[linux-audio-user] Is there a way to compress the size of a wave file?

[Ken Dawson / Chia Wu]

I have been studying WAV files from various sources, and find that it is
possible to alter the sampling rate of the recording (i.e, instead of CD-quality
at 44.1K, I've seen 22050, and even 16K).  Mostly the sources I have seen in
this form have been spoken word -- radio programs, interviews, etc -- but the
results have been OK (obviously with expected loss in frequency range).
Combined with making the recording monaural, the WAV file size can be smaller.

/ken

Flash Love wrote:
> I recorded a one hour audio session using windows Sound Recorder for a friend 
> and much to my chagrin and my friend's dismay, the Audacity edited file is 
> over 400M!
> 
> This friend is now telling me that in the past when the same one hour 
> recording session was done the file size never exceeded 27M.  I do not doubt 
> them, but I have no idea how to reduce/compress this wave file. 
> 
> If someone knows how I can reduce this one hour wave formatted session to a 
> file size of 27M, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> Flash
>