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Posted by JimC on 01/25/07 03:56
John Karpich wrote:
> JimC wrote:
>
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>>NRen2k5 wrote:
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>>>JimC wrote:
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>>>>I'm a novice regarding MP3 in general, and if there is a FAQ that I
>>>>ought to read first, please let me know. - What I would like to do is
>>>>get either an IPod or other MP3 player with fairly substantial memory
>>>>(perhaps 4GB to 8GB) suitable for recording classical music (mostly
>>>>ripped from my CD collection) in an uncompressed, high quality
>>>>format. Some classical works are 30 - 45 minutes in length, so I'm
>>>>thinking that it may take lots of memory, particularly since it
>>>>wouldn't be compressed.
>>>>
>>>>If you were going to do this, what would you look for in a player,
>>>>and what process, or program, would you prefer to use to rip the
>>>>music to your PC and then store it in the MP3 player? Is there
>>>>anything you would look for in the player (do I need removable memory
>>>>chips, for example), and what program would you use? Would you
>>>>prefer an IPod or a generic MP3 player for this application, or does
>>>>it make much difference? Would $200 be a reasonable price for such a
>>>>unit?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>Jim Cate
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, first let's figure out about how much memory you'll be needing.
>>>Could you give me a guess as to the total number of hours of recording
>>>you want to fit on the MP3 player?
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>>It would be nice to get around 10 classical works on the player
>>(although 5 would be OK). If they average 40 minutes each, 10 would be
>>7.5 hours. To throw some numbers out for an initial estimate, and
>>assuming that the uncompressed format would use lots of memory, and I'm
>>guessing that this would be equal to around 37 hours of uncompressed
>>music. (Correct me if this is way off.) I don't know what length a
>>typical "song" would be, but if it's 4 minutes, for example, that might
>>be equal to around 555 songs? - How many Gigs is this?
>>
>>Obviously, I could get by with less, but if I'm going with only a few
>>selections, would it then be better to get a player with memory chips
>>that could be plugged in to play particular sets of music selections?
> A Wave file is about 10 Mb in size for 1 minute of music. so a 30 minute
> piece would be 300 MB in size. You could fit about 20 of these on a 8GB
> player. I have a song on my computer playing now that is about 26
> minutes long and is about a 30MB MP3 at 192 kbs cbr. for most stuff I
> don't hear much difference @ 192 KBS.
>
> I use CDeX to rip cd's. I have used Exact Audio Copy, both use lame to
> make the MP3's, Either is better at making MP3's that Itunes wich uses
> an older technology. I found CDeX easier to configure, and worked well
> right after installing. I had to mess with Exact Audio Copy to get it to
> do what I wanted.
Per my previous note, do some MEP players or IPods offer removable
memory chips? This might make it more convenient to switch out files I
wanted to listen to that week.
Jim
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