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[Hollywood]

Like how many songs can you hold on 1GB, 5, 10, etc ... and how many on the iPod shuffles?

 

[suaveric]

Average song is about 4MB and 1 GB = 1000MB. You can do the math from there.

 

[Space Age Playboy]

There could be a huge variation depending on the bitrate and length of the song. No point in classifying it by the number of songs it can hold.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

depends on length and recording quality... shuffle 512MB is about 120 the gig is about 240 songs

 

[Matlock]

With straight 128 bitrate with an average of 4 mins, you can hit ~250/gig. Not an exact science, of course.

As for the iPod, I usually range around 130. It's like having a hugeass mix cd in your pocket.

 

[Dilbert]

A very rough rule of thumb is that, at 128 kbps CBR, MP3 files are roughly 1 MB per minute.

 

[Joe]

this is a good thread for me to ask:

is it worth eating up roughly double the space for 320 bitrate on mp3 files? obviously its better quality but is it enough of a difference relative to extra space it takes up on your mp3 player?

 

[XMonkey]

this is a good thread for me to ask:

is it worth eating up roughly double the space for 320 bitrate on mp3 files? obviously its better quality but is it enough of a difference relative to extra space it takes up on your mp3 player?

I'd say it depends on what you're using to listen to the mp3s. If you have some good headphones that have great detail, then you'll probably notice the difference between a normal 128kbps MP3 and one at a higher bit rate. I would say 320kbps is a little excessive though. I have a very nice pair of headphones and I find it hard to tell between 320kbps and anything from 192-256kbps.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

192 is the typical limit for most people. There's obviously a difference between 128 and 192, but 192-320 all sound pretty much the same to me.

 

[Hollywood]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat38200050029&type=category&h=387

Found a good translation site. I have a lot of CD's, and wanna store them on MP3 player and sell the CD's. I think around 4, 5 GB's should be enough. I also want it to be easy to hold or something while I run though. Is the iPod Mini good for that?

 

[miyuru]

192kbps CBR used to the standard, though from about I'd say a year to 1.5 years ago, it's been VBR releases since. A lot more rips coming out at 320kbps as well, which I believe is excessive.

There's also that placebo effect too :lol

 

[Space Age Playboy]

I don't think 320 is excessive at all. I've got a few songs at that bitrate and the music sounds sooooo reeeeal. :lol

 

[mrklaw]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat38200050029&type=category&h=387

Found a good translation site. I have a lot of CD's, and wanna store them on MP3 player and sell the CD's. I think around 4, 5 GB's should be enough. I also want it to be easy to hold or something while I run though. Is the iPod Mini good for that?

the new ipod mini is 6GB, so yes. And I'm sure you meant 'I want to put my CDs in the loft', didn't you

 

[wandering goat]

For the best balance between quality and space when ripping CDs, I usually use VBR between 192 and 256 kbps (of course, make sure to use LAME.) I can barely tell the difference between that and CD quality sound, and only in the bass at that. With that, you can fit about 10 hours of music on a 1 "Gigabyte" mp3 player. However, unless you really demand the utmost quality to your sound, ripping at 192 kbps or VBR between that and a lesser amount should be just fine as well. 160 by itself is a bit low and 128 should be out of the question if you have any decent headphones at all.