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Originally Posted by Raistlin
Can't you compress it by putting it in a .zip file and then let people download that?
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WMA is already heavily compressed. Zipping it will make little if any difference to the size, and, indeed, may increase it.
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Originally Posted by goldoni
I just hope I don’t come across as I know it all, this would be very far from the truth, the truth is I’m quite technically challenged, if you could only see my last school report.
Anyway back to my problem. I would like to convert this music file which I have now converted to MP3 which is 3.78MB in size
What do you do so people who are even more technically challenged than me, they will be able to download the file from a web site and play on their Ipod or MP3 player?
Lastly I think the sound quality has changed converting it to MP3 from WMA with that prog I have finaly downloaded, but what would I know my hearing is shott. pardon I said my hearing was shott 
Is putting the file in a zip folder the only way to compress the file? |
TBH, WMA is a more efficient compression system than MP3. The only thing you can do to reduce the size is reduce the quality. A lower bitrate file will be smaller, but have lower quality.
Note: For really compact files, I usually use OGG music at a low bitrate, as it sounds better than WMA or MP3 at low bitrates, but haven't suggested it here, as most commercial MP3 players can't handle OGG.