[X4U] iTunes: How to know if a playlist fits on a CD

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Apr 29, 2005, at 11:52 AM, DZ-Jay wrote:

>     I am using iTunes 4, and have all my songs imported as Apple  
> Lossless Encoder (ALE) files.  I want to burn a few playlists to  
> CDs (as Audio CDs), and I would like to know how to tell if a  
> playlist fits on a CD.  iTunes gives me the size of the playlist,  
> of course, but since I'm using ALE, which is roughly half the size  
> of an AIFF file, a 700 MB CD might will not fit 700 MB of ALE files  
> (as I assume that the ALE files will be decompressed prior to  
> burning, no?).

Yes, it'll be converted to an audio file.
>
>     Right now, I go roughly by the playtime (if it says 1.1 hr. or  
> less, I assume it'll fit), and I could compute twice the size of  
> the playlist as an approximation of its size in AIFF, but is there  
> a more accurate way?

I think your guess is a good way - check the time, look to make sure  
that it's less than about 73 minutes (74 might be too close, with  
gaps between tracks). Click where it says 1.1 hours to change the  
display to hours and minutes.


Kirk

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