Posted by NRen2k5 on 01/01/07 18:28

publicanimalno9 wrote:
> Cathy wrote:
>> "publicanimalno9" <karlmand@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1167594493.928830.154970@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
>>> Don M. wrote:
>>>> "publicanimalno9" <karlmand@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:1167581451.769176.237210@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> Hi all just bought a Creative 2 gig zen V and have spent this day
>>>>> uploading tracks my stats are this ...... 1888mb empty
>>>>> free space 632 as is now
>>>>> track count 275
>>>>> The box states 1000 tracks based on 4 minutes per song at 64 kbps WMA ,
>>>>> now even I can work out I am not going to reach that 1000'th
>>>>> track...........I have uploaded them as WMA ..am I going wrong or is
>>>>> there something I need to be doing ......go easy with me people ! I am
>>>>> new to this ....Publicanimalno9
>>>>>
>>>> =========
>>>>
>>>> Either your average 4-minute WMA is encoded at more than 64kbps or your
>>>> average 64kbps WMA
>>>> lasts longer than 4 minutes or a combination of the two.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>> Thanks Don but being very thick at this ! what exactly does that mean ?
>>> and what do I have to do to be able to store more tracks , a freind has
>>> just told me to make them all MP3 files now !
>>>
>> 1000 tracks at 4 minutes each at 64 kbps....is 4000 minutes.
>>
>> or 500 tracks at 8 minutes each...is 4000 minutes
>>
>> or 2000 tracks at 2 minutes each...is 4000 minutes
>>
>> or some combination thereof.
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> Ah ! Thanks folks ! ,
> I Now have left free space 243mb and I have stored 358 tracks to date
> on this 2 gig zen v, I do have some hefty rock tracks on this beast
> inc some floyd, zep and some long winded general rock classics etc , I
> am begining to see the light ! when they say 1000 tracks they mean very
> short tracks !!!!!!.
> Next time I invest I will purchase as big as I can afford , this
> machine will do for the time being untill gig size and price drops ....
> ........................................................................................................................................

Is it possible that some of these Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin tracks
were encoded at very high bitrates (e.g. 256kbps, 320kbps)? A
quality-conscious fan of those bands would probably use a very high
bitrate for their music. For use on your player, you can get away with
128kbps. There is a variety of tools out there that you can use to make
128kbps copies of larger MP3s.

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