How to resize an audio file to 100 mb

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How to resize an audio file to 100 mb

Post by Aech-BishopAbrams » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:10 pm

How to resize an audio file size 168 mb down to 100 mb to make it smaller and to keep the sound quality.. :?:
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Re: How to resize an audio file to 100 mb

Post by steve » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:51 pm

If it is a WAV file, convert it to FLAC format.
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Re: How to resize an audio file to 100 mb

Post by kozikowski » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:13 pm

FLAC gives data compression with no sound damage, but your client has to be able to play it. All the other data compression tools cause sound damage.

You can cheat. You can get 50% data compression by delivering a mono show instead of stereo.

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