How many songs possible on a 700 MB CD?

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How many songs possible on a 700 MB CD?

How many songs can you burn on a 700MB CD? If each song file is generally 4-5 MB...it seems that you should be able to get well over 100 songs on a CD. But the most I can get is around 18-20.

How do I use the entire capacity of a typical 700 MB CD?

20" Intel iMac 2GB RAM - 500GB HD, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 8, 2006 1:02 PM

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macmenno

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Sep 8, 2006 1:09 PM in response to Terrabay

It depends on the kind of CD you are burning.
An Audio CD can hold max. 80 minutes of music.
The file size of the source is not important.
It's because the source (mp3, m4a, WAV or AIFF) has to be converted to the native format of an audio CD (16 bit PCM) and that allows only 80 minutes on a 700 MB CD.

If you burn an MP3 CD, the songs have to be in mp3-format already and you can fill the disc all the way up to it's 700 MB.
There is no time limit this time, only a size limit.

Hope this helps.

M

17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

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