How many songs does a 2 MG flash card hold vs. 4 MG? anyone know how many mp3/song files a 1 MB, and 2 MB, and 4 MB flash cards holds for comparison?
775603
MP3 audio at a decent bit rate is about 1 MB per minute. A typical pop song takes about 3 or 4 MB. If this is the case for your music collection, 1 GB will hold approximately 250 songs.
980671
First you have to ensure that your '2g touchscreen MP4 player' actually accepts regular SD/SDHC card, and not just mini-SD or micro-SD. If your player was bought more than two years ago, there is a good chance that it can accept 1GB SD, but not 2GB SD. Check your product manual to make sure. As long as it says 'SDHC' in the manual, then it can accept any capacity up to 32GB.
2035679
I don't think it matters. This is a consumer product with very little write speed requirements - not like a camera, you load the songs once and then mostly read the mp3 files. The songs are loaded from a PC that can be very patient while the files are written to the flash memory card. I would go with the least expensive - and I have done that in the past.
2283588
After reading this question, I decided I wanted to know the answer also. I've only been using generic 1 and 2GB micro SD cards without problems. So I grabbed my DSLR and took out the Sandisk Ultra 32GB Class 10 micro SD card inside. I downloaded a bunch of music folders from my PC and copied them to the card. I put the card into the SimplyVibe Portable Speaker and it immediately started playing my music.
409013
Music files and photo files can take up lots of memory. How much memory depends of the size of files you want to record there. I have a quality camera, and my photo files often run a little over 10 meg. I could store around 750 of those on an 8 gig thumb drive. (8 GB = 8000 MB)
2086329
I would say several thousands. I have over 25 music albums on the flash drive and it is still not 1/3 full.
724850
The manufacturer recommends Class 4, no larger than 32 gb (16gb recommended; I think it has something to do with using more battery at 32gb). Using a 32 gb card I have over 3 days of music and have used less than 1/2 og memory.
257889
A 2G card is pretty cheap, so maybe, but I only paid $80 for my 4G Zen from Amazon. Realize that the files on the card are not integrated into the music menu, they're separate, on a separate menu. Although I have not tried an SD card yet personally, I have read that you can't navigate away from that menu without stopping the music.
2035678
Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the 64GB size. Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the... » Read More Speed doesn't matter for MP3 files, they are very low bandwidth. Think about it - memory cards are measured in Megabytes per second, MP3 files are measured in Kilobytes per second. So even a slow 1MB card is more than 3x fast enough for a very high quality 320Kbps MP3 file. That said, I only use the biggest available, which is 64GB - the only card I use is the "SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter" - conveniently made by the same company that makes the player. I don't care about the other features, but I do care about the 64GB size. « Show Less
2248023
If you look at the device your question is being asked about you will see that it states that it is a 4 GB drive. If you want to have the effective capacity of an 8 GB drive in number of songs then simply reduce the bitrate by half and reconvert your songs. For example if the bitrate for your MP3 songs are all at 320 kbps then simply re-convert using a bitrate of 156 kbps or the closest allowable number. You should not be able to hear much if any difference between the two bitrates.
1704877
This specific one is 32GB although there is both a 16GB and 64GB version. I own the 32GB version and have a 16GB microSD card. I have all the apps I ever need on there, about 20GB of music, a handful of movies with about 3GB left. If you need more space, just get a 32GB microSD card.
406004
I AM SHOCKED! No one has mentioned WMA format.The player's limit is 320kpbs with any format, and 64kbps on WMA is around the same quality as 320k on MP3, especially using earphones. I have converted 320k mp3 files into 64k wma files without noticing a difference. It's a shame if you put MP3s into this player.
1864862
I have a 32 GB flash drive plugged into mine & I control everything from the unit itself. It just has to be set on source "USB". I've also had a 64 GB flash drive in it with NO problem. I've been using it like that for over 2 years. I've never tried it with an mp3 player as I can get everything I need from the flash drive!!!
930888
thanks. i download pretty frequently so 2GB is probably fine. i'm a bit of a novice, what is the fastest card? or how do i determine a "fast card"?
1270121
I'm not an expert at this but I do not have any problem storing my MP3 files so they can be played in my Onkyo Audio & Video Receiver. So far, no songs have been skipped when it was played. When I did copy and paste those files into the flash drive, it's pretty fast. I don't know if this is the answer you are looking for. I like the flash drive - good enough for my use.
1887465
This says 8 GB but the version I have is 16 GB. That said it mainly depends on the format your music files are stored in: mp3, mp4, m4v, wav or ogg. There might be others. "Lossless" codecs (technical name for storage type) including wav, ogg & apple's secure drm (digital rights management- ie copyright protected) tend to be larger files. A standard 3 minute radio-friendly rock song in mp3 is going to be about 5 mb, 20 a hundred, 200 a gig- so, you do the math- roughly 1600 songs for the 8 GB version, double that for the 16. Of course Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is going to be larger- just an average, depending on your library. This says 8 GB but the version I have is 16 GB. That said it mainly depends on the format your music files are stored in: mp3, mp4, m4v, wav or ogg. There might be others. "Lossless" codecs (technical name for storage type) including wav, ogg & apple's secure drm (digital rights management- ie copyright protected) tend to be larger files. A standard 3 minute radio-friendly rock song in mp3 is going to be about 5 mb, 20 a hundred, 200 a gig- so, you do the math- roughly 1600 songs for the 8 GB version, double that for the 16. Of course Iron Butterfly's... » Read More This says 8 GB but the version I have is 16 GB. That said it mainly depends on the format your music files are stored in: mp3, mp4, m4v, wav or ogg. There might be others. "Lossless" codecs (technical name for storage type) including wav, ogg & apple's secure drm (digital rights management- ie copyright protected) tend to be larger files. A standard 3 minute radio-friendly rock song in mp3 is going to be about 5 mb, 20 a hundred, 200 a gig- so, you do the math- roughly 1600 songs for the 8 GB version, double that for the 16. Of course Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is going to be larger- just an average, depending on your library. « Show Less
2010162
The short (and smart-ass) answer is a lot. However, doing a quick calculation of the average number of MB for each song and the fact that the Shuffle has a 2GB capacity, I figure about 275 songs.