Re: [ARSCLIST] MP3 bit rates and usage factors for Web pages

["Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Colin Schlachta" <colin.schlachta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I wanted to add that I agree with David regarding the 96 bps resolution.
> Here at the museum, I listened to cylinder recordings at various bps
> levels and also selected 96 bps to be the resolution selected for our
> mp3s.  The mp3s that I make are however only 20-25 second mono samples
> of the wax cylinder transfers.  This is so that anyone on the web can
> view the scans of musical/vocal transcriptions online and also can hear
> part of the original recording from where the transcriptions came from.
> The use of 25 second mono samples was simply the museum's way of dealing
> with both copyright and museum server space issues.  
> 
>  
> Colin Schlachta
> Audio-Visual Archives
> Canadian Museum of Civilization
> 100 Laurier Street
> Gatineau, Quebec
Actually, being in Canada you would not have any copyright issues (at least
so far...that may change!). Copyrights on the material (NOT the recordings)
fall under "mandatory license" although there might be a small amount
due SOCAN (unless they exempt facilities like yours?)

Steven C. Barr