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[cascius]

Hey guys, I've got this really cool compilation that unfortunately came into one single 70 minute track. I'd like to split it into several tracks and burn it to a CD that way.

Is there an easy way to do this? I would like to avoid the use of a lossy step in the process and also avoid gaps between tracks.

Thanks for the help,

-Cascius

PS: I couldn't find a post on the subject, but i'm sure it's a pretty common issue. If there is indeed a thread dealing with this issue, feel free to point me to it.

[Lasse_Lus]

why not use the media editor ?  

[cascius]

Well, I was wondering if there was a way to do this during the burning process. i.e. right after importing the track.

[Lasse_Lus]

there is only one way to do this and that is manually

1) rip track to wav
2) import the wav file into the media editor
3) find out where each song begin (end)
4) "cut" the song part to "a new track"
5) maybe do a fadein/fadeout
6) save as mp3
7) import ito MC

 

[paulr]

If you have a CUE file for it, then you can use EAC to extract the tracks.

[Alex B]

I would like to avoid the use of a lossy step in the process

Is it MP3? MP3 DirectCut is a freeware lossless editor:

www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/

The main site was down, but you can get it here:
http://download.freenet.de/download.php?file_id=4347

[cascius]

Thanks guys, MP3 direct cut sounds good since it is lossless.

Gona try it right now.

-Cascius

[hit_ny]

i would suggest musicutter

Way easier to use than MP3direct cut and just as lossless. It also includes a joiner.

Of course i am assuming you have a cue file with that large mp3.

JRiver promises MC will be able to understand cue files any time now, or in 10.1, making splitting big files redundant.

[Uwe]

What is a "cue file" ?

Thanks
Uwe

[fex]

hit_ny,

Musicutter is a great help for me.

Thanks for the tip!

[xen-uno]

Looking at an actual cue file (gen'd by EAC) will help you understand...


PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
TITLE "The Dark Side of the Moon"
FILE "Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 1973.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Speak To Me (Breathe)"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:00:32
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "On the Run"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 04:00:70
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Time"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 07:33:70
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Great Gig in the Sky"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 14:40:32
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Money"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 19:24:35
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Us and Them"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 25:56:35
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Any Colour You Like"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 33:37:20
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Brain Damage"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 37:02:65
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Eclipse"
    PERFORMER "Pink Floyd"
    INDEX 01 40:53:27


...and as you can see, it is a text file with track info and a starting index number (which certain players can use to skip ahead/backwards to a certain track on 1 file rips).

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