Music Loading fast?

[iota]

Hi masters,

I'd like to embed a wma song in my page. And I want it load fast. Are there any softwares or methods to load first?

When I compress wav to MP3, a song has at least 3 MB. When MP3 to wma, the same song has at least 1 MB. However, I found a page that embed a wma song that's only of about 300KB to 500KB. How come? Can we tranform it into that very small size?


I learn a web page that uses embed src=".asf" .
Is a Dot ASF also a music extention? I find that page using .asf load first to play music. I don't have to wait a litter longer to view it all.
So how can I convert wav/mp3 to asf?
Please try the following embeded code and test the time.

<embed src="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/1/9626/26473_1_10_04.asf" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">

I also learn that if I use wav or mp3, I have wait downloading buffer time . But when I use that Dot Asf extention music , I don't have to wait any downloading buffer when I run it in browser.

Any suggestions? Thanks for your time to read me and your valuable guidance.

iota

[chilipie]

Well it's not just the extension of the file that makes it load faster. Obviously, the length of the track makes a big difference, and how much the server can cope with. I've never seen .asf before, but apprently it's a "Microsoft Windows Media - Advanced Systems Format".

[Jalenack]

hey. The reason your wma was probably a lower file size was it was encoded at a lower kbps (kilobits per second, i believe). Anyway, you may have noticed the sound quality was a little less with the wma. I suggest only using widely used formats like .mp3, .mpg, .wav and .wma if you want to reach the largest audience. Wav is uncompressed resulting in very large file sizes. You can encode an mp3 in lower quality and thus reduce its file size in iTunes. To do this, go to iTunes > Preferences > Importing. Then select MP3 Encoder. Under settings, go Custom, from there you can lower the Stereo Bit Rate, select VBR, and select Mono instead of Stereo. All of these settings will lower you file sizes, but will also reduce quality. Then hit ok when you think you have a good setting. Select the track you want to convert, then go to Advanced > Convert Selection to MP3, and watch as your file gets converted. Then drag it to your desktop and check the file size and quality. If its not right, fiddle with your Importing settings until you can create an acceptable file...then use the file on your site!

[iota]

Hi Jalenack,

I've got it. But my compressed file was of a little distortion in some drum bass.
Please right click on the following link and save as target and see the size.It's only 473 KB. It's still good to listen.


http://www3.telus.net/wilsoncheung/Hoobastank%20-%20The%20Reason.wma

If you wish, you can check all wma files in the folder

http://www3.telus.net/wilsoncheung

By the way, I can't consider why this host 'www3.telus.net' allows anyone to access the hot (direct) link to their members' folder. I think it really lacks security 'cause I can access all the data there without any hacking.

Best regards,
iota

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

to answer your last question, if you are able to upload files to that folder, all you have to is upload an index.html file and a user wont be able to access your page directly, they will just see the index.html file, u can make this file your own html or just leave it blank either way will work, and as far as compressing music, yes the quality will be lost in some aspects but file size is much smaller, i compress my mp3s to get them down to less than 1mb in size, sound is good enough to listen to so its all good

[Secyrb]

How do you compress your music??

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

I use dbPowerAMP Converter (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/). A lot of codecs are available for converting on their site. Its free and simple to use. You would need to convert to a lower bitrate to actually compress them.