Posted by OG on 11/15/44 11:28

"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:oGKYe.33$i35.129@wagner.videotron.net...
> On 9/22/2005 7:24:14 AM, Joseph wrote:
>>I've been watching in the MP3 binaries group and what I don't
>>understand is MP3 files generally tend to be in the multiples of
>>thousands of lines long (30 - 60 or more thousand) while sometimes
>>I'll see files of approximately the same lines and quite a lot of
>>these files. Why so many small files vs. the "regular" files which
>>have many more lines?
>>- -
>>
>>
>
> The higher the bitrate, the larger the file will be. Also, the longer the
> song, the larger the file will be.

I'm not an expert, but I'd have thought its related to this. . .

Some people break music tracks into small binaries and some people break
into large binaries. If you have a limit on the size of attachments that can
be posted you'll go for the former, otherwise you may go for the latter.

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