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There is media-sound/mp3splt-gtk [1], but it's for splitting only: "a |
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GTK+ based utility to split mp3 and ogg files without decoding." Never |
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managed to get it working, though. |
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I would suggest that you raise the question on a more specialised ML, |
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for example the Audacity ML. Perhaps they'd suggest an alternative, or |
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even be willing to implement this.. |
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Liviu |
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[1] http://gentoo-portage.com/media-sound/mp3splt-gtk |
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On 11/29/08, meino.cramer@×××.de <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi Fred, |
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> no problem...I am also no native english speaker...so, well, |
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> may be it is my english not yours what screws up things a little... :) |
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> MP3/OGG are audio codecs, which are lossy. Means: If you encode a |
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> wav-file to mp3, than decode this one again back to wav there is |
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> some sound loss. |
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> Audacity is -- as far as I understood -- only able to edit wav files. |
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> Therefore it has to decode the mp3 to wav before editing. |
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> If one wants a mp3 again from this wav file, the above has to be |
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> aplied and you will loose sound quality. |
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> There are ways to edit/cut/append mp3 files directly whitout |
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> deocding them (dont ask me for details here) therefore these |
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> editors, which are specialized in mp3/ogg editing, are able |
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> to edit/cut/apped mp3 files as often as you wish without loosing |
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> sound quality. |
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> Audacity is one to edit wav files directly but not mp3/ogg files -- |
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> as far as I know.... |
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> HTH |
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> Keep hacking! :) |
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> mcc |
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Do you know how to read? |
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http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm |
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Do you know how to write? |
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