Audacity Forum

The issue is that i want to split a an DJ live set (mp3 file) which is more that 80mins long in two, so I'm then able to burn the biggest part on a cd.

My problem is not the splitting but the fact that when I import the file, I'm only allowed to play 35 minutes (the ruler basically just stops there!).

Why isnt the file (about 90 mins) displayed entirely in its length?

Thanks in advance and apologies if my question is basic and stupid but couldnt find my way round it!

Can't you scroll to the right to show the rest of the waveform?

Which audacity version and windows version do you have?

Does this only happen with this file?


As an alternative... If you only need to split the file you might have other options here... MP3 is a lossy (compressed) format. It order to shrink the file size it "damages" the audio. Audacity is unable to work directly on mp3, so it will uncompress the mp3, and if you export it again as mp3 it will recompress it again, adding extra damage to the already damaged show...

mp3splt is a nice tool (free software too) that allows you to split mp3 files without decoding: http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php

Thanks for your reply...

i'm using the Audacity 1.3x (Beta) version on Windows 7...

I've tried to open another file which was 1hr 30 mins and it was ok...

But i tried downloading mp3split as you recommended but when running the program a black DOS-style window appears and i cannot proceed... any suggestions about this?

Tnx

Which exact version? The latest beta is 1.3.13.

mp3splt is a command line tool... They have a version with a graphical interface too called mp3splt-gtk. I've never used it on Windows though (I only use Linux and Mac), but on the download page looks like there's a windows version of the gtk version too.