Lame

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lame

We can use lame to lower mp3 bitrates when using Linux.

To lower bit rate:

1. Uncompress mp3 file to wave file using 'lame --decode <file>' command
2. Compress to mp3 with bitrate 48 using command 'lame -b 48 <wav file>'

Note that above instructions are for compressing mp3 files for mobile which may support only 48kbps bitrate. For PCs lowering only up to 128 may be desirable.

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