Posted by Toby Inkster on 01/15/32 11:37

Rob McAninch wrote:

> Typically a binary file compresses little.

Not true. Typically already-compressed files, such as JPEGs or MP3s
compress very little. An uncompressed WAV file though contains vast
swathes of repetitive bytes, so will zip up quite well -- usually to about
40% of the original size. (This of course depends on the recording: white
noise will barely compress at all; a recording of silence will probably
compress to about 10% of its original size, or less; music and spoken word
would be somewhere in between.)

Besides which, I wasn't recommending zipping the WAV file for the purpose
of making it smaller, but rather to encourage the visitor's browser to
offer a "Save As" dialogue box when downloading the file.

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