 1/16 the size of CD quality files. .mp3 would probably still be better though if you don't absolutely need .wav.
Subject:RE: Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Reply by: Vocalpoint Date:3/12/2003 1:24:31 PM I do this too...but not with Forge. The the best way to tackle this is taking your whole movie and converting it to Flash format. Best quality for not only your audio but video as well. And the shortest download time I have seen. Cuzin B
Subject:RE: Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Reply by: philsayer Date:3/20/2003 4:43:02 PM ... not to forget Real Audio - possibly even better than mp3 for streaming apps.
Subject:RE: Thinking about purhasing - Need help! Reply by: Iacobus Date:3/21/2003 2:29:17 PM Sound Forge will definitely allow you to convert your WAV files into other formats such as MP3, WMA (Windows Media Audio) and RM (RealMedia). Your best option would be a streaming format such as RealMedia, but only if your Web hosting provider actually provides a streaming audio server. A streaming server will allow you to encode a file just once and have it available to a whole range of users, ranging from 28.8 dial-up users to broadband users. (If you need help, Email me.) HTH, Iacobus

Subject:Thinking about purhasing - Need help!

Posted by: vgarkovich

Date:3/12/2003 8:46:23 AM

I'm developing Web-based training for dial-up users, and would like to include audio. The download time is approximately 20-30 seconds. That won't work. My wav file sizes are 363kb, 509kb, and 870kb. Will Sound Forge allow me to compress these wav files. If not, any suggestion on what I can do to shorten the download time?
Thanks