mp3 too large!

[john]

hello, developers.
is there any way to put mp3's on my device, but change them into a smaller file? convert them to different extention?

[Peter Poelman]

You could re-sample them to a lower bitrate (Google: "resampling mp3"), or play them from a large SD-card.

[rustek]

I compress all my Mp3's using X-ing MPEG Encoder (now owned by real).
I use the 64kbs setting with small loss in quality over CDs, but I can fit humongous amounts of MP3's into 64Mb. However I use 128Mb SD cards for more storage and can compress an entire feature film down to 70Mb!!

[Carlos]

Windows Media Player 9 will automatically copy and resample files to any portable music device or card. Works great. I resample everything to WMA 64k, get double the space with little quality loss. It does this via playlists, so it is easy to switch your music around.

[john]

thanks rustek.
but where did you get this x-ing mpeg encoder?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

if you have windows media player 8.5 on your xda, then you should be able to play mp3 and wma files.

You can actually get good quality sound out of a compressed wma file, at 64 bit rate or lower

use www.dbpowerAmp.com tool to covert the source file to any bit rate you want. Follow the codec insallation on the website.

i managed to get a 5mb mp3 file, down to a 900k wma file, and it sounded very reasonable on the xda.

[ozsmac]

For low bitrate WMA is the way to go. Keep your eye's on Windows Media Player for support for MP3pro, this is on par with the WMA encoding rates v quality.

[corics]

hi all,
does anyone have a cab file of any mp3 player? i left my cable at home so im planning to install it from other PDA.
thanks! :lol: