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Subject:.wav file for Website Posted by: rob0man Date:3/27/2000 12:19:00 PM I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on the Web page. Thanks for your help?
Subject:Re: .wav file for Website Reply by: Kelly_S Date:3/27/2000 3:54:00 PM Hello. For web pages, people usually use formats such as RealAudio or WMA (Windows Media Audio)... they are compressed sound files ("lossy compression") hence they lose some of the lower and higher frequencies, however, due to this loss of frequency, the end file results in being quite a bit smaller than it's original wave counterpart. There are all different rates for RealAudio and WMA, varying in quality and size. It would take some experimenting to determine which rate sounds good for your application... it is definitely something work looking into. To access this, you can click on "File" -> Save As and then either Realmedia or Windows Media Audio... As for your second question, yes, you can do this. I've been to webpages that utilize this before, however I am not sure exactly how they do it. I think most HTML webpage editors have this feature. Thanks. robmcdonald wrote: >>I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound >>file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too >>large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the >>file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible >>to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on >>the Web page. >> >>Thanks for your help?
Subject:Re: .wav file for Website Reply by: SonyKevin Date:3/29/2000 9:44:00 AM Rob--if you want your audio file to loop in the background of your Web page, you can add something like the following to your page: <BGSOUND SRC="crash.mp3" LOOP="3"> This example tag will play the audio file "crash" three times when the page is opened. Your HTML editing application's documentation should be able to provide specifics. Enjoy, Kevin robmcdonald wrote: >>I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound >>file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too >>large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the >>file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible >>to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on >>the Web page. >> >>Thanks for your help?

Subject:.wav file for Website

Posted by: rob0man

Date:3/27/2000 12:19:00 PM

I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound
file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too
large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the
file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible
to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on
the Web page.

Thanks for your help?

Subject:Re: .wav file for Website

Reply by: Kelly_S

Date:3/27/2000 3:54:00 PM

Hello.

For web pages, people usually use formats such as RealAudio or WMA
(Windows Media Audio)... they are compressed sound files ("lossy
compression") hence they lose some of the lower and higher
frequencies, however, due to this loss of frequency, the end file
results in being quite a bit smaller than it's original wave
counterpart.

There are all different rates for RealAudio and WMA, varying in
quality and size. It would take some experimenting to determine which
rate sounds good for your application... it is definitely something
work looking into.

To access this, you can click on "File" -> Save As and then either
Realmedia or Windows Media Audio...

As for your second question, yes, you can do this. I've been to
webpages that utilize this before, however I am not sure exactly how
they do it. I think most HTML webpage editors have this feature.

Thanks.

robmcdonald wrote:
>>I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound
>>file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too
>>large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the
>>file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible
>>to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on
>>the Web page.
>>
>>Thanks for your help?

Subject:Re: .wav file for Website

Reply by: SonyKevin

Date:3/29/2000 9:44:00 AM

Rob--if you want your audio file to loop in the background of your
Web page, you can add something like the following to your page:

<BGSOUND SRC="crash.mp3" LOOP="3">

This example tag will play the audio file "crash" three times when
the page is opened. Your HTML editing application's documentation
should be able to provide specifics.

Enjoy,
Kevin

robmcdonald wrote:
>>I am working on a Website and I want to include a sound
>>file of a wave crashing on the beach. The file size is too
>>large for fast loading. Can you tell me how to lower the
>>file size to the lowest possible size. And is it possible
>>to take a relatively small file and loop it to be used on
>>the Web page.
>>
>>Thanks for your help?