Reducing The Size Of An Mp3 To Fit Onto Cd 700Mb

[Wolverine5]

WaheGuru Ji Ka Khalsa, WaheGuru Ji Ke Fateh!

I am hoping someone can help with a few queries I have please.

1) Some of the Kirtan\Katha MP3's are quite large in size and these cannot fit onto the 700Mb cd rom. Is there some way the size of the MP3 can be reduced any further? I have read reviews on cdroms that are 800mb and the majority of people have said that they are actually 700mb rather than 800mb.

2) Is there any software available that allows you to edit a track so that you can take certain parts out of it? For example there maybe some Simran in the shabad, does any software allow you to take just that part out and save it?

Hope the above makes sense, ahve tried as best as possible to describe what I am after.

Appreciate any help\advice.

Many Thanks

Pull chuk Maaf. :waheguru:

WaheGuru Ji Ka Khalsa, WaheGuru Ji Ke Fateh!

[VanHelsingh]

Brother, are you looking to make an audio CD or an MP3 CD?

I had a similar problem whereby I wanted to record Giani Sant Singh Maskin's Sukhmani Sahib to an audio CD, but the duration of the paath and the size of the file would not be accepted. So I increased the tempo of the file - but not in a way that distorted the Gurbani or made it sound strange or disrespectful. Anyway I managed to reach a file-size that was fine for a 120 min / 700MB CD.

[Tera]

MP3s can be encoded at various bit rates. Smaller this is, the smaller the file size but also lower the quality. I haven't done any converting MP3s in ages but when I used to, I normally encoded my MP3s at 128kbps using DB Power Amp. To me, this sounds just fine.

To give you an idea of file size... I've got here a 1hour 25min Asa Dee Vaar Kirtan MP3 which is encoded at 128kbps and its file size is 78MB.

Maybe others could recommend some free software to let you convert it.

[Wolverine5]

Brother, are you looking to make an audio CD or an MP3 CD?

I had a similar problem whereby I wanted to record Giani Sant Singh Maskin's Sukhmani Sahib to an audio CD, but the duration of the paath and the size of the file would not be accepted. So I increased the tempo of the file - but not in a way that distorted the Gurbani or made it sound strange or disrespectful. Anyway I managed to reach a file-size that was fine for a 120 min / 700MB CD.

WaheGuru Thanks for replying. Which ever one allows me to fit the shabad onto the CD. There are a couple shabads from various Rensbhais that are around120 mins each. It would be great if I could somehow get these onto a CD please. Any further advice etc anyone can advice would be greatly appreaciated.

Thansk

[MokhamSingh]

Khalsa JI

Use "Audio conversion wizard" to change the kbps from 256 to 32. The file size will reduce by several fold. Some Gurbani cd's contain more than 35 hours on one 700mb cd in this way.

[VanHelsingh]

WaheGuru Thanks for replying. Which ever one allows me to fit the shabad onto the CD. There are a couple shabads from various Rensbhais that are around120 mins each. It would be great if I could somehow get these onto a CD please. Any further advice etc anyone can advice would be greatly appreaciated.

Thansk

Oh I understand. In that case its best to undertake Mokham Singh's advice and reduce the bit rate to a level that you are comfortable with. I can't think of any free conversion software that does what you need although I'm definitely sure there are programs available. I'll look around and get back to you.

[Wolverine5]

WaheGuru, Thanks.

I looked into this further and found that the software I had (Roxio 2010) had a facilty to burn a cd with MP3 format. It worked a treat and Boy was I happy soul.

Thanks to all that contributed. It's much appreciated. :waheguru: