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margot · Posted - Mon Jan 13, 2003 3:44 pm

The search function wasn't working, so please pardon me if this has already been dealt with...I'm doing simple voiceovers to place into Flash for an elearning application. What settings work best? I've been experimenting, and while the sound is great in Cool Edit, once placed and exported, I'm getting a lot of that 'tin can' effect.
Flash 5 only imports .wav, so I need to know what kind of wave as well as settings...any advice would be very helpful. Thanks...

ozpeter · Location: Australia

'Search' should work - sometimes it takes a while to come up (often complained of here). I found 'converting cool edit audio to a .swf file' among others - might be relevant?

- Ozpeter

margot · Posted - Mon Jan 13, 2003 5:23 pm

Thanks...I tried search again and waited for almost 10 minutes--nothing...thanks for the tip on that topic--I need a little more specific info on exact settings, eg. what type of wave to save it at, at what setting, etc.

wolfdogg · Posted - Mon Jan 13, 2003 6:10 pm

If you figure out how to get a great sound from flash, I would sure be interested in hearing how. I've tried everything. It just doesn't seem to handle music well. I am building a site for a girl friend of mine right now at: http://www.teresabeisley.com and if you go there and click on numbers 1 - 3 at the bottom right of the screen..you'll hear 3 different song samples. These all sounded great when I put them into flash but they come out quite noisy. It's frustrating. I tried several different imports too. I tried MP3, MP3Pro, wav Pcm, windows wav.. I tried different sample rates. Never great results. I'll be checking back to see if anyone else can provide any good tips. Good luck!

jonrose · Location: USA

I don't work with Flash, but I'd just suggest that since many applications of this sort can probably handle different file quality, it may simply come down to what that quality means to your final product. If you need it to be stereo, fine, but mono may save some space and bandwidth (i.e. internet usage). Of course I'm not aware of what Flash is capable of doing with the audio in question (i.e., whether or not you can choose the output quality level from within it), but if so, I'd still start with the best quality audio you can muster, as this will maximize the finished sound quality once it's compressed. Start with your best material and remember, what's done is done when it comes to audio compression - you can't get it back!
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Best... -Jon

margot · Posted - Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:25 pm

Guess what? I'm answering my own question! Here are the settings that worked for me...

In Cool Edit:
...open file w/ sample rate of 44100/16 bit/stereo
...save file as mp3/128kbps/44100 stereo/quality=3

In Flash:
...when exporting movie, jpeg=0/mp3/48k/mono

And the resultant .swf files are pretty small!

RossW · Location: USA

If you're using WAV files for Flash, be sure to use a sample rate of 11, 22, or 44 kHz. Otherwise Flash will re-sample them, and I don't think it does that very well. Although it accepts 8- and 16-bit audio, you'll get much better results at 16.

wolfdogg · Posted - Tue Jan 14, 2003 9:46 am

I do like the size of the resultant .swf files. They are small and therefore, it's easy to play them on a page load. Of course.. they better be small since they obviously sacrifice sound quality for size. Oh well.. Gotta' give a little to get a little. Glad you got it working, margot.
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