MP3 players, need some general info please

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Hi- Does anyone know approximately how many songs an MP3 player with
64MB of internal memory can hold, assuming the average song is about 5
minutes long ? I know there are players with much more memory these
days. This makes me wonder if an MP3 with 64MB is considered a good
one these days. Any opinions are appreciated.

Bill

 

[Matthew Smith]

Hi- Does anyone know approximately how many songs an MP3 player with
64MB of internal memory can hold, assuming the average song is about 5
minutes long ? I know there are players with much more memory these
days. This makes me wonder if an MP3 with 64MB is considered a good
one these days. Any opinions are appreciated.

Last time I fiddled around with MP3 on a PC, I seem to recall a rate of
something like 1Mb/min. I may be wrong.

Note that part of a memory device is occupied by the file system itself
and isn't available to the user.

Cheers

M

 

[NSM]

Hi- Does anyone know approximately how many songs an MP3 player with
64MB of internal memory can hold, assuming the average song is about 5
minutes long ? I know there are players with much more memory these
days. This makes me wonder if an MP3 with 64MB is considered a good
one these days. Any opinions are appreciated.

Sounds pretty small. ISTR 512 Mb for ram and 20 Gb for HD models being
normal.

N

 

[Matthew Smith]

Last time I fiddled around with MP3 on a PC, I seem to recall a rate of
something like 1Mb/min. I may be wrong.

Note that part of a memory device is occupied by the file system itself
and isn't available to the user.

Cheers

M

I've just checked up on this - an MP3 track of 4:26 minutes comes out at
4.1Mb.

So, you've got about an hour on there. As NSM says, that ain't a lot;
look at listings for these things on eBay - they're coming out at 256Mb+.

64Mb may be worth while if you can get it for just a buck...