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Last	multiple	1-Mar-2000	media/entertainment	Weezie	by votes	60	11	51.0%

If you use MP3s to listen to music, how many do you have?

Votes	Answer
26	I don't use MP3s to listen to music.
8	0 - 100
5	100 - 200
4	1000+
2	300 - 400
2	400 - 500
1	600 - 700
1	700 - 800
0	200 - 300
0	900 - 1000
0	I never heard of MP3s.

User	Comment
romkey	posted 2-Mar-2000 12:50am 2565 according to a quick check
ILJ	posted 2-Mar-2000 1:11am Wow, interesting ranges. I have like eight of them.
magbast	posted 2-Mar-2000 2:23am none now, i just restored my computer...couldn't back up a gig of mp3's
Maarten	posted 2-Mar-2000 4:11am 320
romkey	posted 2-Mar-2000 8:42am magbast - yeah I haven't really got mine backed up appropriately either
lion	posted 2-Mar-2000 1:13pm romkey, find . -name \*.mp3 -print \| wc -l on the cambridge machine yields: 3354.
supplicant	posted 2-Mar-2000 1:32pm g:\>dir .mp3 /s [...] Total files listed: 2,425 file(s) 7,300.03mb [...] g:\>d: d:\>cd\getright.mp3.com d:\getright.mp3.com>dir [...] 151 file(s) 586,064,344 bytes [...] d:\getright.mp3.com>c: c:\>dir .mp3 /s [...] 30 file(s) 49,678,673 bytes [...] c:\>h: h:\>dir *.mp3 /s [...] 42 file(s) 94,379,166 bytes (I really should use Linux more often, it has to be quicker than that ) Some of those are game sounds etc. (for instance Age Of Empires II uses mp3 for all its sound), most aren't. Then again it asked how many mp3's I have if I listen to music, not how many music mp3's I have if I listen to music, or how many music mp3's I have that I listen to, or how many music mp3's I have if I listen to music mp3's I deleted a couple hundred just the other day too... That was very excessive on the unnecessary boring detail
romkey	posted 3-Mar-2000 12:31am lion - I haven't synchronized them since I installed the bigger hard drives
Enheduanna	posted 4-Mar-2000 3:14pm I checked that I don't listen to MP3s, as I sit here on the NH kitchen computer listening to Natalie Merchant MP3s. But they're not mine, and there was no option for "I don't have any MP3s on my own machine, although whenever I visit Romkey I have the benefit of listening to any of his 2565/3354 MP3s."
anonymous	posted 4-Mar-2000 5:03pm I don't understand how to use MP3s.
romkey	posted 4-Mar-2000 6:51pm Quick MP3 Tutorial MP3 is short for "MPEG-3" which is a standard for encoding (representing) sound files on computers. MP3 files take up a lot less space than regular sound files - a regular CD quality audio file will take approximately 176,400 bytes to store a second of sound; a similar quality MP3 file will take about 16,384 bytes to store a second of sound. The compression that MP3 does is "lossy", which means it doesn't give you a perfect reproduction of the original, but with audio this doesn't matter very much. With sound files taking this little space, you can usually store a lot of them on your computer. The first problem is getting them there. The second is playing them back. In order to get MP3 files there, you can either download them off the net or you can generate your own from CD's by using a CDROM drive and a special piece of software called an encoder or "ripper". I use Xing Technology's Audio Catalyst under Windows, but there are lots of other options. Most MP3 encoders are commercial products or shareware that you'll have to pay a few dollars for. There are also encoders available for Macintosh, and plenty of free options for Linux. Playback is easier and cheaper - under Windows, the Windows Media Player supports MP3 playback. Winamp is a pretty good piece of software I usually use. Sonique is also pretty popular. The legal issues related to MP3's are mostly concern that because files are so small, they're easy to share, and record companies are worried that consumers will trade MP3's instead of buy CD's. For more info, check out MP3.com; they have a lot of good info regarding MP3's, lists of software supporting them, and a lot of sound files you can (legally) download.
anonymous	posted 5-Mar-2000 2:01am thank you, romkey.
supplicant	posted 6-Mar-2000 9:35am A lot of good sound files you can legally download too
milktree	posted 7-Mar-2000 11:47pm wow, I have like 7200. Way, way off this chart. Yes, it uses up lots of disk, I have an entire computer to play mp3's, and it has a radio transmitter so I can listen to it anywhere in my house, and a web interface, so I can pick songs from any computer in my house.
romkey	posted 8-Mar-2000 8:40am we're up to 3867 now
romkey	posted 8-Mar-2000 8:42am Ars Technica has an interesting article comparing MP3 encoders.

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