flash compression mp3 vs wave strangeness

[sandgate]

A follow up on music files. "Old" said to put settings at what i like. Okay got that. But I'm still curious about what else affects file size other than settings.

Here's why. This just happened...

I received a music mp3 at 3.97 MBs. I put it into its own flash file and published - now it stands at 3.74 mbs.

But if I go into soundforge, import original mp3, save it as a WAV file, then back in flash, import that now huge WAV file and publish it... guess what i get: a new file size of 1.89 Mbs.

huge difference.

why did this happen? Why did flash seem to compress a wav file better than an mp3? Is this "normal".

Because if what i have discovered is true then i need to go adjust all 60 some odd songs using this work around method. please advise
thanks
Hoss

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Flash exports audio as MP3 at 16 kbps mono by default, but you can change that to much higher quality = much larger file size.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk