Hi all, I've only recently started keeping large amounts of raw flight call recordings (i.e., whole nights for a whole season), with the hope that as technology improves and better call extraction technologies become available, they can be put to use. However, they are all in WAV format--uncompressed--and it is becoming a problem to hold on to hundreds of gigabytes, soon to be terabytes, of recordings that will only grow larger.
So my question is, does anyone have a good method for storing and/or compressing such audio files? I hesitate to convert the files into, say, MP3, because data is lost in the process, but perhaps others know more than I about what the tradeoffs are. Some Northern Waterthrushes, a couple Ovenbirds, and a few assorted zeeps last night. Thanks in advance, Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
