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Dennis

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Was going to add some announcements to a route I am making but am concerned about file sizes. A typical announcement listing station calls is ~500k and causes a noticeable delay when it is about to play.

By the time I have got all the announcments in, the total size of the sound files is going to be greater than that of the objects!!!

Anyone think of a way of making .wav files smaller or are there alternative file types around which can be used?
 
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BVE only permits .wav, but using Sound Recorder you can compress it a bit.

I use Audacity (search on sf.net), it allows a number of different compression types to try. :)
 

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You could instead make an additional file that includes extra, non-essential announcements and a seperate route file that uses them. Then it is up to the person whether they download a large sound file or a small one.
 

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Alternatively, package "null" sounds with the same filenames as the real ones with each route, and include the real sounds as an alternate download.
 

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Like the null sounds idea, although I was doing versions with and without the announcements anyway.

TBH, never really thought about download time for people on dial-up, I was more concerned about maximising the route performance - large announcements do seem to cause noticeable jerkiness.

Will check out the wav editors, Thanks.
 
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