Posted by Michael J. Mahon on 07/17/06 18:03

Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:52:02 -0700, Joe Smith wrote:
>
>>Summercoolness@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I always wonder if Mpeg1 at 352 x 240 is quite clear with 600MB and is
>>>for 1 hour of video, then for Mpeg2, the size quadruple, and it is 2GB
>>>for an hour...
>>
>>MPEG1 was designed to work with 1x CD-ROM drives - 1.4 Mbps.
>
>
> ... but 1x CD speed is 330 Kbps... Perhaps you meant 4x?

Actually, 1x CD speed is 1.41 megabits/second, or about
172K bytes per second.

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