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Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:52 pm
by ash7
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!
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:19 pm
by enderbyte
I think mp3DirectCut will do what you want:
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:14 pm
by ash7
Thank you, enderbyte! Your solution is great, I will use it.
But is there an open source solution?
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:11 am
by kozikowski
I didn't see a price posted...?
Koz
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:06 pm
by enderbyte
As the author states on the home page:
"freeware
no nags · no spyware · no registry usage"
However, it is not open source.
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:34 pm
by NetMann
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.
Re: Mp3 trim without re-encoding
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:01 pm
by steve
Mp3split will trim without re-compressing.
It's free and open source (GPL)
http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php