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Original thread archived here: https://www.tvforum.co.uk/mediawebsites/mhp-redux-death-diana-princess-wales-41579/
Just a bit of technical housekeeping on the MHP "redux" site. Since I first converted the files three years ago I've actually learned how to use FFmpeg from a command line, so the unnecessarily large 128k MP3 files have been replaced with files encoded in the extremely modern and efficient Opus codec (at 24k, per the recommended settings). This should mean less data and bandwidth used.
For those of you not on a modern version of Firefox, Opera or Chrome*, you will still be served up the much more sensible 64k MP3 files instead.
Apologies if this is not of interest to anyone other than myself, it's just fun experimenting with HTML5 audio on a little hobby site like this and I was surprised how widely supported Opus audio in the browser is now.
*Basically Safari and IE/Edge users. Though hopefully Apple will support it sooner than later. Microsoft Edge technically has Opus support but not for embedded audio files yet.
Just a bit of technical housekeeping on the MHP "redux" site. Since I first converted the files three years ago I've actually learned how to use FFmpeg from a command line, so the unnecessarily large 128k MP3 files have been replaced with files encoded in the extremely modern and efficient Opus codec (at 24k, per the recommended settings). This should mean less data and bandwidth used.
For those of you not on a modern version of Firefox, Opera or Chrome*, you will still be served up the much more sensible 64k MP3 files instead.
Apologies if this is not of interest to anyone other than myself, it's just fun experimenting with HTML5 audio on a little hobby site like this and I was surprised how widely supported Opus audio in the browser is now.
*Basically Safari and IE/Edge users. Though hopefully Apple will support it sooner than later. Microsoft Edge technically has Opus support but not for embedded audio files yet.
Last edited by VMPhil on 11 August 2017 4:08pm