Splitting MP3 files

Box · 09-09-06, 09:06 AM

I have a lot of audio books that have been converted into MP3 files and they are quite large ie: 600+meg each. When I want to play them on my Ax you have to spend ages fast forwarding to the point you were listening to each time you turn the Ax off or close the Program.
Does anyone know of a program that I can use to split these files into smaller sections so that I can just skip through the tracks to the chapter that I want?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Kikuchiyo · 09-09-06, 01:31 PM

I've used AV Music Morpher, free basic version for Windows. There's a pay version, too, but the free version does all I need including copy & paste to a new file like you wanted.

www.audio4fun.com

Box · 09-09-06, 05:29 PM

Thanks Kikuchiyo, I tried that, it works ok for smaller files but if I try to load a whole book it gets confused, and in fact, Gave me the blue screen of death for the first time ever on this computer. I guess big files are always going to be a problem.
Thanks again for your suggestion.

Kenster · 09-09-06, 06:18 PM

I've never tried this on a 600MB file, but it works well on files up to 100MB, and is freeware:

http://www.sonicspot.com/mpegaudiosc...oscissors.html

Box · 09-09-06, 07:29 PM

Kenster you are a god! Although the link you gave me is actually dead it pointed me in the right direction and I now have a program called MP3 Splitter (hmm that seems like a strangely familiar phrase, almost like something you would write in a thread title)

Works perfectly for what I wanted. I have just split a 560meg file into 10minute sections. And it anly took about 10min or less to do it.

Thanks again:approve:

Pocketbrain · 09-09-06, 11:46 PM

Audacity. www.sourceforge.net.

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Box · 09-10-06, 04:41 AM

Thanks Pocketbrain, I already have Audacity but although it is a great program for recording mp3s and small files, it can't cope with large files at all. Also Audacity is a cut and paste type of program, which is great if you want to take a specific part of a file, but I just wanted to split large files and mp3 splitter does it automatically. You just tell it how big you want the files to be and away it goes.

Thanks again.

w3iner · 09-10-06, 10:06 AM

You can use TCPMP, when you turn it off it stays in the same place, and so when you open TCPMP it will be right where you left off, just hit play!

Box · 09-10-06, 12:34 PM

That is true, w3iner, when you play them on the Ax, but I have a card reader and usb port on my car stereo and that always goes back to the beggining of the track. That can be a bit of a pain when the book is more than 20 hours in one file. But thanks for the suggestion.

09-10-06, 06:14 PM

is there a similar program for joining small files like audio chapters into one big file? I assume the splitter program won't do that....

Box · 09-10-06, 06:55 PM

Have look here cawinters, I'm sure they have something that will work for you.
Although, as mentioned above, Audacity is a great program that allows you to record, cut and paste etc. So maybe have a look at that too.