tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post114981944242578419..comments2020-04-01T23:22:12.013+08:00Comments on f o r e i g n w o r d s: Flashcards and My New ToyAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10026665782313418297noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150320449480137752006-06-15T05:27:00.000+08:002006-06-15T05:27:00.000+08:00My turn for largest and smallest files:Speech:Larg...My turn for largest and smallest files:<BR/><BR/>Speech:<BR/><BR/>Largest: District Convention talk from a few years ago, given by GB member- 1:09- 55 MB @ 112kpbs<BR/><BR/>Smallest: Interview tidbit- 0:29- 464k @ 128 kbps<BR/><BR/>Music:<BR/><BR/>Largest: Robert Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra (ya know, from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 33:22- 46MB @ 192 kbps<BR/><BR/>Smallest: Introduction track to Lizzie West's "Holy Road: Freedom Songs," album 0:39- 317K @ 64 kbps<BR/><BR/>A new MP3 player: PricelessAlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026665782313418297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150206979671677392006-06-13T21:56:00.000+08:002006-06-13T21:56:00.000+08:00I think I've got it now. Something I need to do no...I think I've got it now. Something I need to do now is figure out how much music I have on CDs (I do very little downloading- I maybe have 5/6 songs). Also i know I'd want them all ripped as .wma,(since I'm a music snob) and from that I think I'm gonna need one with tons of space because everything I already have on the compy is at 128kbps. Ice cubes do get the point across, poly. Thanks for all the enlightening. Maybe I'll be able to pick one out now.Affable Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859801458890964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150198926512390582006-06-13T19:42:00.000+08:002006-06-13T19:42:00.000+08:00Biggest File - Eskimo (I'm gonna cry) - 36.9 MB, 1...Biggest File - <BR/>Eskimo (I'm gonna cry) - 36.9 MB, 16 minutes long<BR/><BR/>Biggest Podcast File - <BR/>Whad'ya Know (the episode I was on) - 27 MB, 1:58:11 long<BR/><BR/>Smallest File - <BR/>Jeff Buckley kibbitzing during a live show - 349 KB, 8 seconds (yes, 8 seconds of Jeff Buckley talking is a whole file in my library, it's track 9 on the disc)<BR/><BR/>Smallest Podcast - <BR/>Frommer's Jet Blue episode - 407 KB, 50 seconds (the man talks way too fast)<BR/><BR/>Smallest Actual Song File - <BR/>Last Chancce by Jet - 880 KB, 1:52, 64 kbps bitrateHorse N. Buggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669532134482437593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150198127621425142006-06-13T19:28:00.000+08:002006-06-13T19:28:00.000+08:00The ice cube illustration is perfect! Ice cubes c...The ice cube illustration is perfect! Ice cubes come in all shapes and sizes. For the purpose of the illustration we will just ignore the fact that they melt.<BR/><BR/>Another difference between speech and music is that songs typically only average between 3-6 minutes in duration. Speech files like podcasts have no specific average. I have some podcasts that are no longer than 2 minutes each, but I also have one that clocks in at 2 full hours per episode. <BR/><BR/>Here are my stats. <BR/><BR/>Total files in iTunes (all MP3):<BR/>736, 6.51 GB<BR/><BR/>Music - 553, 4.72 GB<BR/>482 songs ripped at 320 (wow)<BR/><BR/>Podcasts - 183, 1.79 GB<BR/>range from 24 to 160 (I don't hear the difference in any of them)Horse N. Buggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669532134482437593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150157294598372982006-06-13T08:08:00.000+08:002006-06-13T08:08:00.000+08:00depends on how large your...files are. To say you ...depends on how large your...<BR/><BR/>files are. To say you can fit X many ice cubes in a pitcher is arbitrary until you have them as defined units, right? So when a product manufacturer states X many songs, you have to read the fine print to determine WHAT file type, and WHAT bitrate they're at. It's too bad to realize that many of the MP3's I've downloaded (free stuff from concerts or whatever) are at like 350 kpbs, which means that even a small file of only a few minutes can be gynormously large, much larger than a file twice it's size at a lower bitrate. I've downloaded a bitrate converter, but i don't trust it much: it was free, and it takes a long time. Is there a better way to do this besides burning them ALL to CD and changing the bitrate at which they're ripped? Anyway, the ice cubes thing is dumb, but gets the point across.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026665782313418297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1150124369770264172006-06-12T22:59:00.000+08:002006-06-12T22:59:00.000+08:00Details are hard to give because so much depends o...Details are hard to give because so much depends on how you record things. For example, (forgive me if this is too basic) audio is broken down into speech and music. Audio quality and file size depend on the type of file format you choose to use and the bitrate at which you record the file.<BR/><BR/>MP3 is a "lossy" format meaning that you can significantly reduce the size of the file by sacraficing quality. The amount of quality you sacrafice depends on the bitrate at which you "rip" (record/create) the file. Speeech doesn't need as high quality as music - you can probably get away with 64 KHz. A music purist (read: snob) like yourself would want to be way above that for music - at least 128 KHz, probably more like 192 KHz.<BR/><BR/>Based on those standards, your music MP3 files will be larger than speech only files of the same length. How many MP3s you can fit on a device then depends on how large your ...<BR/><BR/>and I ran out of time while writing this. TAG - someone else is it.Horse N. Buggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669532134482437593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27580737.post-1149860338450189412006-06-09T21:38:00.000+08:002006-06-09T21:38:00.000+08:00This has all helped, but I think I need to know te...This has all helped, but I think I need to know technical stuff because I don't understand the basic stuff like "kbps." I need basic definitions of that kind of stuff. Like GB and MB- I kinda know what those are, but I'm lost. I may not be as lost as I think, but until I understand the very basic stuff, I don't think I'll be able to decide what I want. Like in your last post where you mentioned 300 something-or-anothers, I had no clue what that was. All I know is I want it to play video so that I can watch the best show on Thursday nights. And if I'm the only one intrested in MP3 stuff, you can just e-mail me.Affable Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859801458890964001noreply@blogger.com