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Open Source and Free Software

bemildred

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2. PS: RAM and disc space are different.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:32 AM

Jan 2012

RAM is generally some small fraction of disc storage.

Think of it this way, A CD holds 6 or 7 hundred thousand bytes, say .7G, so 3 CDs worth of sound will fill up your 2 Gig of RAM, so that's 2 or 3 hours.

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Anyone familiar with the audio editor/recorder application Audacity? [View all] Syrinx Jan 2012 OP

You probably need to get the lame MP3 codec and set MP3 to be the record format. bemildred Jan 2012 #1

PS: RAM and disc space are different. bemildred Jan 2012 #2

Yeah, I know Syrinx Jan 2012 #3

Programmers do make mistakes. bemildred Jan 2012 #4

I recently switched to streamripper Confusious Jan 2012 #5

Cool, I'm going to check that out. nt bemildred Jan 2012 #6

PS: thinking about it, Audacity provides very powerful editing. bemildred Jan 2012 #7