[ARSCLIST] "Space" on CD's...

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm not really sure what you mean by the word "space"- you can fit 
considerably more audio encoded as mp3 or mp4 files on a standard CD
than if you use the Nyquist standard 16 bit /44.1 files. The 80 minute 
capacity of time that is calculated for a typical CD-R/ 700 mb is given 
based on that Red Book audio standard.
> 

What I was TRYING to say was this...!

IF one puts audio content onto a CD-R/RW in "native" (to playable audio
discs) form, one can put 74 (80 on some discs) minutes of such content
onto a single disc...regardless of the quality of the sound being
recorded thereon...! Of course, recordable discs can also be used to
contain data in any computer-accessible form, including .mp3 compressed
sound files...and thus store the disc's maximum data capacity of such
files, which will be MORE sound than the disc can hold in standard
"red book" sound. However, if one puts a disc full of MP3 files into
a usual "CD player," nothing audible will be heard (except for modern
machines which can recognize the MP3-file content and play same...!).

So, if for some reason you want 74 minutes of silence, that can be
put onto a CD-R (I'm not sure what bits/bytes would be on the disc
in such a case, though...?!).

Thus, my comment was intended to say that audio content can be
"burned" onto a recordable CD blank as sound...OR as computer-
playable sound files...!

Steven C. Barr