MP3Extractor Flags And Separates Large MP3 Files
Windows only: Lengthy MP3s, like a poorly converted audiobook or an analogue to digital recording, often need to be chopped into smaller, easily managed MP3s. MP3Extractor will make short work of it.
MP3Extractor allows you to load a long MP3 file and set markers. Depending on the type of recording you are flagging those markers could be chapter stops in and audiobook, between songs on a rip of an analogue album, or other helpful demarcations.
As you set your markers you assign values to them like album, artist, and title. When you’re done working your way through the recording, MP3Extractor will create a series of individual MP3 files named using the titles you gave each marked block of the original recording. With a little bit of work, your monolithic audiobook is carved into smaller and properly labelled files.
MP3Extractor is freeware, Windows only, and requires that Winamp 3.0+ be installed.
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@bobbo33: Thanks for the tip! I'm all about using the tools I already have and Audacity rocks.
pkoutoul
For several years I've been using Audiobookcutter...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audiobookcutter/
...which will not only cut up a large mp3 file but will take a series of smaller mp3 files and recut them to a different size. Fast, free and open source.
I'm currently using mp3splt.
http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php
. It is supposed to work without reencoding and have autodetect gap feature, but that didn't work as well as I expected. Still, you might want to give it a try.
unekdoud
I use a program called mp3DirectCut (Windows only) which also enables you to cut, cue, and label long MP3 files.
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html
And, it doesn't require Winamp.
I was going to give it a try until I saw that it required Winamp to be installed. Two installs for something I already get from Audacity is one install too many.
xnendron
thank god for this.... ive been using wavelab for years to split dj mixes...
i like this cause its dedicated to 1 job and i dont have to dig through drop down menus to get it done....
*give back my star gizmodo*
fanboy.took.my.star
It's not mentioned specifically, but is it safe to assume this is losslessly editing the MP3, rather than encoding to WAV, then back to MP3?
Fission for OS X is an example of a lossless MP3 editor. http://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/
@bobbo33:dude - this is music to my ears. so to speak. muchas gracias.
@nolabar10der: i have MULTIPLE entire cassette tapes. a project i promised to finish for a little old lady friend, and i'm too cowardly to back out. i thought she was bringing 1 or 2 tapes, and she brought about 25.
You can also use Audacity to split tracks, and it even has an automatic "silence finder" that will find the breaks for you. Here's a step-by-step from their wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Splitting_recordings_into_separate_tracks
bobbo33
Unless I'm missing something, it looks like you have to listen to the entire file and choose the starts and stops manually, which makes it kind of useless for an audiobook.
@Hal G.: If you just have a few honking mp3 files to split, try the trial version of "mp3splitter." that's the first one I saw with an auto-detect gap feature.
nolabar10der
There are several other tools for this, but I like the looks of this one. I frequently get my hands on long (and amateur) DJ sets. Thanks for the tip, LH.
nolabar10der
This sounds great. I've got a comedy CD by Margaret Cho, Drunk With Power, that I wanted to put on my mp3 player. ("My name is Gwen, I'm here to...") Despite listing the routines, the whole thing is a single track!
i need something that will auto-detect gaps in a honking wav file, and split the file accordingly. anyone know if this app will do this?