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?
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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.
1021909
Hmm ... well, SanDisk says it "supports" up to 32GB, but "recommends" that you limit card size to 8GB for playback of MP3 and WMA files ... probably to ensure you don't get any drop-outs or glitches during playback. The "recommendation" for playback of these kinds of files on the Clip+ is 16GB. [Update: I got a 16GB card for my Clip Sport, and loaded about 7GB of MP3's onto it. So far, I've had no trouble with either menus or playback.]
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Let's say the average song in MP3 format is 4 MB (this varies based on the length and quality of the song), then No. of sings that can be stored on a 8GB device is 8,192/4 = 2,048 songs. 8,192 is the number of MB (megabytes) in 1GB (gigabyte). So, a 8GB device can hold about 2,000 songs. MP4 (video) files can be much larger.
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on a USB flash drive, it depends how many KB. MB and gigs it is. KB is kila bytes I believe, MB is Mega bytes and of course 1 gig is equal to 1000 megs. If this helps you then I have answered you question perfectly. Any further questions please ask.
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in the specifications, it says it can support USB and SD Card (Up to 32 GB size). I don't know if that is a total for both connected at once or 32 GB for USB and 32 GB for SD card. I assume its the latter but i use smaller capacity cards like 4 GB and 8 GB that way because there is no scroll list and i can find individual music folders easier on smaller capacity cards. There is a model that costs about 10 dollars more that has a scroll list which would be easier to find folders on larger capacity cards and drives. I have been using this music everyday in my car for nearly a year and love it to death!!
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You are absolutely right David. I create my playlists on Windows Media Player 11 and zip,it's on the player. To delete a song or add, it's the same thing...hook it up and do what you want-thru WMP. This is our 2nd SanDisk. The other one is the black 2MG. Only problem we had with that one was every time we plugged in the USB XP said the deivce wasn't recognized. SanDisk was great! After walking me thru some instructions to no avail, SanDisk said we'll supply the shipping label and costs and will replace immediately. They did. Now, no problems. I think the service at SanDisk is top-notch.
751002
I have a 4 gig card in mine which isn't even half full. We took a trip of over 20 hours and didn't hear the same song twice. However, it doesn't handle subfiles well so we tend to just let it play. For the money, it's a good value.
594655
Hi there. I have 32 gb flash drive and am able to get into subfolders without any problem. Also tried with phone storage with in 64gb and not issues. Able to play any song from the root and sub folders as well.
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One, but the unit can handle up to 2000 .MP3/.WMA files on a USB flash drive. Artist, song, and album information is displayed for .MP3/.WMA files. This information is NOT displayed for CDs.
2261377
I'm running a 64 GB in mine. It's a SanDisk Mobile Ultra MicroSDXC Class 10 card, formatted to FAT 32, and partitioned by taking off 300 MB only. I'd be glad to give specifics if requested (quite easy). Oh, I installed Rockbox, too--essential--makes it a whole new level of player. (Installing needs a 32 bit computer or simulation program for the Sansa, also simple.
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I too thought 5 GB was not very much. However, I've got about 30 books, 10 magazines, 50 pictures, 100 songs (all high quality MP3) and have TONS of room left. Plus you can add a 32 GB micro SD card, so don't worry too much about memory use. The 3 extra GB memory is for future updates.
625050
Does it record MP3 as it's playing? No. Great device though. With a 16 gig flash drive, you have a ton of music at your disposal and you don't have to worry about CD skipping or going bad. Great bass too.
257893
I bought the 2 GB Creative Zen and have yet to fill it up or even buy the SD card yet. I use mine primarily for books and generally delete a book when I finish, but often have a couple of books on it. I also have music on it as well--maybe 30 songs.There is a benefit to having a non-integrated card and that is that the contents are not all mixed in. If you want to put something new on the card, it is very easy to find.
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I have the 2 GB one. It holds about 500 songs. It's very basic and that's what I wanted. At least it doesn't shut off like my Sansa did.
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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
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It will hold 4gb of songs, which is about 4000mb, so it will hold 500 8 mb songs, or 1000 4mb songs. I have never had an issue with space.
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Actually there is a limit. From page 63 of the user's manual "This unit can recognize a total of 9999 (a maximum of 999 files per folder)." Although my entire mp3 collection tops out at around 7500 folders & around 375gb. Appreciate the response though. I'm upset they couldn't have done something about the file limit on last year's models, as it was the same for 3 model years.