[wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Portman
Hi all, My client wants to put sermons on his website as a sound file and as text. What format should he put the sound file in? Any advice on how to do this? TIA, Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the w

Re:[wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-13 Thread Furry, Tim
Riva asked: My client wants to put sermons on his website as a sound file and as text. What format should he put the sound file in? Any advice on how to do this? Tim responds: I know a lot of church sites do this with RealAudio, but personally I'd suggest using MP3 format...it's very cross-platfor

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Portman
Thanks Jon. Should I have my client record this or send it to me to record? (We are in different cities.) Riva --- Jon Haworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Riva, > If it's only speech then I'd suggest a low bitrate > MP3 - you may be able to > get away with as little as 60kbps, which means

Re: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Stephen Caudill
Jon Haworth wrote: There's a program called "Sound Recorder" somewhere on the Start menu (or Start > Run > sndrec32 if you can't find it). This is fine for your purposes and will create a WAV audio file containing whatever comes in from the mic input. If you like, you can clean up the audio with a

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Portman
Hi Jon, The client is not the person giving the sermons. I think he just recorded them. Should I have him send them to me via e-mail or on a cassette or CD? Riva --- Jon Haworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you'll probably need the client there when > the recording is taken - > who els

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Jon Haworth
Hi Riva, > My client wants to put sermons on his website as a > sound file and as text. What format should he put the > sound file in? If it's only speech then I'd suggest a low bitrate MP3 - you may be able to get away with as little as 60kbps, which means a very small file. > Any advice on

Re:[wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Portman
Thanks Tim. I haven't done sound before - any good tutorials?? Riva --- "Furry, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim responds: > I know a lot of church sites do this with RealAudio, > but personally I'd > suggest using MP3 format...it's very cross-platform > in support, and > usually will play

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Jon Haworth
Hi Riva, > Should I have my client record this or send > it to me to record? (We are in different cities.) I think you'll probably need the client there when the recording is taken - who else will give the sermon? ;-) There are two steps to this: Firstly, recording - get your client to stand

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Bankei
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Portman wrote: The client is not the person giving the sermons. I think he just recorded them. Should I have him send them to me via e-mail or on a cassette or CD? The easiest thing would be a wav on a CDR. Next best would be an Audio CD that you can rip. I like EAC (Exact

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Bankei
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Jon Haworth wrote: Second step is encoding (doesn't matter who does this, or where) - WAV files are very large, so you need to compress it into MP3: this is equivalent to saving a TIFF image as a JPG. This is the file you upload to the website. I'll go completely against the gr

RE: [wdvltalk] Sound files on website

2004-12-14 Thread Portman
Thank you! Riva • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings, add a