What's the best way to send wav files?

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stringz

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I have 88 .wav files that i need to send across to the director asap, but i'm not sure what the best way to do it is. I would like to send the files as one big folder but it seems sites such as mega upload won't let me do this. Any advice would be much appreciated.
 
When I need to send big files, I zip them up and use a site called yousendit.com. You have to subscribe, but it's pretty reasonable and you can send huge files as needed. The folks at the other end just download it from a link in an email.

You can also set up a drop box so people can send you huge files too, without having to subscribe.

Phil
 
It all depends on what size your files are. 88 .wav files could be 10meg of 2 gigs. Uploaders don't like lots of single files and it takes forever to do them one at a time. Zip means to stuff the file into a compressed form and you want to do the entire folder that they reside in. Only the files you want to send and you can use Fetch or Transmit to send the stuffed file to a server if you director has a account set up for his website. I do this all the time and it works flawlessly. Comcast has a 20meg limit so if your stuffed file is more then this you need to use a program like Transmit or Fetch.

If the director has an account you will need his info (name and password) to get into his site to be able to transfer.

Good Luck

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ptalsky said:
When I need to send big files, I zip them up and use a site called yousendit.com. You have to subscribe, but it's pretty reasonable and you can send huge files as needed. The folks at the other end just download it from a link in an email.

You can also set up a drop box so people can send you huge files too, without having to subscribe.

Phil
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I've used this before too...works well. Then I set-up my own ftp site!
 
The beauty of yousendit.com is that they have their own interface for uploading. I have 2 ftp sites I can use, and the problem is that if you're dealing with people that don't know a lot about ftp, they have a very difficult time dealing with it (and each platform - mac and windows - deals with ftp a bit differently). (BTW, I have no affiliation with yousendit...just a happy customer).

Phil
 
Thanks for the advice folks. I have a Mac powerbook and i discovered I can create a zip file just by creating an archive of the file to be compressed. I then sent it via Yousendit express. Easy as pie.
 
You should compress the audio files with FLAC. It can cut the file sizes in half, and is completely lossless, so when you expand them on the receiving end, you end up with the exact same file you started. It's compatible with 24-bit, and most sample rates. I'm always amazed about how few people in the audio field use flac. Anyway, it's must use for this type of purpose.
 
+1 for using FLAC.

The new Nine Inch Nails album was released using FLAC (among other options) and it's an amazing compresion format. I highly recommend it.
 
Compressing wav files with .zip usually takes as much space as flac, since both are lossless. You're also far more likely to have an unzipper on the other end than something that supports flac. I don't mean disrespect to flac... I'm a supporter, but in this case, there's no reason not to use zipped wavs.

Or, if it's for the director and not the final version, a high quality VBR MP3 is probably the way to go.
 
ProfessorU said:
...You're also far more likely to have an unzipper on the other end than something that supports flac. ...
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Note in passing that WinAmp supports playback of flac files as standard fare. Sound Devices recorders also offer flac as a file format option and SD has a free utility program available that converts flac to wav and back.
 
ProfessorU said:
Compressing wav files with .zip usually takes as much space as flac, since both are lossless. You're also far more likely to have an unzipper on the other end than something that supports flac. I don't mean disrespect to flac... I'm a supporter, but in this case, there's no reason not to use zipped wavs.

Or, if it's for the director and not the final version, a high quality VBR MP3 is probably the way to go.
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I disagree. Flac will almost always compress more, and sometimes, significantly more. I just ran a test where FLAC compressed 25% more than did zip, and if you're moving multiple gigs around via the Net, every gig saved counts. Not to say zip won't help, but there's a reason why flac has been the standard for so long. Also, like said above, you can play flac files directly, some recorders will record directly to flac, and even some NLEs and DAWs can edit flacs directly (Vegas can).
 
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