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Stupid technical question

rizla mission

10:52 / 04.11.02

Is there any way to make MP3 files, um, really small?

pointless and uncalled for

11:50 / 04.11.02

Yes there is. What you need to do is get yourself a compression agent that operates well with the technical specs of your computer.

Based on the abstract (Damn the abstract whores) could I suggest that you move the internet connection to the other computer and then organise the non-soundcard computer into being a slave library server to hold all of your mp3s and the like. This would open up processor space on the internet computer to run compression agents, ripware and burning actions.

rizla mission

12:00 / 04.11.02

Well, y'see, the internet connection's on the University computers which I use, and the sound business is on my own computer, in my room which doesn't have a phone socket.. so the only way to transfer things between the two is with a floppy disk, which is clearly impossible when dealing with 3,4,5 MB files.. annoying.

So could you recommend some (hopefully easily downloadable) compression agents?

Linus Dunce

12:34 / 04.11.02

But won't there be a very noticeable drop in quality if you squish them all the way down to 1.4MB?

If you have some spare cash, would something like this help?

Christmas is coming ...

The Strobe

13:14 / 04.11.02

Well, mp3s don't get much smaller than they already are. If you try zipping them, you'll have little to no effect on filesize - it just sticks lots together.

So basically, you need bigger media. Pendrive, maybe?

ah bugger.

There's a way around your problem. It's not very elegant but it works...

Get a copy of Winrar (3 being the latest version and available for free download here)

Install it on both machines. Winrar allows you to compress files into parts small enough to fit onto individual floppies. You can then transfer parts from one machine to another and reconstruct them at the touch of a button at the other end.

Send me a private message if you want more instructions...

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