E-mail audio file help. Going nuts!

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I am trying to send an audio file from windows media format and I'm having problems with it hanging for ever. I realize e-mail can only handle up to a certain size file. What do I need to do. How do I compress it. Any help out there. I'm new at this and it's getting frustrating. I have audio downloaded in windows media library I would like to send.
 
how big is the file in the first place?
compressing audio files with conventional software like winzip doesn't have much effect. I'm not very familiar with the windows media format by the way. Is that already compressed, like mp3?

What I personally do is putting the files on my webserver at home (I'm a lucky bastard with one hell of a fast internet connection) and send the people an email with the link to my server. That also gives them the choice whether or not they want to spend their bandwith on my tracks.
 
Thanks for the response. Average file is approx. 3.50MB. I believe my ISP server caps at around 690MB per attached file. Does that sound right? Like I stated, I'm green at this crap. I have the software for winzip. Should I use this format? I have the lastest edition of windows media 8, and it's suppose to take less space than an MP3 file. I know I'm not doing something right. What type of connection are you set up with? Thanks again.
 
What you can do is download winace (www.winace.com). It's a piece of compression software like winzip but it allows to split a file into more than one volume. When creating an archive, you can enter a volume size (like 500 kbytes) and winace chops the archive up in multiple files of that size. Then you can send all the pieces with separate emails.

Oh yeah... I have 100mbit at home. Student housing with a direct connection to the university network. Using "only" 10mbit right now but its fast enough as it is. Upgrading my LAN is not worth the money and effort.
 
So with winace I can send a, for example 7.60MB Audio file, 2 songs, or will it frag and I'll have to send half a song at a time? These might sound like dumb questions, but that's the only way I will learn. By asking. Also, should I not use winzip? I appreciate you taking the time to school me on this!
 
Actually WinZip will also allow you split up a file into several small pieces, so will a lot of freeware file spliting utils, available on zdnet if you look.

The recipient will get say 5 emails form you, each containing a fragment of the file. some file utils need to be installked on his machine, the same one you used to split the file, and he can use it to join the file.

Download one and spend a few minutes with it.
 
vintagedrive said:
will it frag and I'll have to send half a song at a time?
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That's it. No, you should not use winzip. Winace does what winzip does and then some. I'm a Winace novice myself but I got it to work. Ask the receiver to install winace as well to unpack the lot.
 
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I would suggest that you start by deciding how important it is to you that you send files of that size. If you don't need to send high-res audio files, for example the files are recordings of a speech that you can understand at AM radio quality sound, then I'd recommend converting the files to a lower resolution. There are several utilities available to do that, I have used Music Match Jukebox for years, but I don't know if the free version allows that type of manipulation.

Splitting files up is a viable option also, but the person receiving will have to get the software and learn how to use it as well. In my view, that's solving one problem by creating another. It does work well, however.

If you are going to be pretty serious about sending these files in the future, I would follow the advice of JMarcomb and learn to use an ftp client. That may be particularly useful if the person who is receiving the stuff wants to choose how, when, and where they will download it. I recommend WSFTP, which is available as shareware on tucows.com; there are also other programs that work well. That method would permit you to upload the files to any webserver space you have (almost everyone has some, if only 10mb) and then email a link to that space that anyone can click on to download the file in full at their convenience.

I empathize with your frustration. If you need specific instructions, I'll help as much as I can. You're probably going to have to bite the bullet for a little while longer as your learning curve levels out, but it's worth the effort. (At least it has been for me!)
 
Hey veiledsaber, thanks for the support. I'll try to be a bit more specific. I have original song tracks on file and I'm trying to send them via internet as an attachement. I'm in the process of finding a new bass player and many have requested a sample byte, mp3, whatever. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
PS... You weren't affected by that raging fire I hope. The largest on record for your state I understand eh. Bummer, Az. jams.
 
Vintage- Just post it on www.nowhereradio.com or some other web site.

Anything else will be a headache for the end user. Remember your sending this stuff to bass players, not network admins ;)
 
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