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Originally posted by agentdansmith I'm currently working on my new DJ website and I'd like to ZIP my MP3's to reduce file size and so that the user doesn't have to right-click and save target as. But, does zipping an MP3 reduce the quality at all since it reduces the file size? Also, should I have 320 or 192 mp3's for download - what would you prefer as a listener? Cheers

No you are not losing quality zipping mp3's but you are not saving any space either as mp3's are compressed to the max

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Originally posted by erdega No you are not losing quality zipping mp3's but you are not saving any space either as mp3's are compressed to the max

Way to read the rest of the thread.

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Originally posted by basd This might be of help...

Yeah, the eLouai script does the job although there are slightly simpler ways to do it (they tend to be based around the same principle, just with a bit less of the bulk) - give it a bit of a Google, there are a few suggestions around.

But as I say, I'm not entirely convinced that it's really necessary.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox Yeah, the eLouai script does the job although there are slightly simpler ways to do it (they tend to be based around the same principle, just with a bit less of the bulk) - give it a bit of a Google, there are a few suggestions around.

Heh, this was just a quick Google result I've found, it looked OK.. But I'm by no means a PHP expert so I can't really tell.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Way to read the rest of the thread.

and what ?
Ok, should he do 192k or 320k?
Well obviously there is a noticeable difference between the 2 but it's a function of space & bandwidth and how much he has it. I don't know why he would host it on his own site when there are so many free hosting sites out there and even paid ones

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Originally posted by erdega and what ?

So you didn't read the rest of the thread then?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery So you didn't read the rest of the thread then?

come on, give him a break, it was the 3rd post....who looks past the first 2 sentences anyways....

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Originally posted by agentdansmith Ok, I understand what you're saying but it's mainly so that when people click on "Download", it will actually start downloading instead of it starting to buffer and stream through their browser. At least I now know that it wont affect the quality, thanks.

and you don't want to use php to force downloads, there are a bunch of security issues, I don't think they would be a big problem, but there are risks.

another way is to place this in an .htaccess file in your song directory (id make it so that only your mp3's are in a certain directory, then place this in there).

"
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
"

this should make any .mp3 file link have a save as dialog when clicked. However the site I found this on said there might be problems with the new IE. But you can test it out.

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No you are not losing quality zipping mp3's but you are not saving any space either as mp3's are compressed to the max

Not true. Mp3's make use of the fact that there is no need to save certain frequencies of sound (among other things). Compression via the algorithms in an application like winzip are bitwise, and couldn't care less if its audio or text.

Granted if you zip an mp3 you may not get much compression out of, but not because its an mp3.

No quality lost though, this is the wonder of digital compression.

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