Well I was reading the what are you listening to thread (http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=1521) And wanted to know how many or what is the size of your mp3 collection?
I tallied mine after a recent setback, I had to format a hard drive, and started my collection again, with the help of some friends.
And mine come to...
41.5 GB
12,224 Songs
5.16 GB, 1139 files.. but that count includes a couple of non-music files. (the winamp playlists stored in that directory)
I usually just put them on a disc and delete them off the computer. So far I have 4 discs containing 200-215 songs each.
Spend most of my time in the car, so yeah.
When I saw this thread, I thought it was going to be "how many cars do you have?".. to which I'd have replied something like "Tom wins". :p
Ya I understand being in the car but untill I can fingd a indash DVD player at a reasonable price I will keep them on the computer.
I only needed a music mp3 player so I have a Panasonic mp3/CD player in the car which wasn't that much. No DVD needed.
6,177 MP3 files, somewhere at 21 Gigabytes......hard disk formated, replaced, moved, but these files survived and today they lives at \\NAVIGATOR\MusicServer\.....
Ya thats kinda what I meant put all the mp3's on dvds and then an indash dvd mp3 player.
well i'll have to go see how meny i have but a good guess would be about 365 gigs of music.. but!! it's all on dvd's ;) i'm not a big fan of Mp3's
to much audio compression for me.. i hate the wavy sounds that come out of a ripped/remixed Mp3 :yuck:
DVD players are quite cheap these days if you look hard enough ;)
i'm useing in my cougar a PANASONIC CX-DVP292U DVD player in the dash conected to a PANASONIC CY-AC300 in dash Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 decoder..
http://cgi.ebay.com/PANASONIC-CX-DVP292U-MOBILE-DVD-CD-MP3-PORTABLE-PLAYER_W0QQitemZ5795601718QQcategoryZ79835QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/PANASONIC-CY-AC300-CAR-SURROUND-SOUND-DECODER_W0QQitemZ5795512112QQcategoryZ14931QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Well what I have right now is a Pioneer DEH-P9300. So I am preaty much spoiled with all the dodads and gizmoes that it has.
(http://www.lasertechstore.com/deh-p9300.jpg)
So I am looking for something comparable.
If your Pioneer is generally as new as mine is, (I just got the $150 model.. cheapest one that would play MP3 CDs) you should be able to set up an IPbus connection to an Ipod or something like that. I think Pioneer sells adapters. Why look for a DVD-R*M MP3 player and get a whole new system if you like what you have?
I don't know, I'm just shootin' wild here. Don't know what exactly you're looking for. Seems like you're looking to use DVD recordables for MP3 storage.
I had a cassette stereo and the cassette player is not working, i bought that at 5 dollars used.....hey, is Pioneer....i guess....
I cant use a cd player in the cougar. i installed one but i have to quit because the shocks are soooo Hard and the stereo is skipping and skipping and skipping.....
I am looing for a new one because it is about 3-4 years old and the cd player loading mechanism is broke. $700 down the drain on that one.
I could talk the guy I bought it from into buy in the parts to fix from pioneer. But I still need some thing to play mp3s.
Yes, I burn my mp3s to dvd and take them to work and listen to them on my computer.
Well hell, you can pick up a $150 Pioneer and whatever the Ipods cost plus an adapter and hold like 20 gigs of music or whatever. I don't think I have yet seen any car stereos that use DVD-recordables for MP3 play.. but I don't know. I would guess that something like that is currently way out of my price range, but not impossible to make.
I wouldn't mind it if I found a Pioneer CD changer that also read MP3s. Just whip up a couple more CDs and throw everything into it and never bother with it again.
This is what my buddy has it runs right around $600 which is way the hell to much for me to spend on car audio now. And its not a Pionner.
A litlle info:
» DVD/CD receiver with built-in amplifer (20 watts RMS/50 peak x 4 channels)
» 3" TFT LCD monitor built into the motorized, fold-down faceplate
» on-screen display of JPEG images
» plays DVDs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, Video CDs, and MP3/WMA discs
» Giga MP3 capability — will play up to 100 hours of MP3/WMA files burned onto a single recordable DVD
» system control via front-panel control keys and menu system
» 7-band iEQ
» SIRIUS Satellite Radio-ready (you can add satellite radio for under $100, plus subscription)
» CD changer controls
» audio/video input (can be switched between audio/video and backup camera modes)
» audio/video output
» dual-zone mode
» 5-volt front, rear, and subwoofer preamp outputs
» wireless remote
» DVD frequency response: 16-22,000 Hz
» DVD signal-to-noise ratio: 95 dB
» FM sensitivity: 11.3 dBf
» warranty: 1 year
or you could get a carputer like all of the cool kids.
I had thought about that but I'm not sure on how to mount my 17" moniter in the dash. :hick: :crazy:
I have 16 gigs (around 5000) on my laptop, and I got just over 1000 songs on the Mac Mini in the car for now.
It says it's about 3.5 days of music.. hmm driving solid for 3.5 days and not have a song repeat.. road trip!
my car still has a cassette player
two of my cars only have tape decks,... One of them only has the stock speakers and head. And only the front right speaker works. it! I just pulled that door off. nevermind.
~1300 songs.. ~4 gig. some of it isn't the best but more are 192K or better. *most* of it leagal too.
A little over 3200 songs, just over 18GB, 97% legal (some odds & ends songs you just cannot find other than file sharing). Most songs at 192kbps. And those are just the songs I want...if I were to rip my entire library it would be more like 40GB or better. And I am still 100% Metallica free baby!! Screw Lars. :)
I can't say I am metallica free, but I did own the tapes at one time, so, per the RIAA's argument I have purchased the license in the past, cause you don't actually purchase a physical medium for the music, but the rights to listen to copyrighted material. Thus me having owned the tapes, it is legal for me to download the .mp3's.
that and i did just to steal some metallica.
Most of mine is imported ripped from my cds or techno made by friends.
At work, I have 1250 files at 4.66gig. I don't listen to mp3's at home. And in case you're all thinking I messing with your cd's :rolleyes: most of those were ripped from an actual cd I bought.