Forum:How to prevent .ogg files from automatically changing audio bitrate?

Hi, I'm adding some sound files to my wikia that upload fine, but the problem is that the frequency bitrate is automatically converted for every file. These are very short voice clips that need a specific frequency to sound right, otherwise they play incorrectly.

For example:

http://legaia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Zora_Grunt_2.ogg

You'll see on the page the file "Zora Grunt 2.ogg" and next to it the bitrate shows 225kbps. It's way too high a speed for an 0.4 second sound file, which is why I had manually converted all my sound files like this to 96kbps. Yet whenever I upload a file it gets converted to some random bitrate and consequently makes the clip cut off about halfway through.

Is there any way to prevent the automatic bitrate that the wikia gives it so I can play these sound files properly?

Sise-Neg 01:11, April 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that bit rate indicates the "amount of data, specifically bits, transmitted or received per second." In other words, a higher bit rate means that you get more detail and therefore the audio is higher quality, not that it plays faster. If anything, compressing your audio to 96kbps has probably removed a lot of data from the audio, and therefore it might sound like it is skipping forwards very quickly. I suggest that you keep your audio at the highest bitrate possible before uploading. If that doesn't fix your problem, try using a different converter, such as the Free MP3 WMA OGG Converter. --Gardimuer { ʈalk } 17:36, April 16, 2012 (UTC)