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hw213nw
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2 years ago

Audio files are compressed/downgraded in quality when exported to iMessage.

I've noticed an issue with exporting/sharing audio files over the last few months, from Dropbox into iMessage.  I often share audio files for work, and I go into the app, click share, then expo...
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hw213nw
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2 years ago

It seems to save normally/full file size there, then when I send from there it downgrades considerably from 6mb to 400kb. Even more than sharing straight from Dropbox 

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Walter
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2 years ago

In that case, could it be that iMessage is somehow compressing the file hw213nw? 

Maybe there's a limitation that they need to abide by?

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    hw213nw
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    2 years ago

    possibly yes but I thought there must be something about the dropbox export - when I drag and drop from Finder on a Mac into iMessage the audio file remains intact.

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