[talisker]

On Apple's website it says the 1000 song capacity is based on 4 minute songs at 160kbps. Now as far as I can work out, this would mean a 4 minute song would take up 4*60*160Kb=38.4Mb. If the hard drive is 5Gb, surely this means the number of songs that would fit on is 5000Mb/38.4Mb = 130 songs.

I realise there is likely an error somewhere in my calculations / assumptions. Can anyone point it out. Thanks!

[Jernberg]

Easy: 160 Kbps means 160 kilobits per sec, NOT bytes.

1 byte=8 bits. (a classic mix-up, mistaking bits for bytes)

Therefore, 4*60*160/8=4800 kilobytes


Thanks!

Dennis Jernberg

Originally posted by talisker:
<STRONG>On Apple's website it says the 1000 song capacity is based on 4 minute songs at 160kbps. Now as far as I can work out, this would mean a 4 minute song would take up 4*60*160Kb=38.4Mb. If the hard drive is 5Gb, surely this means the number of songs that would fit on is 5000Mb/38.4Mb = 130 songs.

I realise there is likely an error somewhere in my calculations / assumptions. Can anyone point it out. Thanks!</STRONG>

[ 10-24-2001: Message edited by: Jernberg ]

[talisker]

Thanks Dennis, I knew there had to be a simple answer!

[Nebagakid]

word

[Jerommeke]

i saw a movie somewhere on apple's site, with an iPod, and it showed the capicity as only 4.6 GB

[nana2]

Thats the difference between a hard drive manufacturers definition of a MB and the real definition.