Uploading WAV files...poor quality

[claydough]

I'm a student and am kind of new to Web Designing. For one of my classes, I had to create a site that uses embedded music. So I downloaded some music in iTunes and converted it to MP3 format.

From there, I converted them into WAV format. The file size exceeded Powwebs limit, even at the lowest quality (which sounds horrible, by the way).

So how do I get the music I want to upload?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Angie

[YvetteKuhns]

It is against PowWeb policy to host copyrighted music without permission. Did you try downloading public domain music?

I have uploaded mp3s and wavs with no problems on PowWeb (with permission). I uploaded through a third party FTP program such as FileZilla, SmartFTP, CuteFTP and CoreFTP easily. File sizes are anywhere from 5 to more than 7 mb in mp3 format. What file size are you using?

Why did you convert music to wav files? Were you trying to make the file size smaller?

[claydough]

Thanks for shedding some light for me! Where do I find public domain audio? Is there a particular site?

I had converted to wav files because powweb kept saying mp3 wasn't a format they accept.

[snowmaker]

I've uploaded .mp3 files, with an FTP cient, but perhaps the File Manager upload thing in OPS doesn't allow .mp3's.

Here's a google link.. http://www.google.com/search?q=public+domain+audio

[YvetteKuhns]

I've uploaded .mp3 files, with an FTP cient, but perhaps the File Manager upload thing in OPS doesn't allow .mp3's.

I didn't try File Manager to upload mp3 files, but I read from other comments that it times out when uploading large files.

[entrecon]

I also seem to recall people having issues with the FileManager limiting the extensions that were allowed.

[satis]

Yes, it's true, filemanager does limit file extensions. I've occasionally needed to use it when uploading stuff from behind a content filter. The fix is obviously to use FTP... no limitations there. I would also recommend just leaving the files in mp3 format, maybe down-sampled to 128kbps for file-size and streaming reasons.

Here's a link to the open source audio archive. http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio Lots of stuff you can legally repost.

[Croc Hunter]

For security reasons, FileManager uploads only the following file types: asp, aspx, bas, cfm, cgi, css, doc, dwf, gif, htm, html, ico, inc, jpeg, jpg, js, pdf, php, php3, pl, pm, png, ppt, py, shtm, shtml, sql, swf, txt, wmv, xls, xml, and anything 5-10Mb or larger in filesize will probably fail.

FileZilla is a free FTP program or use ftp://ftp.powweb.com in Windows Explorer. CyberDuck is a free FTP program for Mac users.