Raimund,
Thanks again, the MP3 option sounds good. I had not realised there was a
limit to the size of a WAV file.
Graham
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> To:
> Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Alternatives to Minidiscs - or bats
> again
>
>
> Graham,
>
> as Marty already explained, even a 20 GB disk has a huge capacity. The
> recording time of 2000 minutes (at 44.1 kHz, stereo) would
> further increase if you
> used only one channel and a sample rate of only 22 kHz. Then you would ge=
t
> 8000 minutes (133 hours). However, you should note that a single
> .WAV file can
> hold only 2 GB of data.
>
> As discussed earlier, it would also be justified to use the
> compressed .MP3
> format for recording bat detector output signals. That would
> further increase
> the recording time. For instance, a moderate 5:1 compression (at 64kbps)
> would provide 660 hours (4 weeks!).
>
> Raimund
>
>
> > Raimund,
> >
> > Thanks, Have you any idea of how many hours of uncompressed WAV
> file, the
> > 20gb and 40gb models will hold - I don't seem able to find that
> on the web
> > site.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:
> > > Sent: 24 March 2004 16:18
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Alternatives to Minidiscs - or bats
> > > again
> > >
> > >
> > > Graham,
> > >
> > > The 'NOMAD Jukebox 3' by Creative Labs Inc. has a line in connector,
> > > FireWire interface and also offers uncompressed .wav file recording:
> > >
> > > http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox3
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Raimund
> > >
> > >
> > > > Some may remember the earlier thread on rcording bats, where my
> > > recording
> > > > problems looked as if they would be solved by the new Hi-MD
> recorders,
> > > > However, we need these (20 in all) in April/early May and it seems
> > that
> > > > the
> > > > release has been delayed until June.
> > > >
> > > > So rather annoyingingly, I am going to have to buy an alternative.
> > > >
> > > > Is any one aware of which MP3 juke box type devices have a line in,
> > and
> > > > will
> > > > record as wve files, the output from the bat detectors.
> > > >
> > > > Just so I can have this an option as I look at the alternatives.
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Graahm S
> > > >
> > > >
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