Posted by NRen2k5 on 07/10/07 20:20

mebanna wrote:
> Sorry, I just can't find a way to exactly express my question...
> Please let me put another question at first: There is a CD track
> lasted 1 minute. If I get this track into computer's harddisk, how
> much space will it occupy ? I mean, I want to know how to calculate
> this.

If you copy as WAV, the track will be 1411.2kbps.

To find out how much space this will take:
1411.2kbps ÷ 8kb/kB × 60sec/min = 10,584kB = ~10½MB

If you copy as MP3, you have a choice of bitrates. Assuming you use
192kbps...
192kbps ÷ 8kb/kB × 60sec/min = 1,440kB = ~1½MB

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