Re: [Swftools-common] Mp3 Support

[Matthias Kramm]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 02:09:50PM +0100, Robert Spiteri wrote:
> I tried a new song of about 90 seconds and saved it as mp3 using ID3v1
> and not ID3v2. Now still the bad header warning but the mp3 file is
> recognized and inserted in the movie. However when the same song was
> combined in .wav format, the swf has a notably smaller size. In fact:
> 
> SWF file with .WAV file (90 seconds)           = 542 KB
> Same SWF file with .MP3 file (90 seconds)  = 1.1 MB
> 
> can someone explain pls? thanks

WAV files are by default resampled to a samplerate of 11025. 
(Use the --framerate option to specify something different)

mp3 files aren't, so in this case, they are bigger.

Greetings

Matthias