re compressing unzipd music files?

i would like to recompress music files and then burn them as a master any ideas?? burning them one by one is geting to me! id like to compress the whol folder, and keep it as a master? any help would be mutch appreiciated!! thanks,
peace!!!

 

What do you mean by "master"?

 

i got all these shows, in a unzipd folder id like to rezip or compress the whole folder for burning so i can put it on 1 or 2 discs rather than one show at a time? im trying to clean up my pc, so i can open up space for new shows?

 

i geuss im not being clear with my quest, i downloaded shows that were ziped, un ziped whith win zip, so now they are in a unziped folder, can i re zip or compress them and put the whol folder on cd,? instead of burning one show at a time?

 

oops! so that i have a master cd that i can go back to?

 

okay, you're asking for a big process.

first burn the uncompressed/unzipped (i'm guessing they're .flac) to cds, these will be your
"master" copies. each show should take 3/4 disks depending on the band.

after you've burnt the lossless quality songs, you then have two options for compression, either put them into an archive (zip, rar, 7zip) or convert them to another/smaller format, such as mp3. the negatives of the latter are that mp3s are lossy, though hardly noticeable until you really crank it! from there you can also put them into a zip/rar archive.

to do the first step you'll need a cd burning tool, i use http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads.html

for the second you will need a tool to make archives, winrar can do that (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm)
or, to convert them to mp3, find any program using google, i don't have a favourite.

i hope this helps, btw, what shows do you have? =D

 

i like WinRAR... u just want to re-compress them in a folder as a backup, then burn the folder on a cd? i would just download WinRAR, get that installed, then go to ur folder(s) u wanna compress... right click and select the add to "archive"... when ur in there u probably want to switch the compression drop down to Best, might take longer, but im sure it can shrink it down more. if u have a dvd burner why not just burn all the files on a dvd, that way everything will fit.

 

thanks for the help! and eri most of my shows are maxcreek, dead and a few outhers i get them off internet archives what part of ri you in have you seen the creek? your 16 lupos used to do 16+ for the creek livingroom to good times! www.maxcreek.com check them out you wont regret it
thanks! peace!

 

ummm u unzipped the shows
but u still have the zips
burn them, then delete the unzipped files
that simple
unzipping a file does not destroy the original zip file

 

Exactly.

Also, a video or audio file is already compressed. The compression rate is defined by the codec. It likely won't compress any smaller than it is. Compression only removes redundancy. Putting them into a zip file will just make them more convenient, but not necessarily smaller.

How many file and what size are the files?

 

I've not seen Max Creek, but i do like them very much, I've been to Lupos maybe four or five times, it's a fun place.

btw, internetarchive is awesome. I'm glad i was of assistance.

keep the peace.

 

thats sounding like what to do, my uzipped shows usualy take 4 cds any idea what ill use with the zipped file? some of these shows run 7 to 800 mbyts
thanks! peace!

 

a sigle dual-layer DVD-R disc will hold over 8 GB. A dual-layer DVD-R burner runs about $20-$50 USD. Deffinately worth it because a 50-pack of DVD-R's costs nearly the same as a 50-pack CD-R's.

 

thanks folks! any way i can tell if my burner will handle the dual layer? it will do dvds just not sure about the dual layer! its a ez dub external, will the dual layer play on a regular cd player or would i use that for storage only? witch is what im trying to do anyway, so that i have copies tucked back!
thanks again! peace!