MB Confusion - Disk Space

I have a super silly problem: I created a playlist with 30 Songs and ITunes tells me that it occupies 164 MB.
I insert a new music CD with a capacity of 700 MB.
And now iTunes advises me that there is not enough space on the CD, that I will need more than one.
How come????
(I've never been good in math, but my poor brain tells me that 164 MB should fit into 700 MB, don't they?)
Big thanks for any little hint!!!
confused juca
iMac G5 20"   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Yes, in the prefs, you go to Advanced/Burning. There you will see, how iTunes will burn your CDs. There are many possibilities. If you choose mp3, it will burn the 30 songs on your cd, and it will take only 164 mb. But if you chose to burn your CDs as Audio CDs, you'll have to look at the length of the playlist. Normally a 700 mb CD, has 80 minuts record-time. If your playlist is longer than that, it won't be able to burn the songs on only one CD.

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