Posted by Hal on 12/11/06 14:15

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:21:08 -0600, Tex_a_Tom@webtv.net (Tom) wrote:

Forgive me if this seems rude, I'm only trying to help.

>I'm taking it for granted that 128MB ain't very much!!!!

128MB is a quantity measurement like a gallon of milk. 128kbps is a
rate like miles per hour and is used to describe the rate at which a
piece of music is played in the MP3 format. The bps rate can be
changed when ripping a piece of music to higher or lower bits per
second to make larger or smaller files.
>
>Couple months ago...I "ripped" a 2 CD set of Pink Floyd's "ECHOES" onto
>my laptop.
>Last night.....I decided to transfer that music to my MP3.
>
>Last 4 songs said that they may not fit!!!!!

Back up a bit. What format did you rip them to when you put them on
the drive? Default on some programs is wave, which is larger than
the MP3 playing at 128kbps format. What is the capacity of your MP3
Player?

Knowing the capacity of your player, you can determine if all your
files will fit by highlighting all the files you wish to transfer and
right click, choose properties and see how big they all are before you
make the transfer.
>
>I was under the assumption that an MP3 held 1000's of songs!!!!!!
>
An MP3 is a format the player can have different storage capacity,
depending on what specifications the manufacturer made it to meet.

>Did I get ripped off as far as memory size???
>
I doubt you were intentionally ripped off. I suspect you bought
something you don't understand and need to read the manual.

Regards,

Hal

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