On Aug 20, 12:30, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> > I don't think so, an equivalent duration WAV (uncompressed) or AIFF
file
> > would be 10-15MB (maybe 6-8MB for mono).
>
> That doesn't sound right at all. Typical MP3 recordings at around
> 128Kbps end up at around 1MB per minute.
Which is why people use MP3s, which are compressed, instead of of
uncompressed WAV (which is almost exactly the same as AIFF) :-)
If you make an ordinary audio CD (ie to use in a CD player not an MP3
payer) you end up with roughly 10MB/min, or a little over 600MB/hour.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 02:02:00 BST