.05 second add-ons for MP3

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.05 second add-ons for MP3

Post by norblits » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:04 pm

Why is there a .05 second gap at the beginning and the end of every mp3 file I make with Audacity...and how can I stop this from happening?
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Re: .05 second add-ons for MP3

Post by steve » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:39 am

norblits wrote:Why is there a .05 second gap at the beginning and the end of every mp3 file I make with Audacity...and how can I stop this from happening?
You can't stop it from happening - it is a limitation of the MP3 format. They always have a short silence at the beginning, though the length may vary.
Ogg, Flac and WAV files do not have this limitation.
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Re: .05 second add-ons for MP3

Post by kozikowski » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:44 pm

We warn people against trying to do production in a compressed format. WAV is for production and effects, MP3 is the delivery format. They don't cross well.

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Re: .05 second add-ons for MP3

Post by norblits » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:31 pm

Thank you one and all. I had a funny feeling this was the reason.
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Re: .05 second add-ons for MP3

Post by zzzZZZ » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:14 pm

Some information on that issue is here.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lof ... 40480.html
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