Why are my file sizes so big?

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mig

18-09-2004 10:32:04

when i import cds into itunes, they CD's come up at like 500+ MB for 12 songs, wtf... is there a compresor i should use?

Anonymous

18-09-2004 10:35:01

Looks like you're using Apple Lossless.

In iTunes;

Edit
Preferences
Importing

Change that to whatever quality you want. I'd recommend MP3 192 or above, or Apple Lossless (you'll only fit like 500 songs on your iPod).

zatch

18-09-2004 11:15:20

Your probably importing them in a format other than mp3...GOTO
edit -->prefernces-->importing and change to MP3

mig

18-09-2004 11:21:09

[quote04cf971eb5="zatch"]Your probably importing them in a format other than mp3...GOTO
edit -->prefernces-->importing and change to MP3[/quote04cf971eb5]


yup, it was in AAC format

Starfury

19-09-2004 02:29:44

Is the loseless encoding also an AAC file format?