Music File Storage - A question of size

leisuresuitlary · 27 Aug 2003, 12:33 AM

I am thinking about buying an MP3 player.

There are various sizes.

I have seen write ups where people say "128 Mb, enough for nearly an album and a half"

I don't get this as albums I have put on my pc using the standard WMP record format are coming in at 20 - 35 Mb each.

By my reckoning 64 Mb should be enough for nearly two albums with 128 considerably more.

Who is right?

Larry

kander · 27 Aug 2003, 01:07 AM

Hey Larry,

Since I am not an expert on this matter you might want to wait for a more professional someone to come along, but my best guess is that it sort-of depends on the music, on the bitrate, etc.

Not familiar with the WMP format.. is it Winamp-related?

--K

leisuresuitlary · 27 Aug 2003, 01:15 AM

I think it means Windows Media Player format.

Larry

kander · 27 Aug 2003, 01:23 AM

Evil... microsoft... errrg

I do know that the Microsoft format has higher compression than MP3, so perhaps that too coould explain part of the problem?

Be aware of Microsoft though... WMP (as I now remember it's called) is not an open standard. Ok, neither is MP3, but it's still evil... ;P

--K

lukask · 27 Aug 2003, 05:35 AM

Take a look at Spoon's Audio Guide for different kinds of Audio formats.

btn · 27 Aug 2003, 10:18 AM

An iPod has the following capacity (assuming 4 minutes per song encoded at 128 Kbps MPEG-4 AAC a.k.a. MP4, or MPEG-2 Layer 3 a.k.a. MP3): 10 GB model = 2,500 songs, 15 GB model = 3,700 songs, and 30 GB model = 7,500 songs.

27 Aug 2003, 12:33 AM	#1
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	Music File Storage - A question of size I am thinking about buying an MP3 player. There are various sizes. I have seen write ups where people say "128 Mb, enough for nearly an album and a half" I don't get this as albums I have put on my pc using the standard WMP record format are coming in at 20 - 35 Mb each. By my reckoning 64 Mb should be enough for nearly two albums with 128 considerably more. Who is right? Larry

27 Aug 2003, 01:07 AM	#2
kander The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,112	Hey Larry, Since I am not an expert on this matter you might want to wait for a more professional someone to come along, but my best guess is that it sort-of depends on the music, on the bitrate, etc. Not familiar with the WMP format.. is it Winamp-related? --K

27 Aug 2003, 01:15 AM	#3
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	I think it means Windows Media Player format. Larry

27 Aug 2003, 01:23 AM	#4
kander The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,112	Evil... microsoft... errrg I do know that the Microsoft format has higher compression than MP3, so perhaps that too coould explain part of the problem? Be aware of Microsoft though... WMP (as I now remember it's called) is not an open standard. Ok, neither is MP3, but it's still evil... ;P --K

27 Aug 2003, 05:35 AM	#5
lukask Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 311	Take a look at Spoon's Audio Guide for different kinds of Audio formats.

27 Aug 2003, 10:18 AM	#6
btn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Jose, CA, US Posts: 688 Representative of: Everyone.net	An iPod has the following capacity (assuming 4 minutes per song encoded at 128 Kbps MPEG-4 AAC a.k.a. MP4, or MPEG-2 Layer 3 a.k.a. MP3): 10 GB model = 2,500 songs, 15 GB model = 3,700 songs, and 30 GB model = 7,500 songs.