ALT.SF4M

  SF4M Music CD?

   • Glen
     12/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

     I remember all the different favorite music of forumites

     through the different generations. Since it's so easy

     now to record music in MP3 format, do you think we all

     can put together some official SF4M music CD? Either

     make a single CD or maybe one of the past & present

     favorites?

     --Glen

       • p*******x@****.com
         13/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

         One day in Teletubbyland, Glen said:

         >the SF4M have a functional server for this use? If this idea does

         >come about, should we limit the number of songs to around 8-12?

         How much can you fit on a CD? I know that CDs and minidiscs hold

         about 74 minutes of audio music, but I'm clueless as to how many

         MP3s they hold.

         And would these be SF-related songs or just songs?

         --

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            • Rob Wynne
              13/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

              Dave Weingart

              wrote:

              :>One day in Teletubbyland, Glen said:

              :>>the SF4M have a functional server for this use? If this idea
              does

              :>>come about, should we limit the number of songs to around
              8-12?

              :>How much can you fit on a CD? I know that CDs and minidiscs
              hold

              :>about 74 minutes of audio music, but I'm clueless as to how
              many

              :>MP3s they hold.

              Well, Redbook CD Audio tracks are typically uncompressed .WAV
              files,

              and an mp3 file will usually be compressed between 5:1 and
              10:1,

              depending on the options you set on your mp3 encoder. So,
              generally,

              you can get between 5 and 10 times the amount of music on the
              CD,

              if you put them on as mp3 files.

              The negative, of course, is that you can only listen to said CD

              on your computer -- a disk with 100 odd mp3 files on it won't

              play in your boombox or car cd player. :)

              :>And would these be SF-related songs or just songs?

              Being just a lurker in foriegn newsgroups, I'll leave this

              to your folks to debate. *grin*

              Rob

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       • p*******x@****.com
         12/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

         One day in Teletubbyland, Glen said:

         >I remember all the different favorite music of forumites

         >through the different generations. Since it's so easy

         >now to record music in MP3 format, do you think we all

         >can put together some official SF4M music CD? Either

         >make a single CD or maybe one of the past & present

         >favorites?

         We could, but how could you pick? I know that my favorite songs

         tend to change over time. I rarely listen now to what I listened

         to in college (although WBAB is still playing it, which is kind of

         sad).

         --

         73 de Dave Weingart KA2ESK If you can read this,

         mailto:p*******x@****.com Y2K was over-hyped.

         http://www.liii.com/~phydeaux

         ICQ 57055207

       • Stargazer
         14/03/2000 00:00:000 UTC

         > I remember all the different favorite music of forumites

         > through the different generations. Since it's so easy

         > now to record music in MP3 format, do you think we all

         > can put together some official SF4M music CD? Either

         > make a single CD or maybe one of the past & present

         > favorites?

         That's been on my to do list for some time now. The Official Forum

         soundtrack from the mid-to-late '80s already exists. All we need do
         is

         track down halfway decent copies of these (I think Stefan got his
         old

         turntable connected to his computer to transfer "Sounds from True
         Stories"

         onto CD).

         --Doc