How many MP3s on a disc?

Norbert666 · 14 Apr 2006 at 08:37

Approx how many single MP£s can you get on a CD?

What about approx number of albums?

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vanandjuanunited · 14 Apr 2006 at 08:43

About 10 albums but depends on number of tracks bitrate etc.#
140 tracks @ 5 meg per track

Norbert666 · 14 Apr 2006 at 08:47

thanks bud

superpc · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:04

What is best program for converting an ordinary CD to MP3?

Bunka · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:37

Windows media player does the job nicely.

squiffy · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:36

Exact Audio Copy with LAME encoder. Much better than WMP. For MP3 I would use 192kps VBR at the very minimum.

hp7909 · 14 Apr 2006 at 11:43

700mb CD= ~170 tracks @ 128kbit CBR (godd for listening in car/mp3 player). recommend 160kbit+ for archiving, etc

Arcade Fire · 14 Apr 2006 at 14:01

squiffy said:
Exact Audio Copy with LAME encoder. Much better than WMP. For MP3 I would use 192kps VBR at the very minimum.

If you're really bothered about quality, use the "--alt-preset standard" command line with the lame encoder. This is an extremely good VBR mode which averages out at a little over 192kbps with little to no redundancy. It's by far the best mp3 encoding scheme available.

TooNice · 14 Apr 2006 at 17:56

^ seconded. It's the bang for size setting IMO.

[Though for archiving, I still go lossless - but APS is very nice for music on the go]

ShakenNstirred · 16 Apr 2006 at 07:54

around the 160 mark i`d say