I know, song/album length & quality can change things... But, let's say it's CD quality and average CD length. How many gigs would you need to store all that?
2006-10-08 12:11:46 · 12 answers · asked by eric_aixelsyd 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
the average size for a song is what 4 MB once it hits windows (wma format) so lets say 12 songs per disc at a rate of 4.5mb per song so thats 54 mb per cd *500=27000mb=27 gb so your standard 30gb hard drive should suffice.
but if you save it to the hard drive at uncompressed format. then its about 15mb per song *12 ....90gb ..but thats just a guesstimate. actually if you put in an audio cd, right click and go to its properties you can get the disk size. add a few MB and *500.
1000Mb=1Gb
2006-10-08 12:18:55 · answer #1 · answered by jlp.media 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's say that each CD is one hour long. That's 500*60 = 30000 mins.
Now, let's say you rip at 128kbps (CD quality using AAC or WMA, near CD quality when using MP3), that uses 960KB per minute.
960*30000 = 28800000KB of data, or 27.5GB of data.
This is an over-estimate since most albums will be less than an hour, but this gives you can idea of the space you will need.
2006-10-08 12:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Paul J C G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
500 cds
2006-10-08 12:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by Snuz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends greatly on what sound quality you rip at.
At 128kbps, look at about 70mb per cd, or 35gb for 500 cds
at 256, double that
and so on...
2006-10-08 12:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by awhislyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the cds are all full, it will be about 35-40 GB
2006-10-08 12:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by martin h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
optimal CD/DVD writing application will convert them for you if not abode domicile windows Media participant can do it. as quickly as you insert a sparkling CD on XP or Vista you get the vehicle run window pop up. between the recommendations is to burn an audio cd.
2016-10-19 01:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok u need to first convert them to mp3's or aac if using itunes whitch i sujjest whitch will bring down the space of the song greatly possibly 2 or less mb i have 12500 music tracks that is taking up 55 gigs
2006-10-08 12:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by = 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My albums average 55 mb each so that would be 27.5 gb.
2006-10-08 12:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need less than 30gigs. The format you select will affect your storage needs. Check the links below.
2006-10-08 12:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by david42 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40 gigs will quit be OK i thinks
2006-10-08 12:14:57 · answer #10 · answered by Muhammad Rabiu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋