AntimatterAsh
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Am I right in saying that a CD with MP3s stored on them over having a CD Player burned CD (so a mastered one that can be played in stereos) would have more storage?
MP3 CDs
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wolfeking
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I don't understand the question. No matter what format you use, a CD is 700ish MB always. Don't matter if it is MP3. Video, Games, Windows, or documents. It will never be more than ~700MB.
If you mean will you store more songs on it, then yes. You will however reduce sound quality doing it. MP3 is quite useless these days really though. It was good back in the day when you would not be able to head the difference between it and live due to hardware, and HDD's were small. Now, neither is true, and its use has passed.
If you mean will you store more songs on it, then yes. You will however reduce sound quality doing it. MP3 is quite useless these days really though. It was good back in the day when you would not be able to head the difference between it and live due to hardware, and HDD's were small. Now, neither is true, and its use has passed.
speedyink
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A mastered CD is measured in minutes, whereas an MP3 CD is measured in MB. In the end it's the same physical CD though.
However, you can fit around 15 songs on a mastered CD, and about 130 songs in MP3 Format (depends on bitrate ect). Of course your cd player has to be MP3 compatible to read the latter.
Really? Who do you know that uses strictly lossless formats like FLAC or SHN? Even my audiophile friend has a bunch of MP3's as well, even if he prefers FLAC. MP3 is still so entirely relevant it's not even funny to suggest otherwise. Just about everyone nowadays listens to MP3's as their primary music format (or an equivalent lossy format like AAC). A majority of the music purchased online in iTunes or what-have-you is MP3 (or AAC).
Yeah I have some FLAC albums and yes there is a difference when listening on my high end sound system. For listening on the go or in the car where space is an issue, a 320kbps MP3 is more than adequate. Hell, I listen to MP3's at home all the time too, because I don't want dedicated HDD's for tens of thousands of lossless songs.
However, you can fit around 15 songs on a mastered CD, and about 130 songs in MP3 Format (depends on bitrate ect). Of course your cd player has to be MP3 compatible to read the latter.
Really? Who do you know that uses strictly lossless formats like FLAC or SHN? Even my audiophile friend has a bunch of MP3's as well, even if he prefers FLAC. MP3 is still so entirely relevant it's not even funny to suggest otherwise. Just about everyone nowadays listens to MP3's as their primary music format (or an equivalent lossy format like AAC). A majority of the music purchased online in iTunes or what-have-you is MP3 (or AAC).
Yeah I have some FLAC albums and yes there is a difference when listening on my high end sound system. For listening on the go or in the car where space is an issue, a 320kbps MP3 is more than adequate. Hell, I listen to MP3's at home all the time too, because I don't want dedicated HDD's for tens of thousands of lossless songs.
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