Game music

[siggi3000]

Ok so i am currently makin a map and want my own songs in the map.
I know how to import but i can't compress the song files small enough, i have tried a few programs but they didn't work. The songs are in Mp3 format do i need to convert them to another format to compress them?

So in other words...

Does anyone know a program that compresses Mp3 files small enough for me to put into my warcraft map?

 

[Captain Griffen]

mp3=>wav (loss-less)=>mp3 (use lame, variable bit rate, low bit rate).

 

[Squiggy]

Sound files can be converted to 112kbit/s.. i'd suggest Audacity for that.
Also, don't forget to download the lame_enc.dll to get it to work

 

[Shanghai]

i know the best and easy program for that and give me rep ok....
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Winlame its tutorial ow to do with it u can get it down to under 1 mb very small....
with good quality....

download winlame and follow this tutorial xD

 

[The Last Istari]

Shanghai, don't beg for rep.

Anways, I personally just convert it to WAV and that's the jist of it. I recommend using one of the many free programs out there that converts between MP3 and WAV.

 

[brad.dude03]

WAV is too big. Takes up a ton of space with no compression (or very little anyway). LAME is basically the best way to go, just don't compress it too much or the quality will get warped, especially at loud volumes will it become evident.

 

[Newuser]

Sound files can be converted to 112kbit/s.. i'd suggest Audacity for that.
Also, don't forget to download the lame_enc.dll to get it to work

Yes, lower the bit rate. Usually, some MP3s can be lowered by 20-30%(in terms of the bit rate) before the sound quality gets notably worsened.

Also .WAV is uncompressed, .MP3 is the compressed form of .wav basically.

Also another method is to cut looping(if the song/music loops) . You can do that with Audacity very easily also.

 

[sacridshadow]

Audacity is great for making sound files smaller. I haven't had to do that because my music is already small, nomatter the size. so far...