Alister Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Check out the picture of the stack of CDs comparing wmas to mp3s, looks like mp3s take up less than 50% of the space of wma's h*tp://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Plus/Digital_Media.htmAlister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 i'd interpret it as you can fit that many more cds on your system with wma's. but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alister Posted October 31, 2001 Author Share Posted October 31, 2001 I guess that it could be interpreted that way also, but looking at the stack of discs (which look like CDR's) the mp3 stack is smaller. I reality if you rip a CD in mp3 format and wma format using the same rate (128, 160, 192, etc...) for both the file size are generally the same with the wma being just a little bigger. But MS claims that the file sizes are smaller, they are only smaller is you use a lower rate for the wma than the mp3. MS claims that wmas sound better at lower rates than mp3, so you can use a lower rate wma and have smaller files.Alister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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