[LMB] MP3 advice

B. Ross Ashley redlion at sff.net
Sun Apr 22 22:27:35 BST 2007


On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:06:09 -0500, Mark Allums <mark at allums.com>
wrote:
 >> >> Megaera
 >> >> now wondering how much disk space your average MP3 CD would
 > > take up on one's hard drive and/or flash drive

 > I forgot to answer your question.  The answer is from 3 to
 > 10 MB.
 > Average is around 6 MB.

That would be per song. The whole CD would take up about 30-90 MB, 
depending on the quality of the rip and the original size of the 
recording. My ripped copy of Great Big Sea's "Sea of No Cares" album, 
e.g., resides in a folder sized 41.35MB.

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