How many songs can an ipods hold with 1 GB of memory?

Answer 1

It depends on the sampling rate and the length of the song. The sampling rate is usually measured in kbps (kilobits per second)and has a huge range. The higher the number the faster the sampling, the larger the file and the closer to CD it sounds. Files sampled at 256 kbps or above are usually indistinguishable from the CD. In the days where disk space was at a premium. people would sample at 128 or 162 kbps. Now that disk sizes are quite large people are sampling at higher rates. This rate can usually be set in the software you use to rip CD's. One gigabyte equals 8,388,608 kilobits. (You can convert most digital sizes using a bit calculator at http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/) If you sample at 196 kbps this will give you 42,799 seconds or 713 minutes of music in a 1 gigabyte disk. If you sample at 256 kbps you would have 32768 seconds of music or 546 minutes in a 1 gigabyte disk. Since it is estimated that the average song length is between 3 and 4 minutes, a 1 gigabyte disc can hold the following: Sample rate Song Length Number of Songs 128 3 minutes 364 128 4 minutes 273 162 3 minutes 287 162 4 minutes 215 196 3 minutes 238 196 4 minutes 178 256 3 minutes 182 256 4 minutes 137 Since it is estimated that a 30 GB iPod will hold 7500 songs, this would come out to be about 250/GB which is within the ballpark of what we calculated above if sampled at between 128-196 KBPS.

Answer 2

1GB will hold about 220-250 songs depending on length, quality, and whether or not it has album artwork.

Answer 3

About 250 songs that run for three and a half minutes.

Answer 4

It actually depends on how long the music is

Answer 5

It depends on the size of the songs. Anywhere from 50 to 100 hundred songs would be safe bets to assume that a 1 GB MP3 player would be able to sustain