How do I compress an MP3 file to 10 MB?

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How do I compress an MP3 file to 10 MB?

I've tried using Quick Time to reduce a 25MB MP3 file. The smallest I could get it to was 15 MB. IWeb suggests going through IMovie, but that seems to make it bigger.

Thanks for any help!

Dan

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Posted on Jan 31, 2008 10:01 PM

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Answer 1

Kyn Drake

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Feb 1, 2008 2:00 AM in response to dan Pal

What's the runtime for the file? (how many minutes?)

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dan Pal Author

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Feb 1, 2008 8:24 AM in response to Kyn Drake

The running time is 37 minutes.

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Kyn Drake

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Feb 1, 2008 8:55 AM in response to dan Pal

Is it a mono or stereo file? Actually, what settings did you use and I'll try to tell you which ones to lower to give the smallest file size. Just know that the smaller you make the file, the lower the quality of the file will be.

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Roddy

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Feb 1, 2008 9:10 AM in response to dan Pal

Is this a speech or audio file?
If it is speech you can change it to mono and use the lowest sample rate.
If it is audio you would have to split it up and/or make it available as a download in M4A format.
Have you tried uploading it in its present form to see how long it takes to download in the browser?

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dan Pal Author

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Feb 1, 2008 5:26 PM in response to Kyn Drake

It is a stereo audio podcast file. The sample rate is 8000 Hz, the default sample rate is 32-bit float.

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Kyn Drake

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Feb 1, 2008 5:30 PM in response to dan Pal

If you make the file mono, that should halve it and that should place you under 10 megs. Try that and see what it ends up as.

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