Amount of space audiobooks take

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Amount of space audiobooks take

I am thinking about buying a 2 GB iPod shuffle and wanted to know how many hours of "spoken word" audiobook 2 GB will hold. I like to listen to a couple of books at the same time and don't want to get an undersized device. Thanks in advance for any replies.

Posted on Mar 30, 2008 2:11 PM

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Answer 1

PT

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Mar 30, 2008 2:49 PM in response to wolfy_505

Apple specs say the 2GB mpdel can hold about 500 songs that are 4 minutes each that are encoded at 128 bps, which is about 2000 minutes or 33+ hours of audio. I assume audio books are probably encoded at a lower bit rate, so they would take up even less space so you should be able to put even more on there.
I don't know how long audio books normally are, but if they are under 15 hours each, then you could fit two onto the 2BG shuffle.
Patrick

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Answer 2

0Ari0

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Mar 30, 2008 3:04 PM in response to wolfy_505

A few data points:

I have a mix of audiobooks in several encodings on my 1GB shuffle using 876MB for 23 hours and 44 minutes of listening time.

One of those is a book encoded at 64kpbs in joint stereo using 361MB providing 11hours and 5 minutes of listening time.

Another is at 128kpbs using 472.5MB providing 8 hours and 36 minutes of listening.

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