Subject:Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Posted by: Bernard_Ivo

Date:1/30/2003 12:06:47 PM

Hi everybody,
I'm trying to make a loop (from wav format) and save it as mp3, so to use the loop in FLASH. But every time I save the loop in mp3 there is free space before the loop and after it (original wav loop is excellent). So when i play it, it's sound terrible. And the length (time) of the mp3 is bigger. How can I make it works?

Thanks in advance

Subject:RE: Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/30/2003 10:32:33 PM

The silence at the beginning and end of the MP3 is inherent to the format. You can't get rid of it no matter how hard you try. Is there any way to offset the MP3 in Flash?

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Reply by: Bernard_Ivo

Date:1/31/2003 1:15:53 AM

Thank you,
I think there is a way to offset it in Flash. It is not so easy but I have whole day. Thank you once again.

Subject:RE: Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:1/31/2003 10:59:37 AM

Just out of curiosity, why are you saving the loop to MP3 format for Flash? When you render your flash project the audio will be compressed at that point. The final file size will be the same whether you include MP3 or WAV audio files.

Subject:RE: Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/31/2003 1:27:50 PM

I was wondering that myself, Kelly. Thanks for the info. Macromedia buried any such info (if it even exists) on their Web site so I couldn't find it. (I don't use Flash myself, so...)

Iacobus

Subject:RE: Saving wav to mp3 adds extra time to my loop

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:1/31/2003 5:12:18 PM

Unless manually specified otherwise, Flash and Swish both use the LAME MP3 encoder for the audio.