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obiwopkenobi62 · 08-19-2009, 01:23 AM

Hi all,
I have a question in regards to ripping my CD's onto my PS3. I've done a few so far in MP3 format(so far so good). My question is approx how many CD's do you think I can put on it with a 500Gb HDD? I would love to do all my CD's and then box em up for storage.
Thanks in advance fo any info.

bike_seat · 08-19-2009, 01:33 AM

500 gigs of mostly music?

tens of thousands of songs

SoCalTiger · 08-19-2009, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

Hi all,
I have a question in regards to ripping my CD's onto my PS3. I've done a few so far in MP3 format(so far so good). My question is approx how many CD's do you think I can put on it with a 500Gb HDD? I would love to do all my CD's and then box em up for storage.
Thanks in advance fo any info.

Here's how you do the math (more or less):

Size of HDD / Average Size of Song = # of Songs

Example:

500GB HDD / 3MB Song = 166,667 Songs

Of course you have to factor in how they are calculating GB (10-base versus binary) and also system disk space allocation but either way you are looking at easily 100k songs assuming you are storing nothing else. If you assume CDs have around 10 songs that is still 10k CDs.

obiwopkenobi62 · 08-19-2009, 01:54 AM

Thanks guys. I figure right now I have almost 400Gb available. I probably won't do all my CD's. I'll probably do about 3-400 CD's at most of our favorite stuff. So going by what you guys are telling me, I think I'm gonna have plenty of space left for the gaming.
Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.

SoCalTiger · 08-19-2009, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

Thanks guys. I figure right now I have almost 400Gb available. I probably won't do all my CD's. I'll probably do about 3-400 CD's at most of our favorite stuff. So going by what you guys are telling me, I think I'm gonna have plenty of space left for the gaming.
Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.

Yeah for only 300-400 CDs you will have a ton of space left over.

mtbkr · 08-19-2009, 03:37 AM

looking at your gallery, you have a mac mini and i assume that you use itunes for you music and i am also assuming that you have a internet router. instead of using up hard drive space on your ps3 for music. you can download a program onto the mac that streams all your music, pictures, videos, ect. i have a ps3 and a imac and i like it...here is the link if you are interested
http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

indignant · 08-19-2009, 02:20 PM

I've been using the PS3 Media server for over 6 months. Works great.
Really happy it converts flac files to wav on the fly. Really wish Sony would support Flac. I would probably put a 500gb drive in my PS3.

08-19-2009, 01:23 AM	#1
obiwopkenobi62 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Deatsville, Al Home Theater Gallery:531 Blu-ray collection:1143 DVD collection:62 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:6	PS3 for storing music question. Hi all, I have a question in regards to ripping my CD's onto my PS3. I've done a few so far in MP3 format(so far so good). My question is approx how many CD's do you think I can put on it with a 500Gb HDD? I would love to do all my CD's and then box em up for storage. Thanks in advance fo any info.

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08-19-2009, 01:33 AM	#2
bike_seat Banned Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Macau	500 gigs of mostly music? tens of thousands of songs

08-19-2009, 01:54 AM	#4
obiwopkenobi62 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Deatsville, Al Home Theater Gallery:531 Blu-ray collection:1143 DVD collection:62 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:6	Thanks guys. I figure right now I have almost 400Gb available. I probably won't do all my CD's. I'll probably do about 3-400 CD's at most of our favorite stuff. So going by what you guys are telling me, I think I'm gonna have plenty of space left for the gaming. Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.

08-19-2009, 03:37 AM	#6
mtbkr Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:washington(state) Blu-ray collection:65	looking at your gallery, you have a mac mini and i assume that you use itunes for you music and i am also assuming that you have a internet router. instead of using up hard drive space on your ps3 for music. you can download a program onto the mac that streams all your music, pictures, videos, ect. i have a ps3 and a imac and i like it...here is the link if you are interested http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

08-19-2009, 02:20 PM	#7
indignant Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Oklahoma City Blu-ray collection:137 Trading Score:1	I've been using the PS3 Media server for over 6 months. Works great. Really happy it converts flac files to wav on the fly. Really wish Sony would support Flac. I would probably put a 500gb drive in my PS3.

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