Best way/format/compression to send audio files via email.

[antyler]

Im trying to email a cd to my brother, and I currently am attempting to send the eleven songs in a zip folder.

It is somewhat time consuming.

Is that the easiest way, or are there any smaller compressions?

any suggestions?

Thanks,

Tyler






p.s. Not sure of the correct forum placement , mods please move if incorrect.

 

[Ika]

Send it over AIM or something with a better transfer system.

 

[Schfifty Five]

How many songs?

I would just do mp3 format and send 1 song per email through google or something. Might take a few minutes per email, but if you do it while watching a TV show or something, you should probably finish by the time it's over.

 

[Nik]

ServU

 

[antyler]

It is eleven songs. Aim isnt a bad idea. But he is not online as of now, and i was going to send it now. I may just send a song per email like suggested.

What is ServU?

 

[indamixx99]

Convert them to mp3, put them in a zip folder, and send that folder via aim.

ServU is an FTP server program I believe. You set it up on your comp, and your brother connects to it and can download the files on his own time - provided your computer is left on.

 

[zanejohnson]

i would just throw a zip file on my FTP server, and then email a link to it.

 

[antyler]

I need to read up on FTP servers. I should get one set up.

 

[sdifox]

err, get another gmail account, grab gmaildrive
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
put the files up there
then give the login and pwd to your brother
he installs gmail drive too
and he can just grab the files
end of story.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

use sharebig

 

[antyler]

The gmail drive looks promising for sure, didnt know it existed and its pretty sweet.

Ill look into sharebig as I have no idea what that is.

 

[Jeff7]

Use LAME. Encode to 128kbps, with the quality set to max, -q 0. It won't be wonderful quality, but decent for the filesize.

You can try compressing further using WinRAR, which tends to give better compression than ZIP. Turn off the recovery record to save a little bit of space, and check the filesizes afterward. Sometimes compressing a compressed file will result in a slightly larger file.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: sdifox
err, get another gmail account, grab gmaildrive
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
put the files up there
then give the login and pwd to your brother
he installs gmail drive too
and he can just grab the files
end of story.

Looks awesome, thanks for that. :thumbsup:

KT

 

[MrChad]

http://www.yousendit.com

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: sdifox
err, get another gmail account, grab gmaildrive
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
put the files up there
then give the login and pwd to your brother
he installs gmail drive too
and he can just grab the files
end of story.

Looks awesome, thanks for that. :thumbsup:

KT

I use it as driver repository

 

[GregGreen]

Originally posted by: MrChad
http://www.yousendit.com

or http://www.sendspace.com
^^ 300mB files ftw

 

[antyler]

Thanks for all the great suggestions guys. I may end up setting up a VPN to get him some files.

For now i just sent a bunch of emails with one or two songs each.

Not exactly the most efficient way but it worked.