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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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mp4 players?

Does any own or know a decent amount of info on a mp4 player. I use MusicMatch Jukebox on my compoter, and have about 850 cd's ripped on to it. The problem is it is starting to take up a lot of space (around 40 Gbs). I have heard that the mp4 players reduce stoage by more than 80% of an mp3. That would be very cool to get it into smaller files so i can get several thousand on it.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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sounds cool, but i have never heard of the mp "4" format. it must be new.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by wlihntr
sounds cool, but i have never heard of the mp "4" format. it must be new.
It is pretty new i guess, it is mostly made for video. With an mp4 player you can store 5 full length movies on a player that wiln your shirt pocket.
But i don't want to use it for video i want it for music. Hopefully something for the audio end of it will come soon or the equivilence just for audio.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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You're not going to find anything that will compress and mp3 80% and end up with something that doesn't sound like trash. You could probably buy another hard drive for a quarter of what you'll pay for an mp4 player.

You should read up on what mp4 is, as well: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723
 
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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buy a external hard drive just for your music
 
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 02:05 AM
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I thought Mp4 or Mpeg4 was just video. Hard to believe you could compress an Mp3 any more then it is unless you take it down to a lower quality like 8000 htz. mono.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 02:28 AM
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Buy a DVD-RW and an Apex DVD player; problem solved.

DVD-RW drive - 70.00
Apex mp3 compatible DVD player - 30.00
25 blank DVD-R's - 10.00
endless music enjoyment - priceless
 
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