Peter, were they audio CDs or did you convert the content to mp3? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Logue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:24 PM Subject: RE: gigs, megs, megabytes
> I've got 1,000 CD's on 65.5 GB. > Give or take 50 CD's > Peter > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of JG > Sent: August 30, 2005 7:43 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: gigs, megs, megabytes > > >>How many megs are in a gig, and with 80 gigs, how many CDs can I put on >>the hard drive. > at the risk of sounding a bit pedantic, 1 gb is just under 1100 mb. You > must > remember that your 80gb drive needs to be formatted before it's ready for > storing data. From personal experience the formatting data in itself could > take up to 5 percent or more of disk space. > > >>How many megs would a CD take up? > That depends on the length of the CD. the average length of a pop or > rock > CD is usually around the 60 minutes mark but that could vary hugely with > live > recordings. The approximate conversion ratio is 1 mb per minute. > >>John > > > >>Jim >>_______________________________________________ >>PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>http://www.pc-audio.org >> >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
