On 1/13/07, Chris Mathey <slug@mathey.org> wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
> > I have been moving some music from CD's to a HD I have. I notice that on
> > the CD it is one size but as the file is moved to the HD it grows
> > larger, here
> > is a example, MP3 file that was 2.4MB on the CD when moved to the HD
> > grew to 3.7MB. Is this a function of compression on the CD or am I seeing
> > something else? By the way, the size is not a direct relationship, one file
> > which is 4MB on the CD is 5.9MB when copied to the HD, another which
> > is also 4M on the CD is 5MB on the HD.
> >
> > I am assuming there is some compression issue here because I have noted
> > that moving a MP3 file from a CD to a HD takes a whole lot longer to do
> > then say moving a file off of for example a CD of Linux stuff.
> >
> > This is all new to me, I have not done much with audio up until now, I have
> > a neat GPS box that also plays MP3s and on those long flights I just pull
> > it out and listen to a music list rather than deal with the on board
> > junk that
> > they run on the audio channels in the seats. So I have been moving all of
> > my CD's which have several formats on them, i.e.. CDA, FLAC, MP3, and
> > Ogg-Vorbis (wish my player played the latter, they are even smaller and
> > it appears more efficient) so I have been pulling off the MP3 files.
> >
> >
> Maybe it's just a difference in block size between file systems?
Maybe, I am still trying to figure it out.
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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