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  1. 14th Aug 2005 22:56 #1
    vocalmind
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    Hi,

    Whats ur recommended tool to reduce bitrate?

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    Hi vocalmind,

    You're gonna have to provide a lot more info...

    Audio?
    Video?
    What format?
    What tool was used in the first place, if any?
    What are you trying to achieve?
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    bitrate or sample rate ?
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    Sorry for the confusion. I mean MP3 audio.

    Its like i want to reduce my 192kb to 32kb...



    Thanks for the reply...
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    That's a huge bit rate drop. You should convert to mono so you'll have perceived 64 kbs quality.

    Razorlame , a GUI front end for Lame, will do the conversion for you.
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    Audio bitrate takes up almost no space.
    You won't save anything.
    Leave audio at least 192k minimum on AC3 or MP2
    maybe 128k minimum on MP3
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    If you really need to go that low-consider conversion to wma audio or real audio-at least the vocals will remain reasonably clear.
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    ...or .ogg at really low bitrates. Only got a 16 MB memstick in my phone, and listening to MP3 below 96k is unbearable. ogg, @ half that rate is tolerable, actually.

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    Originally Posted by lordsmurf
    You won't save anything.
    It depends on the use case (that we don't know up to now). For example, if you want to offer real time audio streaming over the internet, the limitation is not disk space but internet bandwidth of the end users. For low bandwidth internet connections (analog or ISDN), 32 kbit/s might make sense.
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    Audio bitrate takes up almost no space.
    You won't save anything.
    Leave audio at least 192k minimum on AC3 or MP2
    maybe 128k minimum on MP3

    If reducing audio bitrate doesn't save anything, then I'm assuming reducing video bitrate does? If so, how do I do this?

    Thanks!
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    Originally Posted by faeriedust66
    If reducing audio bitrate doesn't save anything, then I'm assuming reducing video bitrate does? If so, how do I do this?
    You re-encode it. Again, what's your format?
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    the video files are in avi format.... i have MainConcept Encoder v1.50 .. i don't think this gives me to option to reduce video bitrate? or does it? can you suggest a program that does?

    thanks!
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    Originally Posted by faeriedust66
    the video files are in avi format.... i have MainConcept Encoder v1.50 ..
    Mpeg is a format, divx is a format, avi is a container. Rather than giving us bits and pieces and keeping us guessing. Identify your file, here: https://www.videohelp.com/play.htm#identify

    Now fill in the blanks (copy and paste)...

    "I have an avi in ____ video format and _____ audio format, it is ____ minutes long and ______ KB in size.

    I wish to make it ________ KB in size keeping as much quality as possible. What tools/steps do you recommend?"
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