iPod most popular MP3 player

[Zombie9920]

quote:Originally posted by Faust:


i've got 30G atm... but he has a point how much of our personal MP3/OGG/(WMA? ha ha ha!)

Whats wrong with WMA? Heck, I just got a new CD-Player for my Vette that plays MP3 and WMA CD's(The Pioneer Premier DEH-P550MP). I actually prefer WMA over MP3 because I can only put like 220 songs on an MP3 CD. I can put like 400 WMA songs on a CD(with the same or better Audio quality of an MP3.....no I didn't say the same bitrare ;P).

Lets see here.....220 songs per CD or 400 songs per CD.....take your pick.

[ April 22, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]

[slave]

Is WMA an open, patent-free, royalty-free file format?  If not then I'd rather stick to OGG.

[xyle_one]

i have 20.28 gigs of music on my computer (its all mp3, no ogg or wma), and i like every song on there. it is actually an archive of all of my cds (and some freinds cds) and some "shared" stuff i got off of limewire. There is nothing in there i dont like. I would love to have a  20-30 gig ipod to store my music. have it hook up to my car stereo, and i wont have to take cds with me. i cant wait to see what they unveil next week.

[rtgwbmsr]

quote:Originally posted by ecsyle:
i have 20.28 gigs of music on my computer (its all mp3, no ogg or wma), and i like every song on there. it is actually an archive of all of my cds (and some freinds cds) and some "shared" stuff i got off of limewire. There is nothing in there i dont like. I would love to have a  20-30 gig ipod to store my music. have it hook up to my car stereo, and i wont have to take cds with me. i cant wait to see what they unveil next week.

I can't wait for the stuff they come out with next week. I want one NOW!    

And if ThinkSecret is right, the new button design SUCKS...I'd have to go e-baying for an older one.

[slave]

http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/listen.html

Look here - the sample ogg file is smaller than *both* the mp3 one and the wma one.  It also sounds better IMO.

[raptor]

quote:Originally posted by Windows XP Hater #2874586:
I dont see WHY people like iPods... 300$ is a lot to just listen to music. So what if it holds 20 gb, I dont even have 1 gb of music. Burning an MP3 CD (2 cents) which can hold 80 songs and buying a CD player (60 bucks) does it fine for me.

how do you get 80 songs on one cd?

[xyle_one]

quote:Originally posted by raptor:


how do you get 80 songs on one cd?

mp3 or ogg.

[Fett101]

Only 80 songs?

[Pissed_Macman]

quote:iPod most popular MP3 player

Here's to friendly monopolization.

[Big-Mac-Maniac]

i own a archos and an ipod, and i have to say that i LOVE the ipod.  it's the best.

somebody mentioned that it's not worth the money...you are not exactly usin the 'ol brain cells there, are ya?  the ipod fits alot of songs into a tiny space, whereas a CD player must A: be huge because of the size of the CD, B: requires a big-ass case to carry all your CD's, and C: isn't as easily portable as mp3 players are.

i also have a very nice sony cd player, and to be perfectly honest, i can't stand using it anymore.  i like the fact that with my ipod i have instant access to over 700+ songs, without having to fumble through a huge case of CD's trying to find the one i want to listen to.  and a big argument against HD mp3 players is that they skip constantly.  well, the archos one that i have skips if you move it even a little bit, but i have yet been able to make the ipod skip, and i mow the lawn and jog with it.

anyways, that's just my opinion  

[Fett101]

An Archos. Isn't it just such a piece of buggy crap. At least the Rockbox improves it some. You installe that yet?

BTW. Doom on the Archos. Spiffy.

[Zombie9920]

quote:Originally posted by fett101:
Only 80 songs?

It is more like 200-220 songs(depending on song length and the bitrate the songs are encoded at). 700MB CD = 700MB of MP3's.

[Fett101]

That sounds much better, Zombie.

[Pissed_Macman]

What happened to Zombie's member rating? Did it get so low they had to remove it?

[Fett101]

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