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CNF2002 · #21 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:02 am

15gb of mp3s? How many songs is that? I hear about those new 80gb ipods and I just can't imagine there being enough songs in the world to fill it.

#22 Unread post by **Sev** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:11 am

CNF2002 wrote:15gb of mp3s? How many songs is that? I hear about those new 80gb ipods and I just can't imagine there being enough songs in the world to fill it.

The new iPods allow you to playback video and store pictures as well. A movie is typically 700mb, or 1.3gb depending upon the quality it was ripped at. It can make it up to 4gigs if it's DVD-R quality. So the storage space gets eaten up fast.

I've got the better part of a terrabyte of storage now, though some of it is redundant. I keep all my songs on three different HD's and my favorite movies as well. One of my HD's isn't even installed, I sub it into my usb case once a month and copy over new files, then it goes back into the anti-static bag and in my drawer. Paranoid I know, but the stuff I have on there took YEARS to acquire, so it's worth the extra effort, as I'd never get it all back.

I lost a years worth of family photos because a HD went down, so those also live on three HD's. It's funny because annoying as hardcopy photos are, they're a lot harder to destroy then digital ones.

CNF2002 · #23 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:10 am

Sevulturus wrote:
CNF2002 wrote:15gb of mp3s? How many songs is that? I hear about those new 80gb ipods and I just can't imagine there being enough songs in the world to fill it.
The new iPods allow you to playback video and store pictures as well. A movie is typically 700mb, or 1.3gb depending upon the quality it was ripped at. It can make it up to 4gigs if it's DVD-R quality. So the storage space gets eaten up fast.

I've got the better part of a terrabyte of storage now, though some of it is redundant. I keep all my songs on three different HD's and my favorite movies as well. One of my HD's isn't even installed, I sub it into my usb case once a month and copy over new files, then it goes back into the anti-static bag and in my drawer. Paranoid I know, but the stuff I have on there took YEARS to acquire, so it's worth the extra effort, as I'd never get it all back.

I lost a years worth of family photos because a HD went down, so those also live on three HD's. It's funny because annoying as hardcopy photos are, they're a lot harder to destroy then digital ones.

Right, but do you need full screen DVD-R quality on a 2-3 inch screen? You could get away with alot of resizing and compression if you want to convert a movie to play on an ipod, I would think.

camthepyro · Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:09 am

I believe that 15gigs of songs was roughly 4-5,000 songs. I use rip them at 192 bps. And sev, most high-quality DVDs (including audio) are almost 5 gigs, I usually have to rip them at around 90-98% quality to fit it on a standard DVD-R (and that's after removing menus, special features, subtitles, and extra audio tracks).

CNF2002 · #25 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:39 am

I run all my mp3s at 94. Much smaller and I dont notice any sound difference.

jonnythan · Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:40 am

A typical movie transcoded into iPod's format takes up about 400-500MB at high quality.

They look surprisingly good.

My girlfriend has the 60GB version and she loads it up with episodes of Law & Order and Aqua Teen Hunger Force along with her 25GB of music and a smattering of movies. She also uses it as a portable hard drive to store files for school and stuff.

jonnythan · Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:42 am

CNF2002 wrote:I run all my mp3s at 94. Much smaller and I dont notice any sound difference.

I can easily hear the difference between 128kbps and 192kbps MP3s on my headphones, in my car, and even more clearly on my home theater system. I encode everything I personally rip at 192 and try to download everything the same way. Sometimes I'll have to find the album in FLAC (lossess) format and then uncompress it to encode it at 192.

#28 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:44 am

All of my MP3's are ripped at 320kb/s. They take up more space, but space is cheap these days.

CNF2002 · #29 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:56 am

jonnythan wrote:
CNF2002 wrote:I run all my mp3s at 94. Much smaller and I dont notice any sound difference.
I can easily hear the difference between 128kbps and 192kbps MP3s on my headphones, in my car, and even more clearly on my home theater system. I encode everything I personally rip at 192 and try to download everything the same way. Sometimes I'll have to find the album in FLAC (lossess) format and then uncompress it to encode it at 192.

lol, maybe. I record all my mp3s from streaming net radio, which is usually streamed at 128 and I compress it down even further to save space. My phone uses an SD card to store mp3s so I went with the cheapo 256 instead of a gig unit that would have cost me $100+. Don't own or buy CDs, so I don't have the ability to convert any high sound quality stuff.

Course now you can get big cards for almost what I paid for my 256 a few years ago but since my card still works I wouldn't be willing to fork over more money for an upgrade.

camthepyro · Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:14 am

You can get 2gig sd cards on newegg.com for around $30 now I believe.