CD capacity

[Guest]

Hi,
How is that on a CD (700 MB) one can store the same amount of data however
can only store 80 minutes of audio?

Also, if video was the source, how much would the max video capacity could be?

 

[Mike Williams]

Hi,
How is that on a CD (700 MB) one can store the same amount of data however
can only store 80 minutes of audio?

Also, if video was the source, how much would the max video capacity could be?

As an audio CD, you are writing to 25 year old specification "Red Book"
that dictates what can be written (and therefore read by CD players of
that vintage). That's up to 80 minutes of audio.

Written as a data CD, it stores up to 700MB regardless of what the
content is: audio, video, spreadsheets or pictures of kittens.

 

[Sammie]

Write MP3 or other audio formats and you'll have enough music to drive back
and forth across you state a few times and not listen to the same song.

Car makers have been slow to catch up. CD format is around, but out of
date.