Lesson 9Optimizing audio & video for the web
- Notion 55 - What's the impact of storing media on GAFAM platform
- Notion 56 - Make UX experiences a priority
- Notion 57 - Is audio or video needed?
- Notion 58 - Common video file types
- Notion 59 - Optimizing audio files
- Notion 60 - Optimizing video files
- Notion 61 - Audio & Video hosting
- Notion 62 - Review
Notion 59
Optimizing audio files
Target skills
Format to use
If you need an audio on your website, the most suitable format is certainly MIDI, both for its reduced dimensions and for the possibility of automatic execution with the majority of browsers. There is also the MP3 format which is much more cumbersome and requires the presence of an external player. The WAV is out of the question due to its even greater dimensions (even 10 times more than MP3).
You can add audio and video to your website in Website Builder with HTML and component code. In this grain, we explain how to do this.
Step 1
First of all, you need to upload your audio or video file to your web space using the File Manager or FTP. The audio must be in MP3 format and the video in MP4.
Step 2
Then open Website Builder. Integrate the code into Website Builder. Then save and publish.
6 Free Online Audio Editors
1. Twisted Wave Audio Editor
2. Audio Trimmer
3. Bear Audio Tool
4. Audacity Audio Editor Online
5. Apowersoft Free Online Audio Editor
6. Audio Joiner
Audacity (number 4) is a great program for anyone looking for a solution to enhance MP3 and more. It also supports other formats such as WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC and Ogg Vorbis. It has a user-friendly interface with customisable graphics and call-up menus for the use of advanced filters. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Tips
Your computer's boot drive should not be too full, get more RAM (working memory) and if possible record to a second hard drive. Use the best ports (physical channel through which data is transferred between an input device and the processor or between processor and output device) on your computer for recording devices. If you use hubs (devices connecting the various clients to the server), use powered hubs. Finally, switch to a higher quality USB cable if necessary.
Optimizing audio files
Now let's concentrate on optimizing audio files. Sound is a main and basic aspect of our daily experience, both in communication and in the simple perception of the world.
Audios can bore and distract as well as help. One of the virtues of sounds is that they can be detected even when attention is elsewhere. But this virtue is also a flaw; sounds are often intrusive.
So it is important to optimize audios so that they are not intrusive and characterized by a clear sound in order to attract the attention and to give information in an appropriate way.