How large can an mp3 file be?

[JaysonWard]

I've been put in charge of posting alot of audio files to my companies website. We've converted the files to mp3.

My question is this:

Some of the audio clips are 2 hours long, so the clip, even when compressed, is 80 Mbytes in size.

I know mp3's stream, but the thought of that file size makes me cringe when I think about posting it.

Is this too big for a streaming audio file? What are the optimal file sizes for audio, especially when you are dealing with long clips that can't be split up easily?

Thanks
J

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

4MB is the typical average size for an mp3 song file. Voice recordings tend to be a little longer. Just remember the larger the file you use the more bandwidth you will be using. Good luck.

[Ascendancy]

You know you might be better off hosting the sound files somewhere else and then linking them to your server, so they don't take up any room.

[JaysonWard]

Bandwidth usage is more of an issue than space usage. I suspect hosting them somewhere else would help with both of those issues.