Software to split MP3's

sswats · 13 Apr 2009 at 11:39

I have a LONG MP3 thats over 2 hours long and want to burn it as standard audio CDs.

So i obviously need to split it to cover to put on 2 discs.

Any ideas on a good software to use?

OzZie · 13 Apr 2009 at 11:43

Audacity

jbloggs · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:44

mpTrim

MP3Splt

Burnsy2023 · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:45

OzZie said:
Audacity

Great piece of software

theheyes · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:12

Another Audacity vote - but do you need a plugin to work with mp3s I seem to recall?

Burnsy2023 · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:15

theheyes said:
Another Audacity vote - but do you need a plugin to work with mp3s I seem to recall?

Indeed, the MP3 encoder is not opensource or free to licence.

Coxyis · 13 Apr 2009 at 14:10

I haven't copied it, but isn't there a link on the audacity dl page for the mp3 encoding?

CaptainCrash · 13 Apr 2009 at 15:56

jbloggs said:
mpTrim

MP3Splt

If all you want to do is split the file or edit the length, use one of these (or mp3DirectCut), not Audacity. These apps will work on the mp3 frames directly, whereas Audacity will decode the mp3 for editing purposes and then re-encode it, which means you'll lose quality through lossy>lossy encoding.

sswats · 13 Apr 2009 at 17:27

Yeah thanks. MP3 directcut worked pretty well.
the cut mp3's have a little squeak right at the beginning of the track but i can put up with that for now.