Posted by: "Rob Danielson"
> Using scripting, the web interface for the list/archive could take
> any mp3, wav, aiff etc and generates a file and a link to it while
> preserving the higher res file for the archive (when its better).
> The interface could be designed to allow the person who is uploading
> the file to choose the data rate, but I feel its would be easier to
> make it default to something like mp3/256kbs. If one posted a
> smaller mp3, that would be the format/size posted-- there's no point
> in upsampling unless the programming proved to a lot easier with
> standardization.
What is the source of the higher res file? Does the person have to
upload a uncompressed file for this? That's a huge file for the time it
plays. Kind of pointless to generate it from a uploaded mp3.
And 256kbs may seem like a small file to those on high speed
connections, but it's not a small file for any significant play length.
> If your mpeg3 was over 256 kbs, (with settings I'm tossing out for
> discussion), your file would be converted to 256kbs but members would
> also have access to the larger file. If you thought 128 kbs sounded
> fine or you didn't want to share a higher quality version, 128kbs is
> what would be uploaded and posted.
I design files to be put up with a compromise between download time for
modems and sound quality. Requires time to listen to various options.
It's rarely necessary to use even 128kbs.
>> >Some of the files that have been put up in this group would take me muc=
h
>> >more than overnight to download. And upload runs at a slower speed than
>> >download.
>
> Some, yes, but not that many.
For many on modems even half a meg is large. Your perspective is clearly
on of a person on a high speed connection who has little concept anymore
of time to download files. A major portion of the files put up are tough
to impossible for those on modems. You've got to really want to hear
that file. I pass on a lot of files just because of their size, even
some I'd like to listen to.
> The default format could be changed pretty easily at any time.
Reencoding compressed files without the approval of the results by the
original recordist. Sounds like what you are saying.
> Better sights and exercise than my painting! Rob D.
Still recovering from the surgery, I'm still not up to full speed.
Trying to get in shape for BRAG in June in a few weeks. It's Columbus to
Savannah this year so not the hardest of the ones I've done in the past.
Longest day is 75 miles, and most climb in a day is 4000' (with 70 miles
of riding). Worst is that BRAG assumes you make a certain minimum speed
average that's relatively high, or you get no rest stops or sag support.
Not sure if I can make that average, so may end up doing part of the
days as virtually unsupported self contained touring. At least I won't
have to be hunting campsites each night.
Walt
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