[plug] Meeting 9/5 - archives

[Leon Brooks]

"Scott, Simon" wrote:
>>> voice recording (if nothing better is available), etc...

>> Hmmm... lessee... 8 bits x 11k/second x say 3600 seconds for an hour's
>> yakking == 40 meg, bit of a stiff download, easier to burn it and the
>> presentation materials onto a CD and mail it. And since we're doing
>> that, does anyone have a video camera and capture card? (-:

> One idea: .mp3, low bitrate...

MP3 won't go that thin or slow. 11kB/second _is_ a low bitrate; the only
lower one that I've seen used other than as a joke is 8kB/s. Lame
(MPEG2) won't do less than 16 bits at 16KHz.

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