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I have a WAV audio file that is too large for my server to send as an attachment to email. Can I compress it and, is so, how?
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Posted 16 May 2011 - 08:28 AM
dickbook, on 14 May 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:
I have a WAV audio file that is too large for my server to send as an attachment to email. Can I compress it and, is so, how?
Audio data is very rarely amenable to any compression beyond that already applied by the encoder. Best practice is not to send it through e-mail (because your server might not have the lowest limit among the boxes through which it will pass) but to find a storage space online to which you can write and from which your recipient(s) can read. Then just send mail with the URL.
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Posted 17 May 2011 - 10:58 AM
bastion, on 16 May 2011 - 08:28 AM, said:
dickbook, on 14 May 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:
I have a WAV audio file that is too large for my server to send as an attachment to email. Can I compress it and, is so, how?
Audio data is very rarely amenable to any compression beyond that already applied by the encoder. Best practice is not to send it through e-mail (because your server might not have the lowest limit among the boxes through which it will pass) but to find a storage space online to which you can write and from which your recipient(s) can read. Then just send mail with the URL.
When you say "find a storage space online" do you mean a website or a blog. I'm thinking it may be simpler for me to put the WAV file on a CD and snail mail it. What do you think?
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Posted 17 May 2011 - 11:02 AM
dickbook, on 17 May 2011 - 10:58 AM, said:
When you say "find a storage space online" do you mean a website or a blog. I'm thinking it may be simpler for me to put the WAV file on a CD and snail mail it. What do you think?
I'd sign up for a free Dropbox account, which provides you with 2GB of storage. You can then upload the file to your Dropbox and send a link to those you want to share it with.
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Posted 17 May 2011 - 11:23 AM
dickbook, on 17 May 2011 - 10:58 AM, said:
bastion, on 16 May 2011 - 08:28 AM, said:
dickbook, on 14 May 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:
I have a WAV audio file that is too large for my server to send as an attachment to email. Can I compress it and, is so, how?
Audio data is very rarely amenable to any compression beyond that already applied by the encoder. Best practice is not to send it through e-mail (because your server might not have the lowest limit among the boxes through which it will pass) but to find a storage space online to which you can write and from which your recipient(s) can read. Then just send mail with the URL.
When you say "find a storage space online" do you mean a website or a blog. I'm thinking it may be simpler for me to put the WAV file on a CD and snail mail it. What do you think?
There are many options for online storage that are inexpensive or even free. Last time I looked, this was still a feature offered by many ISPs to their customers, so you may already have this.
Neverthess, certainly burning to a CD and shipping it is viable. It'll probably cost you more and definitely be slower. But if it's a process you're comfortable with there's no real reason not to go that route.
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