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Subject: Re: (313) A reasonable compression rate?
Author: Guilherme Menegon Arantes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25th June 2005 3:13:12
On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 12:21:08PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: A reasonable compression rate?
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> The storage requirements for 1000 records at 24 bit 96 KHz would be =
> astronomical. IIRC, I mixed down a 6 minute track to 32 bit 96 KHz and it =
> was over 300MB! If you actually decide to encode an average of 2 =
> tracks/record that would require ~600GB. 1500 records and you're nearly at =
> a terrabyte (don't even worry about albums for now).=20
>
> Even if you're thinking that hard disk space is cheap these days, the =
> backup requirements are crazy. Plunking that on DVD's you've got an =
> organisational nightmare, and if you're thinking of using a NAS, a =
> terrabyte is bloody expensive.=20
Nice point Tristan. I agree with you that \emph{today} some of these
numbers sound obscene, but they will not in, say, 5 years time.
And if I am embarking in the mission to digitalise a lot of music, I
want to do it right from the first time.
> Personaly, I will never dispose the vinyl I like the most. But I want to
> digitalise because 1) I am living abroad now and will for some time,
> maybe changing location a couple of times. It is hard to carry around a
> lot of records, but much easier to carry, say, 40 DVD-Rs or 2x200GB HD
> (2x to get it mirrored, 200GB in 24/96 gives 100 hours of music, which
> then can be easily compressed...)
I hear ya! I still need to recover around 6-700 records from the states. I
haven't had them in almost three years and am really starting to miss them! But
it's become painfully clear that I won't be reuniting with all of them any time
soon. It's just way too expensive to ship that much vinyl across an ocean. If
only I could pay someone to digitise them all and send me the hard disks.
Err... what I really need is a digitiser/shipper/eBay broker. Once I get the
hard disks I'll decide what I *really* need to keep. You ship me that half and
the other half is your for keeps or eBay. Less than 50 are crap because I
already thinned it down to essentials. Any volunteers in Iowa City? ;) Kent,
you should have some free time when your youngest moves out. :)
Tristan
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