Lossy? Yes, like JPEG. And like JPEG, the format does very well indeed for a huge variety of applications. I listen to MP3 music a lot, mostly classical, and I don’t feel the lossy aspect is really taking away from the quality of what I hear to any extent. Of course if the whole chain of production from the Stradivarius to my ears was of the very best quality, I would be cursing that pesky lossiness. But not in ordinary life, and certainly not for a looped warning sound lasting a few seconds.
Incidentally, my statistics are a trifle worse than Richmond’s: mySound.mp3 - 81 Kb mySound.wav - 890 Kb mySound.AIFF - 890 Kb Still, subject closed - I presume the mother ship has long ago decided not to enhance LC in this respect any time soon. Graham > On 12 Apr 2020, at 20:32, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 4/12/20 11:07 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: > >> "Just for fun" I exported a sound file as WAV, AIFF and MP3 using Audacity" >> WAV 36.9 MB >> AIFF 36.9 MB >> MP3 4.4 MB >> which means that WAV and AIFF stink about 9 times more than MP3 > > For the record, mp3 is a lossy format while WAV and AIFF are lossless. And > your file size will depend on the bitness of the compaction. > >> NWO: as Audacity is Open Source: https://www.audacityteam.org/ >> and can import, read and export sound files in MP3 format . . . > > The mp3 format used to be "protected" by patent licensing but was set free a > few years ago, so is now available for general use. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode