| MPEG3 (.mp3) Compressed |
PCM (.wav) Uncompressed |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitrate | 16 bit | 16 bit | 24 bit | ||||||
| 64 kbps | 96 kbps | 128 kbps | 160 kbps | 192 kbps | 256 kbps | 320 kbps | 44.1 kHz | 44.1 kHz | |
| 64 MB | 2h
15m |
1h
31m |
1h
8m |
54m |
46m |
34m |
27m |
6m |
4m |
| 128 MB | 4h
26m |
3h
19m |
2h
13m |
1h
46m |
1h
35m |
1h
6m |
53m |
12m |
8m |
| 256 MB | 8h
52m |
6h
39m |
4h
26m |
3h
32m |
3h
19m |
2h
13m |
1h
46m |
24m |
16m |
| 512 MB | 17h
20m |
11h
33m |
8h
40m |
6h
56m |
5h
46m |
4h
20m |
3h
28m |
47m |
31m |
| 1 GB | 35h
28m |
26h
36m |
17h
44m |
14h
11m |
13h
18m |
8h
52m |
7h
5m |
1h
36m |
1h
3m |
| 2 GB | 69h
18m |
46h
12m |
34h
39m |
27h
43m |
23h
6m |
17h
19m |
13h
51m |
3h
8m |
2h
5m |
Notes:
Compression is a function of bit rate, measured as kilobits per second (kbps). Lowering the bit rate increases the compression and diminishes the sound quality.
This is a ROUGH guide to recording times on various card sizes. Please bear in mind that these are approximate times for Stereo recording.
If in doubt check specific manufacturers information relating to recording times.
Doubling the memory sizes provides approximately twice the recording time.
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