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Vaskez · 08-31-2005, 08:07 AM

*quick scan* I'm surprised no one has said that it depends on the quality of encoding (bit and sampling rate). Although sampling rate is generally always kept at 44KHz, the bit rate varies a lot. Some say 128Kbps is enough, but I use a variable bit rate compressor so it uses more bits where there's a lot happening in a song and less bits on simple periods in the song. I set the average bit rate to 140Kbps. Either way 128Kbps translates to around 1 megabyte/minute

So 512MB can hold around 500minutes of music. If they are 4 mins each, around 125 songs, which is borne out by experience as I've got a 512MB player. So 20GB should hold in theory, around 40 times that much i.e. 5000 songs, as people have said [img]smile.gif[/img] yeah! the theory works

obviously it holds less if they are encoded at say 160Kbps

[ 08-31-2005, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]

08-31-2005, 08:07 AM	#10
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	quick scan I'm surprised no one has said that it depends on the quality of encoding (bit and sampling rate). Although sampling rate is generally always kept at 44KHz, the bit rate varies a lot. Some say 128Kbps is enough, but I use a variable bit rate compressor so it uses more bits where there's a lot happening in a song and less bits on simple periods in the song. I set the average bit rate to 140Kbps. Either way 128Kbps translates to around 1 megabyte/minute So 512MB can hold around 500minutes of music. If they are 4 mins each, around 125 songs, which is borne out by experience as I've got a 512MB player. So 20GB should hold in theory, around 40 times that much i.e. 5000 songs, as people have said [img]smile.gif[/img] yeah! the theory works obviously it holds less if they are encoded at say 160Kbps [ 08-31-2005, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ] __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray