How many minutes can an audio CD hold?

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Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7 in) and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 MiB of data.

How many minutes is 800mb CD?

90 minutes
These discs really do hold 800 MB or 90 minutes of audio.

How many minutes is 700 MB CD?

80min
In most cases a 700MB CD-R will accommodate up to 80min of audio. 74 minutes is the original Red Book spec (corresponding to 650MB CD-Rs). Commercial CDs have been exceeding that for a long time (in a few exceptional cases slightly over 80min).

How do I make an audio CD more than 80 minutes?

Absolutely crucial: to burn a music CD with more than 80 minutes, one should choose a burn speed that is as low as possible. An audio CD with just under 92 minutes is shown in the time bar. Creating audio CDs gets critical with more than 90 minutes of content. Very few burners can handle this, as our test has shown.

How many songs you can burn on a CD?

Assuming you have an average lossy, digital music library that contains songs with a typical playing time of three to five minutes, expect to store between 100 and 150 songs per music CD.

Why are CDs 70 minutes?

But there’s a twist to this story. The real limit for CDs started at 72 minutes, not 74 minutes, since this was the maximum length of the U-Matic videotapes which were used for audio masters. And that Furtwängler recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No.

How many songs can a 700MB CD hold on MP3 format?

Based on the above made up file sizes, a 700MB CD can hold: a. Roughly 280 5-minute songs @ 64bps.

Do CDs wear out?

In short, no. Optical media like CDs and DVDs does not wear out from repeated use. It can degrade or become damaged, however. CDs and DVDs can degrade over time because their recording layers are made with a dye that is extremely photosensitive; it deteriorates when exposed to UV rays over time.