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We recommend using '''.ogg''' (''vorbis'') as your audio format with Visionaire Studio. We also recommend '''Opus''' but it currently isn't directly supported by Audacity, so I will not be including much information about it on this page, for now.
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We recommend using '''.ogg''' (''vorbis'') audio format with Visionaire Studio. We also recommend '''Opus''' but it currently isn't directly supported by Audacity, so I will not be including much information about it on this page, for now.
  
The reason we recommend both .ogg (vorbis) & opus formats for audio is because they are both ''open source/container'' formats, both have good sound quality & the compressed file sizes are pretty small. Other formats may require you to purchase various licenses to use them commercially or with intent to make money etc. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg here] for more information about .ogg (vorbis) & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format) here] for more information about opus.
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The reason we recommend both .ogg (vorbis) & opus formats for audio is because they are both ''open source/container'' formats. Both have good sound quality & the compressed file sizes are pretty small. Other formats may require you to purchase various licenses to use them commercially or with intent to make money etc. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg here] for more information about .ogg (vorbis) & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format) here] for more information about opus.
  
 
== Tools ==
 
== Tools ==
 
We recommend using [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity] for audio conversion as it is a very nice, free, open-source audio editing suite & conversion tool that supports many audio formats. It also supports tag embedding & imports/exports fairly quickly.
 
We recommend using [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity] for audio conversion as it is a very nice, free, open-source audio editing suite & conversion tool that supports many audio formats. It also supports tag embedding & imports/exports fairly quickly.
  
== Instructions ==
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== Converting Audio ==
 
1. Open up Audacity. <br/>
 
1. Open up Audacity. <br/>
2. File > Open: Load in the audio file you want to convert to .ogg format. <br/>
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2. File > Open: select the audio file you want to convert to .ogg format. <br/>
3. File > Export Audio...<br/>
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3. File > Export Audio: enter a filename & set ''save as type'' as: '''Ogg Vorbis Files'''. <br/>
* File name: type filename
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4. Click ''options'' button & set ''quality'' to '''10'''. Click ''ok'' button. <br/>
* Save as type: Ogg Vorbis Files <br/>
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5. Click ''save'' button & wait for it to finish exporting...<br/>
4. Options: set '''quality''' to 10. Click ok button. <br/>
 
5. Click save button & wait for it to finish exporting...<br/>
 
 
6. Rinse & repeat with any other files you need to convert.
 
6. Rinse & repeat with any other files you need to convert.
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Revision as of 16:40, 21 December 2014

We recommend using .ogg (vorbis) audio format with Visionaire Studio. We also recommend Opus but it currently isn't directly supported by Audacity, so I will not be including much information about it on this page, for now.

The reason we recommend both .ogg (vorbis) & opus formats for audio is because they are both open source/container formats. Both have good sound quality & the compressed file sizes are pretty small. Other formats may require you to purchase various licenses to use them commercially or with intent to make money etc. See here for more information about .ogg (vorbis) & here for more information about opus.

Tools

We recommend using Audacity for audio conversion as it is a very nice, free, open-source audio editing suite & conversion tool that supports many audio formats. It also supports tag embedding & imports/exports fairly quickly.

Converting Audio

1. Open up Audacity.
2. File > Open: select the audio file you want to convert to .ogg format.
3. File > Export Audio: enter a filename & set save as type as: Ogg Vorbis Files.
4. Click options button & set quality to 10. Click ok button.
5. Click save button & wait for it to finish exporting...
6. Rinse & repeat with any other files you need to convert.

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