Hello Gentlemen Need Help With Audio on my Site

toolguy5844 posted this at 17:48 — 8th September 2005.

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I tried to place audio on my site but the wav format is
too too slow to download and when i used a converter
and converted it to mp3 it played at hyper speed

I want to add Audio to the Description Of my Products
And Also Introduce The Company to new visitors

I understand that Audio Can COnvert to More Sales

ANy Suggestions as to what format to use i don't Know the others
And What if any Free Software to create the file can i get

You May Email me Directly at [email protected]

Megan posted this at 17:53 — 8th September 2005.

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Gentlemen and Ladies!

What were you using to convert it to mp3? Check the settings and make sure the sample rate isn't getting messed up.

Another option is to wrap it in Flash. You could also look for site plugins that would do this - I've seen ads for services that allow you to create an audio introduction for your site (I think).

Megan
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Greg K posted this at 19:34 — 8th September 2005.

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As for a program to use, I have been using Audacity for about a month or so now, and for free, I'm just amazed at the features! You can get it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

With this you can import your wav file into a project then export it back out as a MP3 file. Under FILE->PREF's there is a tab to set the compression rate for MP3. For streaming audio (just create a .M3U file with the URL to the MP3 and link to (or possibly embed) this), I use 32 for "broadband" and "16" for dialup users.

Keep in mind though with the settings I am using, this is for church services, so it is text only, you may have to try different settings for music.

-Greg

teammatt3 posted this at 22:50 — 8th September 2005.

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Wow, that's a great open source software. Thanks for that link Greg:)