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Subject:Please help with getting my wav files on my site!
Posted by: songdemoservice
Date:7/8/2000 1:13:00 PM
Hi! I just put up a new web site called "Song Demo Services" a few weeks ago. I use Web Studio as my web designing program, and I use Acid for my music loop creations. How do I get my wav files to load faster when viewers "click" on my sound demonstrations? A 30-second, 4- piece demo I created takes 5-10 minutes to load!! Will it help any to cut it down to 5-10 seconds and use a continuous loop? Or is it better to use less instruments to get a faster load time? Which one reduces loading time more: reducing the number of tracks for the demo, or cutting the demo time down? Lately, I installed Crescendo as a way for people to have a "player box" to press start, pause, or stop. This comes up every time anyone visits my page with the wav demos: "you don't have Active X installed; would you like to now?" Then you click on yes and the message box disappears right away. But it never seems to stay installed when you click "yes": it asks to install every time to re- visit the page! Would streaming my wav files help load them faster when a visitor goes to the sound demo page and clicks on the icon to hear the sounds? How do you do this, and what company offers free streaming capabilities? Thank you so much for all your time! Mike Freze http://www.songdemoservices.com songdemos@hotmail.com |
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Subject:Re: Please help with getting my wav files on my site!
Reply by: DataCowboy
Date:7/10/2000 10:15:00 AM
Hi Mike, Wave files are extremely slow to download because they are much larger files than those used in streaming formats, such as RealAudio, and also compressed formats such as MP3. Reducing the length of the wave and looping it will help, but will still be very slow. Reducing the number of tracks/instruments in a project will have no effect at all on the size of the final mixed down wave file. Changing from a stereo to mono file will reduce the file size by just under 50%. Streaming is absolutely the way to go if you want people to listen to your sounds quickly and conveniently on the web. For an overview, I'd say to start at RealAudio's site (http://www.realnetworks.com/devzone/getting_started/gettingstarted.ht ml). All of the web hosting companies I know of charge more for plans that include streaming, since streaming audio is a big bandwidth hog. Hex www.thefreeside.com Mike Freze wrote: >>Hi! I just put up a new web site called "Song Demo >>Services" a few weeks ago. I use Web Studio as my web >>designing program, and I use Acid for my music loop >>creations. >> >>How do I get my wav files to load faster when >>viewers "click" on my sound demonstrations? A 30-second, 4- >>piece demo I created takes 5-10 minutes to load!! Will it >>help any to cut it down to 5-10 seconds and use a >>continuous loop? Or is it better to use less instruments to >>get a faster load time? Which one reduces loading time >>more: reducing the number of tracks for the demo, or >>cutting the demo time down? >> >>Lately, I installed Crescendo as a way for people to have >>a "player box" to press start, pause, or stop. This comes >>up every time anyone visits my page with the wav >>demos: "you don't have Active X installed; would you like >>to now?" Then you click on yes and the message box >>disappears right away. But it never seems to stay installed >>when you click "yes": it asks to install every time to re- >>visit the page! >> >>Would streaming my wav files help load them faster when a >>visitor goes to the sound demo page and clicks on the icon >>to hear the sounds? How do you do this, and what company >>offers free streaming capabilities? >> >>Thank you so much for all your time! >> >>Mike Freze >> >>http://www.songdemoservices.com >>songdemos@hotmail.com |