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ndoran · 03-10-03, 07:02 PM

You're right that it appears little space savings will be realized by compressing mp3s. Rather than compressing individual files, I was envisioning zipping several tracks together.

I subsequently tried this to see how much space would be saved...by zipping the nine tracks of Bob Marley's 'Natty Dread' together with maximum compression, the size goes from 37+ megs to about 34.5 megs. Not much savings there.

So, what you're saying is that the file format does not take well to compression. I wonder if there is something I can do during file transfer and/or conversion that will shrink these babies down a bit?

Thanks,

Neil

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ndoran Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You're right that it appears little space savings will be realized by compressing mp3s. Rather than compressing individual files, I was envisioning zipping several tracks together. I subsequently tried this to see how much space would be saved...by zipping the nine tracks of Bob Marley's 'Natty Dread' together with maximum compression, the size goes from 37+ megs to about 34.5 megs. Not much savings there. So, what you're saying is that the file format does not take well to compression. I wonder if there is something I can do during file transfer and/or conversion that will shrink these babies down a bit? Thanks, Neil