I'm planning to upload my music album on my website, which consists of about 10 songs. Each song could be anywhere from 8MB to 30MB, and I'm wondering if this is a mistake. Will these large uncompressed WAV files cause loading issues or any other problems for the users?
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Honestly, it really depends on what you want. If users are downloading for high-quality playback, go all out with something like a .flac file. But if it's background music that might annoy people, consider compressing it to something like Ogg Vorbis instead. It'll save your users' data and keep your hosting costs down!
If you're just letting people download the files through a link, it shouldn't affect your page load times significantly. Just be cautious about data charges, especially if you’re hosting them somewhere that charges for bandwidth.
Just make .flac files! They're great for quality and not as huge as uncompressed WAVs. Perfect balance!
You could always turn the music into videos and upload them to YouTube, then just embed the videos on your site. It's a great way to manage file sizes and keep things running smoothly!
If the songs are 25MB each, be cautious about mobile users; streaming a full album could eat through their data quickly. It might be worth considering smaller file sizes for a more user-friendly experience.
Yeah, just keep an eye on your bandwidth if you're not using your own servers.