a little help???

[mysterious_elf26]

I know this is a stupid question, but about how many mp3s could a 256mb mp3 player hold. I know how much 1gb could hold, but what about 256mb and has anyone heard anything good about mp3 players by sanyo because I was going to buy one for $77. I would really appreciate it if you could help me out.

[travis2]

I know this is a stupid question, but about how many mp3s could a 256mb mp3 player hold. I know how much 1gb could hold, but what about 256mb and has anyone heard anything good about mp3 players by sanyo because I was going to buy one for $77. I would really appreciate it if you could help me out.

256MB is 1/4 of 1GB. So, approximately 1/4 of what a 1 GB would hold.

[exstatic]

It would also depend on the songs. If were' talking Early Beatles, 2 minute songs, then it would be a lot. If we're talking Iron Butterfly Inagaddadavida, then like 4 tracks would take up your 256Mb.

[Jimcs50]

about 60 songs

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

What you can also do to help fit the songs is...

A. Change the format to something like .WMA or .OGG. Both formats are smaller and play on MP3 players.

B. Downsample the MP3's you have. If it's 256kbps, bring it to 96 or 128.

[Jimcs50]

I suggest the iRiver..

We did a lot of research anf it really gives you the biggest bang for your buck. It has a FM radio too and you can dirsctly download from your CD player so you do not always have to rip onto your computer.

We have a 128 mb iRiver (it holds about 33 songs) and we just bought a 20 GB iRiver over Christmas for our son( 5000 songs)....it is awesome.

[travis2]

What you can also do to help fit the songs is...

A. Change the format to something like .WMA or .OGG. Both formats are smaller and play on MP3 players.

B. Downsample the MP3's you have. If it's 256kbps, bring it to 96 or 128.

Unless you are recording directly from an analog source, there's no reason to have any MP3s sampled higher than 96kbps. Commercial CDs using the .cda format are at 96kbps, and oversampling won't get you anything better.

[Slomo]

Unless you are recording directly from an analog source, there's no reason to have any MP3s sampled higher than 96kbps. Commercial CDs using the .cda format are at 96kbps, and oversampling won't get you anything better.

96kbps is a huge reduction of data compared to commercial audio CD. The bandwidth of audio CD is:
44,1 kHz sample rate / 16-bit samples / 2 audio channels = 1.4 Mbps The recomended bandwidth for mp3 is 128 kbps or 192 kbps for a stereo signal in order for the audio quality to still be comparable to audio CDs

[travis2]

96kbps is a huge reduction of data compared to commercial audio CD. The bandwidth of audio CD is:
44,1 kHz sample rate / 16-bit samples / 2 audio channels = 1.4 Mbps The recomended bandwidth for mp3 is 128 kbps or 192 kbps for a stereo signal in order for the audio quality to still be comparable to audio CDs

Then why does every .cda file I've ever seen come up as 96kbps??

Not disputing you...just confused...

[Slomo]

I know this is a stupid question, but about how many mp3s could a 256mb mp3 player hold. I know how much 1gb could hold, but what about 256mb and has anyone heard anything good about mp3 players by sanyo because I was going to buy one for $77. I would really appreciate it if you could help me out.

256MB storage will give you roughly 88 minutes of mp3@128kbps or 59 minutes of mp3@192kbps.

[Slomo]

Then why does every .cda file I've ever seen come up as 96kbps??

Not disputing you...just confused...

?????
I don't know, maybe it's the software that create the cda file that does it.

There is another easier way to do the math also. An audio CD is 600MB and it hold roughly 60 minutes of audio wich gives you 10MB/min or 80Mb/min or 1,333Mb/sec. which is a pretty good approximation.

[travis2]

?????
I don't know, maybe it's the software that create the cda file that does it.

There is another easier way to do the math also. An audio CD is 600MB and it hold roughly 60 minutes of audio wich gives you 10MB/min or 80Mb/min or 1,333Mb/sec. which is a pretty good approximation.

nevermind...I got it...

[MannyIsGod]

I use 128 or 192kbps at all times.

[Useruser666]

Get a hard drive based player!

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah, I really think getting anything but a HDD player is just a waste of money.

[SpursWoman]

I had a 256 and it only held about 15 *normal* songs at 128, less than my regular CD's do...

[MannyIsGod]

I have a mp3 cd player that I love. I had to compromise last year and choose between a new guitar and an Ipod. Well, I got the guitar and this 40 dollar discman and now I have cds with 150 songs on them. Good .