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> One note - the .cda files are almost five times the size of a typical mp3
> file, so you can only store about 100 minutes of audio on a 650 MB CD-ROM
> (as apposed to about 600 minutes of mp3 audio)
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA
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Reason being MP3 files use lossy compression algorithm and CD (.cda) files
are uncompressed. When converting, the [conversion]program attempts to
un-compress the mp3 leaving a LARGE file.