64mb

[millsbaxter]

how many song can be held on a mp3 player that only holds 64mb if the songs go through limewire

[Auto-tecnica]

It depends on the file size of the songs that you download, and whether they are mp3 or wav (wav tend to be as good a quality but usually smaller files). On an average file size of 4mb then you can have about 15/16 songs on there.

[kempie]

Auto-tecnica - of course you meant WMA not WAV since a song of reasonable quality in WAV format would be huuuuuge!

[theo_wyvern]

the size of the file will depend on the encoding (quality) of the file.

a good quality is 128kbps and hardly noticeable but you can get away with 192kbps

so when using limewire make sure you check the encoding of the song and the file size should be smaller - hey presto more songs.

however your not gonna get many on a 64mb whatever the encoding/file size

[brachiopod]

theo_wyvern - of course you meant a reasonably good quality is 192 kbps, but you can get away with 128 kbps.

The 'bit-rate' (kbps = kilobytes per second), is the quantity of data that is processed per unit of time. The more data or 'samples' per second the better quality the track but the larger the file size.

I generally wouldn't bother going below 128 kbps for a music audio track as much quality is lost. Although 48 or 64 kbps is fine for long, speech-based files (such as The Archers or I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue from Radio 4)

[brachiopod]

...and so to answer the question (!!)

Say a typical mp3 of average quality is around 4Mb.

That means you'll get aroun 64 / 4 = 16 tracks on a 64Mb player.