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To: Joe Lyddon who wrote (4196)	5/14/1999 2:39:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 18366

>>>>If it's similar to a WAV file, they could use a compressed format and get more songs on a CD <<<<< That's where DVD comes in. More pits (smaller) in the surface. TO your other questions, I don't know. Interesting if they could compress the songs more.

To: Joe Lyddon who wrote (4196)	5/14/1999 4:32:00 PM
From: chris431	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

"What kind of format is used in the plain vanilla music CD one would purchase at the store?" Basically a 44.1, 16-bit, stereo .wav. Rip a song from a cd & you'll get a wav (44.1, 16-bit, stereo). Burn some 44.1, 16-bit stereo wavs to a cd-r, plop in the cd player & you get music. Burn any other format (including rate less than 44.1) & you get nothing. Chris

To: Joe Lyddon who wrote (4196)	5/14/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: chris431	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

"If it's similar to a WAV file, they could use a compressed format and get more songs on a CD..." Several weeks ago I made a post which included my belief that MP3 players using cd are actually about the best idea for MP3 devices at the moment. Problem is one would need a cd-r to burn their compilations. Yet, at 650mb per cd-r, at around 3.5mb/avg. per song, you get 185 songs or 650 minutes of music on 1 cd. This is why I think the CD MP3 players are pretty neat compared to paultry 32mb or 64mb devices. But alas, when it is compressed, you need a new device to read the compressed format....which is really what this board has been discussing. Chris