 "How to Increase Your MP3 Player Capacity")
Today, flash memory based MP3 players are available for a decent bargain, but this stands true only for the small 512MB or 1GB models. In this guide, we’ll offer you a solution to your size problems by squeezing more music into your tiny MP3 player than ever before.
The concept is simple. But first, a little background info.
Downloaded MP3 files come in a variety of bitrates such as 128, 160, 192, etc. The 128 kilobit MP3s are generally referred to as near-CD quality and file sizes are usually 1 minute per MB, while the 192 kilobit MP3s are as good as CD-quality, but file sizes are around 40% more, so a 3-minute song would be over 4MB. All this just sounds like a couple of MBs when you speak in singular terms, but if you put in a mix of 128, 160 and 192 kilobit MP3s in your MP3 player, you could be wasting at least 20 to 30% of storage space on average. Take a look at the graph below to get a visual clue.
