25 Nov
1998
25 Nov
'98
1:57 p.m.
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
My vote is mono 22Khz 16-bit (tho 8 might be fine for
some types of
computers - it would prolly depend on the type of encoding it used) and
then zip the file... you could prolly swing 1.25Meg per minute of sound
zipped (assuming 2:1 compression - it might be higher) which would give you
8.6 hours of audio stored per 650Meg CD... Not bad #'s IMHO.
In my experience, sound files do not compress well at all with PKZIP. I
don't know about WAV files in particular, but I'm lucky if I can squeeze
10% off the ADPCM files that I work with.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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