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Decker

Decker

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In case some of you have not noticed, I have been uploading some "classic episodes" from mainly my old radio program "UFOs Tonite!" on the Dark Matters Forum. Some I think most of you would find of interest ....

1 just uploaded my first interview with Richard "Dick" Hall. Some fascinating information on NICAP, Don Keyhoe, Ed Ruppelt, abductions and more.

2. Bill Moore- on MJ-12 (the original MJ-12) Paul Bennewitz and the AFOSI

3. Jim Marrs- not only on JFK but his research into Rving and more.

4. Chuck DeCaro- CNN and the 4 part series on Bentwaters... and mainstream press and UFOs.

5. Lars Hansson and all kinds of stuff. There is so much more but I just wanted to touch base with you all about these new shows.

Decker
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Hi Decker,

I noticed you are encoding the MP3 files you've uploaded at CD-quality 192Kbps 44.1KHz stereo.

If your shows are mostly (only?) human voice (no music) and predominantly male voice, one suggestion I would like to offer, would be to encode your sound files at lower rates.

Perhaps the most bandwidth-friendly option would be to encode the shows at 16KHz 8-bit mono, which would require only 16Kbps (a 2hr show would need just 15MB). One could also try 16KHz 16-bit mono.
 
dhatz said:
Hi Decker,

I noticed you are encoding the MP3 files you've uploaded at CD-quality 192Kbps 44.1KHz stereo.

If your shows are mostly (only?) human voice (no music) and predominantly male voice, one suggestion I would like to offer, would be to encode your sound files at lower rates.

Perhaps the most bandwidth-friendly option would be to encode the shows at 16KHz 8-bit mono, which would require only 16Kbps (a 2hr show would need just 15MB). One could also try 16KHz 16-bit mono.
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Dhatz, thank you for your note about the shows. Now, at the risk of sounding "snarky" which I DO NOT mean to do, I am digitizing these shows for my purposes not yours. I need to keep them at the quality I am encoding them at and I am making them available for the public to hear as a service to future generations of UFO researchers. FYI.

Decker
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Decker, I'm only trying to be helpful, because the issue of ISP costs related to bandwidth has been raised quite often in these forums.

I would offer a similar suggestion if someone was e.g. scanning old newspaper UFO clippings at 2400dpi and 48-bit color.
 
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