Question 66
Consider an uncompressed stereo audio signal of CD quality which is sampled at 44.1 kHz and quantized using 16 bits. What is required storage space if a compression ratio of 0.5 is achieved for 10 seconds of this audio?
Step-by-Step Solution
Detailed Explanation:
$Uncompressed bitrate = 2 * 44100 * 2 B = 176.4 KB/s.$
For 10s: 1764 KB.
Compression ratio 0.5: 0.5 * 1764 KB = 882 KB $\approx 860 KB$.