File size?

mcgroovymcgroovy
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in iPod + iTunes + AppleTV edited January 2014
Forgive me if this has already been addressed but I don't have a whole lot of time to search through every forum.



I've just bought my iPod (40GB) and am raring to start putting music on it. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the difference in file size would be if I imported at 128 kbps, 160 kbps or 192 kbps? With 40GB of space I could probably do it at 192, and still never have to worry about room, but wanted to know anyway.



Thanks in advance for any help.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    mcqmcq Posts: 1,543member
    Try this:

    http://object.qpalzm.com/tools/mp3-calc/mp3-calc.php



    My rough calculations on paper seem to work out to about the following (given 4 minute song):



    128kbps: 3.75 MB

    160kbps: 4.69 MB

    192kbps: 5.63 MB



    Someone can correct me, since I'm probably off by a little.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    128 kb/sec = 16 KB/sec = 960 KB/min = 0.9375 MiB/min

    4 minutes: 3840 KB = 3.75 MiB



    This equals roughly 10,923 songs at 40 GiB of space.



    160 kb/sec = 20 KB/sec = 1200 KB/min = 1.172 MiB/min

    4 minutes: 4800 KB = 4.6875 MiB



    This equals roughly 8,738 songs at 40 GiB of space.



    160 kb/sec = 24 KB/sec = 1440 KB/min = 1.406 MiB/min

    4 minutes: 5760 KB = 5.625 MiB



    This equals roughly 7,282 songs at 40 GiB of space.



    (Unless I also miscalculated, MCQ's calculations are therefore correct.)
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