Windows Phone 7.1/7.5/Mango Silverlight App.
Coming from here: Need clarification on using audio on button click, background audio, etc in Windows Phone
Our designer will be converting all the mp3s to .wav files. Done few and they are coming to about 200kb each.
The current estimate is we might have like 100+ of those for our app.
I know the Certification Requirment is:
The maximum size of the XAP package file is 225 MB.
Designer said he will try to compress them down to about 100kb making sure sound quality is ok as well.
Though I am sure we won’t exceed 225MB but I think lesser is better as it will affect the download time on the device as well. Don’t want the user to quit download halfway.
I read somewhere there is some time restiction as well for certification.
Is this acceptable, or am I missing any other strategies for keeping my audio files small other than compression? Are there any other considerations I need to take into account when certifying a large app?
IMO, download times don’t largely affect conversion rates, because they download in the background. I’ll frequently download a few apps, then check back on them the next day or so.