http://www.dslreports.com/forum/audiovideo Audio/Video Chat forum current topics en Copyright 2007, dslreports.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:37:15 EDT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:37:15 EDT http://i.dslr.net/bbrdisc1.gif http://www.dslreports.com 19 18 bbr disc http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23296534 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23296534 2009-11-05 13:17:27 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23306426 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23306426 2009-11-07 13:25:34 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23304391 Open and browse for and select the audio file. (In my example, I am using a 20-minute podcast. It may take a while to import a large file.) 3.) Go to Analyze > Regular Interval Labels. 4.) Choose "Label interval" for "Label placement method" and then enter the interval (in seconds) for how the audio track should be split into separate files. (Or you may split with a specified number of files by selecting the "Number of labels" method and then entering the number of desired files/splits.) Make sure "Include final label" is set to "No". It does not matter what name you enter for the labels, as you will see why later on. After clicking "Okay", you will notice a bunch of label indicators underneath the audio track. 5.) Go to File > Export Multiple. 6.) Choose the "Export format" and configure it. (In my case, I use MP3, 128 kbps CBR). 7.) Choose "Labels" under "Split files based on". (Do not check "Include audio before first label".) Choose "Numbering consecutively" under "Name files" and type in a name that will be used for the .mp3 files. 8.) Click "Export". 9.) This next part I hate. You have to keep clicking "Okay" for every single audio track, since it wants you to enter tag information for every single file! (I found no way to skip this part and go straight to the exporting process.) A.) Because 10.) would ruin the alignment on the left-hand side of this post. B.) As it is exporting, it will keep popping up a different window for each separate file. Just let Audacity do its thing and try not to accidentally cancel the process. This can take a while, depending on the file size and track length of the original source. C.) Browse to the folder where you saved the files to. You should see a bunch of files numbered sequentially and named according to your prior settings. D.) Finally, just use you favorite disc burning application and burn the .mp3 files as a data CD. Make sure they are in the correct order before burning. That's it! Enjoy your easy-to-seek podcast episodes on your CD-RW disc while driving in your car! This tip goes out to all of you! (Yes, all of you: all three of you who actually listen to podcasts with your car's CD player...) * The drawback to this method is that it re-compresses the audio files, meaning you will get some quality loss, although it is not very noticeable. You might also hear a quick "skip" as it transitions from one track to the next. This should work with Audacity 1.3.x and greater on Windows, Mac, and Linux. If anyone knows of another cross-platform method (preferably quicker and/or does not require re-compression), please do share! ** Yes, I do know about mp3DirectCut, but this is a Windows-only application (unless you use Wine.) I have also heard about using cue sheets, but I think they only work with audio CDs, and not MP3 data CDs. *** And before I even submitted this post, I found out about mp3splt-gtk, which is a cross-platform program (Windows, Mac, Linux) that is equivalent to mp3DirectCut! Might be something worth looking into, since it appears simple and straight-forward enough.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23304391 2009-11-06 21:20:38 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22919419 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22919419 2009-08-25 00:46:25 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23256671 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23256671 2009-10-28 18:43:40 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23276216 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23276216 2009-11-01 21:31:12 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23304227 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23304227 2009-11-06 20:41:21 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23298134 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23298134 2009-11-05 18:24:00 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23299228 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23299228 2009-11-05 22:07:24