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Re: Heavy AUDIO download in WWP
Willy Kaemena 2005-Jul-01 20:00:00
Hi Dave
if you need only some "noise" ( water) you can do this very easily
in QT PRO on MAC and WIN cut it short , loop it and choose the
right compression. you can come down to 50-100 K or less. No need
to apply any other technology than QT...
Willy Kaemena
http://homepage.mac.com/wkaemena
On Jul 1, 2005, at 15:41, Dave 360texas.com wrote:
> I agree audio creates atmosphere that improves the panorama visuals.
>
> However, 56k dial up people should not have to be left out of the
> loop due to big audio file downloads.
>
> I think the WWP audio's are QT flavor. I am not sure how they are
> created. I am on a PC. But here is an alternate solution.. if you
> are willing to use a slightly different file format called FLASH.
> Yes, I know FlashMX is expensive, but there is an affordable flash
> alternative called "SwishMax".
>
> The Australian company page is http://www.swishzone.com
>
> No I do not sell it. But I do recommend it because it is very
> simple to use. I have used for the last 5 years.
>
> Why use an audio .swf file flavor ?
>
> On this page http://www.360texas.com/feature/afeature1.htm you can
> hear music. The audio OFF switch is in the lower right corner of
> page.
>
> That audio loop was a 2.5mb .wav file +small on/off graphic. When
> brought into SwishMax and save out as a .swf... the entire file was
> reduced to 74kb. Great compression.
>
> Just a thought on the Audio file size issue and panoramas.
>
> Dave
>
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