Hi Guys. Apologies in advance if this message doesn't make sense...Please let me know if you need to clarify anything.
So, I've got some M4A files that are very long and which I need to convert to MP3. I've tried to do this with NCH's Sound File Converter but, as the files are around 26 hours in length, I found that the whole of the files were not being converted (The converted files had a duration of around 12.5 hours, even though the conversion software had reached 100% of its assigned duties). I then thought of cutting up the files into smaller parts using GoldWave and converting them into MP3 files while saving the new versions. This has, in theory, worked...Each separate file plays. However, the collected durations of the four files that make up the original recording add up to approximately 1.5 minutes to 2 minutes less than the total duration of the original file. The only thing that I can think of is that, after saving the files as MP3s, GoldWave keeps asking whether or not I want to update the sound window. I have always said yes but, for an unspecified reason, it has occasionally said that it is impossible to do so. This has left the file saved but, presumably, without the sound window being updated. As I don't know what it means by updating the sound window, and as the first few seconds of each recording play in Windows Media Player as I would expect, I assume that no damage has been done to the original content. However, if no damage has been done and no alterations have taken place, I don't understand why the duration of the individual file and the cumulative length of the four files added together do not amount to the same total. Am I potentially missing part of the original material (I would prefer to not have to listen to all 26 hours of content to check it) or is something less problematic going on here? Sorry for the strange question...Any thoughts and experiences will be gratefully received. All my best, Danny -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2155): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2155 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/31078977/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
