Re: [linux-audio-user] why is my mp3 file bigger than my wav file?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] why is my mp3 file bigger than my wav file?
From: Ross Vandegrift (ross_AT_willow.seitz.com)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 01:33:24 EET


> -rw-rw-r-- 1 lconrad lconrad 2322432 Feb 1 17:11 lingham.mp3
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 lconrad lconrad 1163619 Feb 1 17:06 lingham.wav
>
> The point of making the mp3 file was to get the compression -- what
> did I do wrong?

Though I have no idea what could ever cause this, it would certainly help to
know:
1) what resolution/rate the wav was recorded at
2) how you encoded the wav

If that's actually a proper mp3 encoding and nothing went "wrong", I'll bet it
must be a bug in the encoder.

Ross Vandegrift
ross_AT_willow.seitz.com


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