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lmr2013
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Hi all,

with sound files - is there any way that you can use any format other than an uncompressed WAV file.? Ideally i want to use some form of compressed format.

I have a game with large number of sound files, whilst each one is relatively small-ish in length, using uncompressed WAV is still coming in over 300mb which seems a lot of space just for my sounds and I haven't finished the sounds yet (especially as the game is also aimed towards the smaller handheld mobiles).

for the music backing track, I have use compressed M4A file. If I convert all my sound files into M4A they are a fraction of the size of the uncompressed WAV, but I can then only play M4A as music which only plays one at a time.

Unfortunately, I need to play multiple sounds simultaneously or it sounds odd and dont fit the game.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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JimHawkins
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You have to use uncompressed WAV files. You could try zipping them, but it probably won't help much.

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JohnnyMeek
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if you're targeting mobile you can get away with lower sample rates, and probably just mono wavs.

Try resampling the audio based on the frequency of the initial sound. The sample rate should be 2x the highest frequency of the sound.
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JimHawkins
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Yes - but bear in mind that some devices will only play certain sample rates - typically 8000, 16000, possibly 22050, and always 44100. Not all will play 8-bit.

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Also, try changing the rate and volume of an instance of a sound with SetSoundInstanceRate and SetSoundInstanceVolume to help diversify a smaller set of WAVs.

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lmr2013
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Thanks everyone for the tips.

I will resample the files to reduce.
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