Whilst browsing the Internet this morning, I came across a great site called ShrinkMyTunes. It intrigued me because it claims to be able to further compress MP3 files by up to 4x (yes, you read that right – 4 times!!!) in order to get more music on your iPod or MP3 player. Whilst this might not be a big deal to anyone using 160Gb iPod, those of us still using 256Mb MP3 players will welcome the technology!
However……
As a musician myself, I’m very critical about the audio quality of the music that I listen to, so I was skeptical that this technology could work without making the music sound harsh and tinny. If you go to the website (http://www.johnlandells.com/Recommends/ShrinkMyTunes) you’ll find that you can listen to some samples both uncompressed and compressed. I should point out that I couldn’t get them to work in IE7, but they worked fine under Firefox. Yes, with the good quality speakers that I have on my desk, I could hear a slight difference, but nothing that would be noticeable through in-ear earphones.
All in all, I think this is a remarkable piece of technology and I would highly recommend that anyone looking to get more music on their MP3 player gives this serious consideration.
UPDATE – 25th October 2007:
It seems that several people are having trouble dealing with this company! I would advise that you bookmark this blog and keep checking back to see if we can get things resolved before spending any money!
I could not find where to download it. I want to try it by myself, instead of listening to _carefully selected examples_ which mean nothing.
So I think Mp3resizer is still the best choice.
Hi Shersh!
Thanks for posting!
If you want to download ShrinkMyTunes, go to the link in my article and click the ‘Buy’ button – that will eventually take you through to a download page.
I’ve looked at MP3Resizer, and my opinion is that ShrinkMyTunes does a better job in terms of both compression (up to 4 times) and sound quality.
At the end of the day, why not give it a try – after all, they offer a 14-day money back guarantee!
-John.
Hi John
I was interested/pleased to see that you recommend ShrinkMyTunes. Whilst it does indeed sound fabulous, it also sounded EASY. I have installed successfully, but that’s as far as I got. I am unable to select anything to shrink. Obviously doing something wrong, so tried to go on their forum, but I followed their link, and there isn’t one.
I wish I’d done it within the 14 days – I have no more room, and less money!
Hi Rod,
I’ve contacted ShrinkMyTunes directly as I’ve had several negative comments both on this page and via e-mail. I’ll let you know what their response is.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
-John.
Hi John
Have you heard anything from ShrinkMyTunes yet? I’ve been trying to contact them regarding a missing activation code (I’ve paid, but cant use it!) but I cant get any response
Hi Rob,
After a 2 day wait, I received a message saying that I was being referred to their marketing department. Since then – nothing!
I would suggest pursuing a refund via your payment provider. In the meantime, I’m removing the recommendation from my original post!
-John.
I don’t see what all the rave is about the shirnk my tunes product it sucks and is a rip off I purchased the product from office depot for $31.00 dollars and the D_ _ _ thing will not install, I recived a NSIS Error Message ( The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete this could be a result of a damaged disk a failed down load or a virus) I took it back to office Depot three time each copy had the same error message, went on line for support help twice and have two ticket numbers company stated that I would recieve a responce within 24 to 48 Hours it has been Three Weeks and I have heard nothing went to site http://www.shrinkmytunes.com sight unavalable, so I am out of $31.00 Dollars and stuk with a program that is useless can not get refund a store they only do exchanges and I have done that Three times, it’s not my computer Because I went on line and found another compresser and they let you try it free for Fift- teen days and I have compressed files on both of my MP3 Players, the UK and their shrinkmytunes is a consumer rip Off and they ned their A_ _ _ kicked.
I purchased ShrinkMyTunes a while ago and it worked fine. Now trying to re-install it after wiping my hard disk but my activation code is not being accepted. Also, the reminder facility doesn’t work!
Hi rdpuk,
I learned recently that they’ve gone out of business!
-John.