Mp3 trim without re-encoding

ash7 · Post by **ash7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:52 pm

Hello!

I would like to use Audacity to trim mp3 file without re-encoding.

I know about the usual way: select, crop and export as mp3. But I don't want to loose the quality of the file and re-encode the part of mp3 again.

Thank you!

enderbyte · Post by **enderbyte** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:19 pm

I think mp3DirectCut will do what you want: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

ash7 · Post by **ash7** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:14 pm

Thank you, enderbyte! Your solution is great, I will use it.

But is there an open source solution?

Post by **kozikowski** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:11 am

I didn't see a price posted...?

Koz

enderbyte · Post by **enderbyte** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:06 pm

As the author states on the home page:

"freeware
no nags · no spyware · no registry usage"

However, it is not open source.

NetMann · Post by **NetMann** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:34 pm

I have never head about freeware to trim mp3 without re-encoding. Seems like all free programs recompress files and loose quality. When I needed to trim audio and save all its quality, I just used a trial of Mp3 Cutter & Joiner. Appreciated its feature of automatic removal of silence. I really recommend this software.

Post by **steve** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:01 pm

Mp3split will trim without re-compressing.
It's free and open source (GPL) http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php

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