Hi all
I really don't have any real data to back me up on this, only
a gut feeling. I saw Charlotte say the following:
I've read that Captivate converts WAV files to MP3 format, but
not the other way around.
Actually, I do believe it goes both ways. If you point at a
.WAV file, you see a conversion occur as the .WAV is converted to
.MP3 format. And the same goes with .MP3. Bring in a .MP3 and it
gets converted to .WAV. The key note here is that inside the
Captivate .CP file, audio has to exist as both formats (.MP3 and
.WAV). I further understand that when you publish your project to
create the final output, only the .MP3 is actually used.
This leads me to believe or conclude that the .WAV format may
only be needed for the purposes of using Captivate to make edits to
the waveform.
I further assumed (probably mistakenly) that as long as you
never used Captivate to actually edit the audio, the .MP3 would
simply be left alone and shipped right back out the door just as it
came in. Actually, this would seem to make logical sense. Why
convert files during both input and output? So I suppose my
question here would be to ask if at any point Captivate was used to
Edit the audio. Maybe by clicking Audio > Edit Timing...?
Cheers all... Rick