I have recently downloaded Audacity as it was recommended to me.
I am trying to split a large MP3 audio file into a number of smaller files. The large file is over 1o hours and I want to split in into multiple files between 5 and 6 minutes, so there will be over 100.
I cannot see how to do this after reading the manual. I have looked at a number of Youtube videos but they show how to split MANUALLY by marking each section. This seems rather time consuming and I am hoping that there is a simple way to do this AUTOMATICALLY.
I wonder if anyone could direct me somewhere I might find an "idiots" guide to do what I am trying to do.
Splitting large audio files
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Re: Splitting large audio files
You can tell Audacity to automatically bust up a long file into identical length chunks. Any minute I'm going to find it.
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kozikowski
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Re: Splitting large audio files
I thought it used to be Edit > Labels > Regularly Spaced Labels.....
After you place the labels, Audacity will export individual files broken at the labels.
Looking.
Koz
After you place the labels, Audacity will export individual files broken at the labels.
Looking.
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