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Title: Appending MP3 files
Post by: riouser on February 07, 2005, 04:53:57 pm

I need to append about 20 MP3 files into one single MP3 file. Is there a simple way to do this, assuming using Media Editor but I cannot find a "non-tedious" method. Any ideas?

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: KingSparta on February 07, 2005, 07:11:55 pm

media editer is over due for some major work for sure

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: modelmaker on February 07, 2005, 11:04:33 pm

Try a google search for "mp3 splitter" or "editor" some of these apps also allow you assemble in addition to splittling.

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: IanG on February 08, 2005, 03:28:07 am

Have a look at MP3Merger (http://mp3merger.cjb.net/).  You can drag a playlist from MC and it'll concatenate the lot.

Ian G.

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: Alex B on February 08, 2005, 04:36:24 am

I don't know about the MP3Merger, but mp3DirectCut does the merging losslessly. It doesn't decompress MP3 files. It can merge parts of MP3 files together but it has also a very simple function for appending the contents of an opened file to a file on the disc. It has an usefull graphical display too and it is freeware.

http://www.mpesch3.de/


EDIT

It works well if the files are encoded with the same encoder and settings. I am not sure what happens if the files are encoded differently. If that causes problems it may be best to decompress them first and use a wave editor.

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: GHammer on February 08, 2005, 10:29:28 am

Quote from: Alex B on February 08, 2005, 04:36:24 am

I don't know about the MP3Merger, but mp3DirectCut does the merging losslessly.

http://www.mpesch3.de/

If any are VBR files, the only app I know that will join them proprely is AudioTools.

http://www.unrelatedinventions.com/Audiotools/index.php

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: IanG on February 08, 2005, 05:51:31 pm

Quote from: GHammer on February 08, 2005, 10:29:28 am

If any are VBR files, the only app I know that will join them proprely is AudioTools.

MP3Merger gives a warning, but it seems to join them OK. 

Ian G.

Title: Re: Appending MP3 files
Post by: hit_ny on February 09, 2005, 11:44:05 am

Question is why do you need to join the files, is it so you can hear them without skips ?

If so using tools mentioned above to join files is a 50-50 method. It works sometimes (depending on the music) and other times not. The acid test after joining the tracks up is to cue to the track transition points and check if it sounds right.

When it does not work you have to manually add them shift them about listen to the transitions till it sounds right. Its tedious but the result is better, and a slight loss due to the reencode.

The ideal  (or less tedious) solution is to re-rip (if at all possible) as one big file with cue.