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The audio compressor software to reduce audio file size
If you need to reduce the size of large audio files, Audio Kies is worth trying. It can compress audio while letting you adjust settings such as bitrate, sample rate, and channels to find a good balance between file size and sound quality.
https://www.safebytetips.com/compress-audio-files
Use LAV Audio / Video Filters ( GitHub ) and FF Mpeg. All the post-paid tools for high end audio / video transcoding on Windows 11 use this, not just free tools like Handbrake. Even software NVRs that control external security cameras for Windows and Linux, all use FF Mpeg. On Windows 11 25H2, LAV Filters are better, given they are more power efficient, and allow you to offload transcoding tasks to a discrete GPU ( D3D11 ), at least for video. I don't watch TV or anything, but I use this because it's extremely energy efficient in comparison to using the native DXVA 2.0 Device Driver Interface / DDI, or the CPU. Around 15 years ago, this was also true.