>if I want to convert some aiff files to mp3 to be downloaded from net…
> what specs should I aim at to keep size down but quality ok…
These are the settings I use for good quality speech in itunes: Continue reading »
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Mar 28
I’ve been playing round with getting good quality compressed speech.
Here’s what I’ve found.
1. SMALLEST FILE SIZE ACCEPTABLE QUALITY.
For very small file size (4MB for 20 minutes) and acceptable quality,
use the LAME encoder (the the separate article on Itunes songs to find out about the LAME encoder) with the following arguments in the ‘Encoding options’ Box:
-V 9 –vbr-new -mm -h -q 0
2. An even better option than above but slightly more complicated is:
Firstly convert the file to 22khz sample rate and mono, (eg in Audacity)
then use the following LAME settings:
-V 8 –vbr-new -h -q 0
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Feb 12
So you’ve made an mp3 file, and you want to turn it into a podcast. Here’s how.
A podcast is simply a small file called an ‘RSS feed’ that points to the audio (mp3) file that you want to podcast.
You can then go one step further and submit it to itunes to make it an official Apple podcast. The RSS feed file can be registered with any podcast site, but this post describes how to do it with the Apple iTunes site.. Continue reading »
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