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Re: SD cards how much will they hold

Subject: Re: SD cards how much will they hold
From: "Mitch Hill" wa1ykn
Date: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:48 pm ((PDT))
Mark,

Hold on,  Think I may have miss read the manual, 380 minutes for .wav in a=

4GB, 68 hours is MP3...

Therefore 380 x 4 =3D 1520 minutes / 24 =3D 25.3 hrs...

Good thing I went back and checked...



At 05:20 PM 7/21/2010 -0400, you wrote:
>At 01:53 PM 7/21/2010 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi all, I have a 16 gig sd card inside a ZOOM H4N recorder using telinga=

> clip
> >ons. I am heading out for a 10 day trip to the Saguenay National Park on=
 the
> >North Shore of the St Lawrence River, Quebec this weekend. Here's my
> >question..
> >how much at 44.1/16bit wav. file, will the card hold? I am thinking abou=
t
> >perhaps purchasing another card before I leave. I hope to record as much=

> as i
> >can.
> >Thoughts appreciated for those of you who have experience being in the f=
ield
> >this long,
>
>Hi Mark,
>According to page 147 of the Zoom H4n manual, a 4GB card will hold 68 hour=
s
>of recording at 44.1Khz/16bit...   Multiply by 4 gives you 272 hours if th=
e
>manual is correct...
>
>One card should allow you to start recording when you leave home and still
>be recording when you get back...
>
>Never tried it myself, I have to come up for air long before then...
>
>--
>
>Thanks,
>Mitch & Shadow...
>
>http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html
>
>Shadow's area: http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Thanks,
Mitch & Shadow...

http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html

Shadow's area: http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html









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