Subject:ziped mp3's

Posted by: skeezwiz

Date:5/30/2000 8:07:00 PM

Hi, how do u zip mp3 files the proper way. I tried using
winzip but didn't get the compression down to where I wanted
it to. For example, If I wanted to zip and mp3 say 3.9MB
big, winzip will compress this to 3.7MB.

Is there another program that compresses' properly?

Subject:Re: ziped mp3's

Reply by: ATP

Date:5/31/2000 11:44:00 AM

Hi!

This has nothing to do with Winzip or any other compression
utility. An MP3 file is already heavily compressed by itself
(you're compressing a very large wave file to a much smaller MP3).
Basically the MP3 file is already a 'zipped' version of your song.

Therefore, zipping an MP3 file is quite useless. It'd be trying to
zip a zip file, so to speak. ;-)

ATP


skeezwiz wrote:
>>Hi, how do u zip mp3 files the proper way. I tried using
>>winzip but didn't get the compression down to where I wanted
>>it to. For example, If I wanted to zip and mp3 say 3.9MB
>>big, winzip will compress this to 3.7MB.
>>
>>Is there another program that compresses' properly?