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Atrac3 format: 490 songs in 1 CD?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by johnvv, Dec 8, 2004.

  1. johnvv

    johnvv Member

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    Anyone really squeezed that much or even close to the advertised number in the humble CD?

    Looking to but a portable CD player and was looking at the Sony discmans which used Atrac 3 Plus to compress songs to 1/20 its actual size.

    Anyone know about this cause I have no idea :confused:

    I'd be grateful for any input.....

    Yes, I have ZERO interest in MP3 players
     
    #1 johnvv, Dec 8, 2004
  2. Uprising

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    I have a sony ATRAC3 plus diskman, and I hold roughly 350-430 songs on a cd IIRC. one of the cd's that had about 400 songs on it also had a 73min Blue Collar Comdey tour stand up on it.

    I love it, the software is great too. I went the route of getting the diskman because it was much cheaper than investing in an ipod etc.

    And with that many songs on a cd, it holds all my music on a couple cds.
     
    #2 Uprising, Dec 8, 2004
  3. ths balla

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    can you play those cds in your car
     
    #3 ths balla, Dec 8, 2004
  4. edc

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    ATRAC3 132 kbps is roughly equivalent to 128 kpbs MP3, and not as good as AAC 128 kbps.
     
    #4 edc, Dec 8, 2004
  5. Uprising

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    Depending on what your cd player is capable of.
     
    #5 Uprising, Dec 8, 2004
  6. Oski2005

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    I have a dicman with atrac 3, but I haven't used it yet. I usually burn them as data files to hold more songs.
     
    #6 Oski2005, Dec 8, 2004
  7. Uprising

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    ATRAC 3 does that sort of thing, the way it compresses them to such small files with out minimizing quality. I couldn't live with out it.
     
    #7 Uprising, Dec 8, 2004
  8. Oski2005

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    Well then it's time I found that disc it came with and installed atrac 3.
     
    #8 Oski2005, Dec 8, 2004
  9. Uprising

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    You could just download it from the internet. It's called sonic stage.
     
    #9 Uprising, Dec 8, 2004
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