And thank you, Barb. Yeah. I can do that, but for those of us, like
Walt and me, WAV files just take an enormous amount of time to
download and MP3s are a better solution. If we put up 90 second WAV
files, it would take nearly 40 minutes to download a sample on my
machine. We need less data to crunch, I think. Not more.
Bernie
>Bernie,
>
>How about leaving both options up - *.wav and *.mp3
>
>Good Show
>
>Barb Beck
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - where a LOT of the White stuff is currently
>falling from the sky
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walter Knapp
>Sent: November 19, 2003 3:02 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Critique time for new web site
>
>From: Wild Sanctuary <>
>>
>> Thanks for the comments, Walt. I know what you mean because we're on
>> a land-line modem, too. Can't get DSL or similar because we're rural
>> and about 25,000 feet from the nearest link. Takes me about 15
>> minutes do download one of those damned MP3 samples and that's way
>> too long! Given that I don't want to re-design this thing again in
>> what's left of my life, I figured I'd order something more toward the
>> leading edge rather than the Pleistocene technologies you and I still
>> have. But I'll give this some thought because we'd like it to work.
>>
>> Bernie
>
>Before you think we are dinosaurs, the majority of internet users
>connect via a regular modem. It's easy to focus on the small group with
>high speed connections, most high speed connections are business.
>Particularly if aiming at individuals modems are still very, very
>common. Even if they have it available, the higher price keeps many off
>the high speed stuff.
>
>I'm not as bad off as you as far as downloading the mp3's from your
>site. But I hardly get full speed out of the 56k modem.
>
>What I do for my site is do a lot of listening. I run up the mp3's at
>various settings and listen. I keep getting the size smaller until I
>don't like what I'm getting and then move back up a little until I
>identify the minimum size that's ok. Better than trying a rote rule, how
>much you can compress varies with each sample.
>
>I'm also very tight on how long my clips are. I pack a lot into a short
>time. Easier to do with ID clips than listening ones.
>
>For any site concerned with selling product the faster your user can get
>things the more likely the sale. People are extremely impatient these
>days. Do note that anyone who's that deep in your site is probably
>partially hooked, which gives you more time to give them the sample.
>
>Walt
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