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

[Flash Love]

Thanks for the responses.

Flash

On Thursday 12 May 2005 12:29 pm, Ken Dawson / Chia Wu wrote:
> 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