At 5:42 PM +0100 12/30/05, Kirk McElhearn wrote: >On Dec 30, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Lynda Farabee wrote: >>EXCEPT.....now I have these huge files! I thought previously they >>were much smaller. Wonder if someone could suggest some good >>settings? Quality is not an issue but size of file is. I went >>from 1 or 2 MB files to 19-20 MB. >> >>If you don't remember, I'm converting sermon audio files to put on website. >>Currently I'm using 80 kbps (mono)/160 kbps(stereo), VBR (lowest >>quality), normal stereo, optimized for velocity Engine. >> >>Do I need stereo? > >No, but you also don't need such a high bit rate. Weren't you using >16 kbps before? I can't find my previous settings! After all the tinkering I/we did to correct the problem that was hardware (!) I don't have my previous settings. Will changing to 16 kbps help the size? Anything else I should check/change? -L -- --Lynda http://www.eddfarabee.com/ and http://www.fpc-levelland.org