Hello Steve, If that's true, then tell me why a podcast that I downloded which happens to be 8.45mb, when zipped, it is now 6.32mb? My best regards. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Matzura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Packing mp3-s
> On Wed, 28 May 2008 06:50:58 +0200, you wrote: > >>Can you zip an mp3 or a bunch of them and then unzip them and they will >>work? > > Absolutely yes. However, don't expect much, if anything at all, in > the realm of shrinking file size. Yes, ZIP does compress, but MP3's > are already compressed, so the ZIP algorithm doesn't do much, if > anything, to improve on the compression you already got by creating > the MP3 in the first place. In fact, it's quite common for the ZIP > file to actually be bigger than the MP3 it contains! Don't let that > worry you, though, it's perfectly normal. > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
