What can I do about the memory used for album artwork?

zhanti · 08-12-2007, 05:18 PM

Hello! I currently have 3,740 songs loaded on my Zune (and in my library). Out of the 3,740, appx. 35% have album artwork associated - and I do not have any photos or videos loaded...just music.

To my surprise, per my Zune, I now only have 9 GB available...which seems really low considering the library on the Zune should hold 7,500 songs.

I have deleted all of the content on my Zune and re-added it, thinking that maybe everything didn't erase entirely. Same result.

So, does the album artwork really take up this much memory? Or is there a way I can compress the artwork so it doesn't take up so much space? AND if not, can I just block all album artwork from loading onto my Zune & just have the music?[/color]

Nurta · 08-12-2007, 06:41 PM

its capacity also depends on the length of the songs as well as quality. It will take some more space for album art, but less than .1 megs per song I would predict.

9 GB doesn't seem that bad to me.

Jayhawk13 · 08-13-2007, 07:10 AM

Zhanti,

I can't specifically answer your question about selectively loading artwork but I don't think it will save you anything worthwhile. I did do a little checking on my own Zune library (admittedly only 1300 songs). Maybe it will help give you some perspective.

My songs are all the maximum quality allowed by Zune (192 CBR) and take around 5.7mb per song. They all have artwork. If your per-song average is similar then your 3740 songs would occupy approximately 21,400 megs (or about 21 gig.

I did a little checking on artwork (a few songs) and if I remove it I would pick up only 54KB per song. For your 3740 songs, that would be less than 200 MB if every song had artwork. Even at that, you would only pick up space for another 40 songs.

The 7500 songs are based on a 128 variable bitrate and a 3 minute song. Fixed bitrates mean less songs. Higher bitrates mean less. Longer songs mean less. In some respects the number of songs quoted (250 per gig) is unrealistic marketing hype, although technically correct. All of the manufacturers use the 250 number so it''s not a Zune (or Microsoft) thing. Stiil, it isn't very "real world" either.

Hope this helps.

08-12-2007, 05:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
zhanti Zewbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10 $zB: 0 Donate	What can I do about the memory used for album artwork? Hello! I currently have 3,740 songs loaded on my Zune (and in my library). Out of the 3,740, appx. 35% have album artwork associated - and I do not have any photos or videos loaded...just music. To my surprise, per my Zune, I now only have 9 GB available...which seems really low considering the library on the Zune should hold 7,500 songs. I have deleted all of the content on my Zune and re-added it, thinking that maybe everything didn't erase entirely. Same result. So, does the album artwork really take up this much memory? Or is there a way I can compress the artwork so it doesn't take up so much space? AND if not, can I just block all album artwork from loading onto my Zune & just have the music?[/color]

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08-13-2007, 07:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jayhawk13 Jr. Zuner Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pensacola, FL. Posts: 35 Reputation: 10 $zB: 0 Donate	Zhanti, I can't specifically answer your question about selectively loading artwork but I don't think it will save you anything worthwhile. I did do a little checking on my own Zune library (admittedly only 1300 songs). Maybe it will help give you some perspective. My songs are all the maximum quality allowed by Zune (192 CBR) and take around 5.7mb per song. They all have artwork. If your per-song average is similar then your 3740 songs would occupy approximately 21,400 megs (or about 21 gig. I did a little checking on artwork (a few songs) and if I remove it I would pick up only 54KB per song. For your 3740 songs, that would be less than 200 MB if every song had artwork. Even at that, you would only pick up space for another 40 songs. The 7500 songs are based on a 128 variable bitrate and a 3 minute song. Fixed bitrates mean less songs. Higher bitrates mean less. Longer songs mean less. In some respects the number of songs quoted (250 per gig) is unrealistic marketing hype, although technically correct. All of the manufacturers use the 250 number so it''s not a Zune (or Microsoft) thing. Stiil, it isn't very "real world" either. Hope this helps.

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