E-mail too large

[Ghastly]

A good thing to remember that email only uses 128 bit character set - so emailing any binary information generates an email size that is roughly 1 and a half to twice the size you think it is when you send it, too.

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[Getback]

Well then your problem is solved, use LAME or other encoder to compress the sound. Sound and video do not compress using regular file compressors.

I'm 100% certain your PPT file consists of 95% wav file that can be compressed to a fraction of the size without significant loss of quality.

I've heard "LAME" mentioned in other articles. What is it?

[cattb]

http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.php

its a type of encoding and there are other MP3 formats,
I was looking at winrar, thers a setting for 9.4 MB volumes. Also I think you can type in the size you want.
I am not sure if there is a standard limit size or protocol within the networks of email size. I think keeping under 10MB would work.

If you use winrar and type the size in remember the size your typing is in bytes ,theres instructions , I think 9mb is 9000000 million bytes
Cattb

[OOZ662]

9 megabytes is 9437184 bytes.

[Getback]

http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.php

its a type of encoding and there are other MP3 formats,
I was looking at winrar, thers a setting for 9.4 MB volumes. Also I think you can type in the size you want.
I am not sure if there is a standard limit size or protocol within the networks of email size. I think keeping under 10MB would work.

If you use winrar and type the size in remember the size your typing is in bytes ,theres instructions , I think 9mb is 9000000 million bytes
Cattb

Thanks Cattb! I tried to load mp3 into the presentation sound file and it just won't do it for Office 2003. I may go with breaking it into volumes or putting it on media fire.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Come on! If you don't compress the sound and split it to several volumes that's just retarded!

Who wants to download and unrar 10 pieces and 35Mb just because your audio is a 34Mb wav? Compress the sound to a 1.3mb mp3, please.

[cattb]

he said hes using 2003 office and it won't intergrate the MP3 in the ppt file.He tried. 35 MB isn't much these days anyhow with dsl or cable modem...dial up well thats diffrent
cattb

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I'm pretty sure the freely downloadable openoffice.org will let you include the mp3.

[Getback]

Come on! If you don't compress the sound and split it to several volumes that's just retarded!

Who wants to download and unrar 10 pieces and 35Mb just because your audio is a 34Mb wav? Compress the sound to a 1.3mb mp3, please.

Well, I'm with you on the breaking it down into several volumes. Trust me I'm thinking of the end user as well. It's been a learning experience for sure. I just found cdex, a program that makes PowerPoint think that a Mp3 file is a WAV file. That should help enormously.

[cattb]

To Getback or anyone else,
if you goto this site   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com there is a free software program for compressing PPT files,I don't know if it supports 2003 but I know it supports 2007. The software works very good at compressing PPT files. I know this software works with windows 32 bit XP.. 64 bit I am not sure.
This software can compress PPT files as much as 90 percent
this software will be free untill Midnight pacific time, no virus or trojans, the websight gives away a different software program everyday.
Cattb

[shiv]

I gotta ask.  Why would you go to all this trouble when you can post the file and then e-mail the link? 

[Trell]

Use something like drop box to host the file for you.

set up an account add the file to your public folder and send the link to who ever needs access to the file. 

Most email servers will reject anything over 10mb,  what type of person are you trying to send this to,  Company, friend , collage? 

[Getback]

I gotta ask.  Why would you go to all this trouble when you can post the file and then e-mail the link? 

Mostly learning, but what you said is what I plan to do.

Unfortunately, It's not complete. What I have so far is in mho pretty good. Mostly because of the intro and what I think is a great song. Also, I had to rip some stuff off the forums. Sorry guys.

I do have a question. I'm thinking about adding a film to the latter parts of the presentation. Can you post a slide show and have the film work?

[cattb]

in 2007 ppt yes, can be set to auto play or need to click
put the movie in 1 of the slides

[Getback]

in 2007 ppt yes, can be set to auto play or need to click
put the movie in 1 of the slides

I mean post on the internet and have the slide work?