On May 13, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote: > Originally I used MP3 at 128, since I had a 6GB HD. After bumping > that up to > 40GB, I changed to MP3 at 160, which was the standard Apple used to > approximate how many songs would fit on an iPod. Nope. Apple's calculations are based on a 4-minute song, encoded at 128 kbps. (The format doesn't matter.) Kirk Author of: iPod & iTunes Garage http://www.mcelhearn.com/ipod.html - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France