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The original file was mono and wma. I did the import & export thing. How do I tell the bit size? Please help.

Thanks,
John

I want to import a file, cut some of it, and export it without the file size increasing. I want it to be smaller size than what i imported. How do I do that? For example, when I import a wma file size of 20 MB, and export it unchanged, the exported file size is 35 MB. Why? How do I export it no larg...

After cutting, how do I save the file so the file size won't increase? My 7 meg file increased to 12 meg after cutting some audio out, and I want it to be no larger than 7 meg. Thanks.

The WAV file blew up to be 244,000 KB. I can't figure out how to use Media Player to encode anything to get under the original size of 11,000 KB. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
John

Thanks, but that didn't appear to work. I saved it at the lowest bit rate (24) but it was still 55,000 KB vice the original 11,000 KB, and worse yet the audio playback was super slow speed. What else can I do?

How Do I Reduce the File Size of an Edited & Saved WMA File? I imported, edited, and then saved a WMA file. The original file size was 11,589KB. However, the saved size is now 190,945KB. Ouch! How do I get saved file back down to the original size? I'm using Windows, the 1.3.x Beta Audacity, with th...