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I`m trying to make some small mp3s to play in my phone. I`m using CDA X Tractor, and whatever I set the mp3 settings to, I get a 5mb file. Seeing as I`d only get about 4 of them in the phone, I want to make them smaller in file size. I`m not overly fussed about quality. What am I doing wrong, or can anyone recommend me good free software to do what I want?

Try this ...

sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/

... and its free. If you choose to encode the MP3 at a low bitrate, the filesize should be much smaller.

thanks, I`ll give it a go :)

Hmmm, I keep getting a blue screen and fatal exception error when I try to run it. Not my day today :D

This item was edited on Thursday, 21st October 2004, 14:30

You can convert high bit rate MP3s to low bit rate MP3s in dB PowerAmp Music Converter, another excellent freebie :)

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This item was edited on Thursday, 21st October 2004, 15:32

And if you take a Wav file into Sound Recorder accessory in XP, you can make a very high quality small file sized wav by telling it to encode as mp3 but with the wav header...

Yeah, I know, not whats being asked, but hey! `smore info, innit? :D

Jimbo : oÞ

i`ll second db poweramp. Best in the business (imho, of course ;) )

Thanks, just trying it now. Thank god for broadband :D