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Tell a friend| Tutorials: Harddisk usage of recorded audio files | Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
This chart displays the disk usage of recorded audio files of different recording durations and recording formats or bitrates. Values in green are smaller than the capacity of a DVD-R (4.38 GB). The common bitrate to store music is 128 kbit/s (kilobits per second or thousand bits per second).
Chart: Harddisk usage
| Duration / Bitrate / Harddisk Usage | WAV 44100 Hz, stereo | MP3 / WMA / OGG / MP2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1410 kbit/s | 256 kbit/s | 128 kbit/s | 64 kbit/s | 32 kbit/s | 28 kbit/s | 24 kbit/s | 16 kbit/s | |
| 1 min | 10.1 MB | 1.8 MB | 0.9 MB | 0.5 MB | 0.2 MB | 0.2 MB | 0.2 MB | 0.1 MB |
| 5 mins | 50.4 MB | 9.2 MB | 4.6 MB | 2.3 MB | 1.1 MB | 1.0 MB | 0.9 MB | 0.6 MB |
| 10 mins | 100.9 MB | 18.3 MB | 9.2 MB | 4.6 MB | 2.3 MB | 2.0 MB | 1.7 MB | 1.1 MB |
| 30 mins | 302.6 MB | 54.9 MB | 27.5 MB | 13.7 MB | 6.9 MB | 6.0 MB | 5.1 MB | 3.4 MB |
| 1 hour | 605.1 MB | 109.9 MB | 54.9 MB | 27.5 MB | 13.7 MB | 12.0 MB | 10.3 MB | 6.9 MB |
| 6 hours | 3.5 GB | 659.2 MB | 329.6 MB | 164.8 MB | 82.4 MB | 72.1 MB | 61.8 MB | 41.2 MB |
| 12 hours | 7.1 GB | 1.3 GB | 659.2 MB | 329.6 MB | 164.8 MB | 144.2 MB | 123.6 MB | 82.4 MB |
| 18 hours | 10.6 GB | 1.9 GB | 1.0 GB | 494.4 MB | 247.2 MB | 216.3 MB | 185.4 MB | 123.6 MB |
| 1 day | 14.2 GB | 2.6 GB | 1.3 GB | 659.2 MB | 329.6 MB | 288.4 MB | 247.2 MB | 164.8 MB |
| 2 days | 28.4 GB | 5.1 GB | 2.6 GB | 1.3 GB | 659.2 MB | 576.8 MB | 494.4 MB | 329.6 MB |
| 3 days | 42.5 GB | 7.7 GB | 3.9 GB | 1.9 GB | 1.0 GB | 865.2 MB | 741.6 MB | 494.4 MB |
| 1 week | 99.3 GB | 18.0 GB | 9.0 GB | 4.5 GB | 2.3 GB | 2.0 GB | 1.7 GB | 1.1 GB |
| 2 weeks | 198.6 GB | 36.0 GB | 18.0 GB | 9.0 GB | 4.5 GB | 3.9 GB | 3.4 GB | 2.3 GB |
| 3 weeks | 297.8 GB | 54.1 GB | 27.0 GB | 13.5 GB | 6.8 GB | 5.9 GB | 5.1 GB | 3.4 GB |
| 1 month | 425.5 GB | 77.2 GB | 38.6 GB | 19.3 GB | 9.7 GB | 8.4 GB | 7.2 GB | 4.8 GB |
| 6 weeks | 595.7 GB | 108.1 GB | 54.1 GB | 27.0 GB | 13.5 GB | 11.8 GB | 10.1 GB | 6.8 GB |
| 2 months | 850.9 GB | 154.5 GB | 77.2 GB | 38.6 GB | 19.3 GB | 16.9 GB | 14.5 GB | 9.7 GB |
| 3 months | 1,276.4 GB | 231.7 GB | 115.9 GB | 57.9 GB | 29.0 GB | 25.3 GB | 21.7 GB | 14.5 GB |
| 4 months | 1,701.9 GB | 309.0 GB | 154.5 GB | 77.2 GB | 38.6 GB | 33.8 GB | 29.0 GB | 19.3 GB |
| 5 months | 2,127.3 GB | 386.2 GB | 193.1 GB | 96.6 GB | 48.3 GB | 42.2 GB | 36.2 GB | 24.1 GB |
| 6 months | 2,552.8 GB | 463.5 GB | 231.7 GB | 115.9 GB | 57.9 GB | 50.7 GB | 43.5 GB | 29.0 GB |
| 7 months | 2,978.3 GB | 540.7 GB | 270.4 GB | 135.2 GB | 67.6 GB | 59.1 GB | 50.7 GB | 33.8 GB |
| 8 months | 3,403.7 GB | 618.0 GB | 309.0 GB | 154.5 GB | 77.2 GB | 67.6 GB | 57.9 GB | 38.6 GB |
| 9 months | 3,829.2 GB | 695.2 GB | 347.6 GB | 173.8 GB | 86.9 GB | 76.0 GB | 65.2 GB | 43.5 GB |
| 1 year | 5,176.5 GB | 939.8 GB | 469.9 GB | 235.0 GB | 117.5 GB | 102.8 GB | 88.1 GB | 58.7 GB |
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