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I need to create professional sound library
The main audio format in wav 24/48
Music solution support this format?
The main audio format in wav 24/48
Music solution support this format?
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0Most browsers other than internet explorer can support wav in the html5 audio spec. The problem is not all the ones that support it,do so in all their latest versions.
Another consideration is that streaming music can be really annoying if your going for large lossless files. Unless someone is on a really fast connection there may be a lot of pausing throughout the song while the bandwidth tries to catch up with the stream. This can make the listening experience far worse than that of a lower quality audio file. To avoid this one will typically create a lower quality lossy wav file. If your going to do this though, its far better to just go with a high quality mp3 file. Most people will not be able to tell the difference on a stream that is less than 192kps especially on computer speakers. If your mainly just serving your music to audiophiles and they are using some high play back equipment, then you could benefit from 256kps, even possibly up to 320kps. Though it is doubtful you will find many that can tell the difference between 256kps and 320kps if your using a modern high quality encoder to compress your files. It use to be easier to tell the difference on older encoders, but they have came a very long ways in the last 5 or so years.
I find streaming mp3s at around 256kps cbr works the best, I prefer vbr on my non public sites, but I find chrome occasionally won't play them so I dont use vbr on sites that I want to make sure everyone has access to the music. For those that want to listen to music on their high end equipment, I will usually provide the files for downloading in either 320kps mp3 or in a lossless format, usually ogg, though wav if requested.
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0Here is an interesting site that shows what browsers should be able to play wav files. http://areweplayingyet.org/support-format-wav
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