On 22/07/15 18:02, Kevin Lynch wrote:
Alastair
If ffmpeg/avconv seems too intimidating to you. Remember you can use a
"helper" app winff http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html it has a
nice UI that lets you easily access configuration information.
If you repost with a subject "re-encoding old mp3's with a broken
timestamps" some of the experts in the group will probably give some
hints on the minimum work your computer needs you need to "fix" the files.
IE if you expand the files out to "uncompressed wav" and then re-encode
to MP3, it will use a lot of CPU resources and you might lose the metadata.
regards
Kevin
On 22 July 2015 at 17:04, Budgie <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> On 22/07/15 09:33, Jim web wrote:
>>
>> In article <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>, Budgie
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>> The business about the time stamp reference is because I have a number
>>> of radio gip downloads that were messed up due to an error with my set
>>> up a couple of years back. As a result these play from start to finish
>>> but I cannot fast forward to any point mid programme.
>>
>>
>> I've encountered similar symptoms from files captured with a DVB-T2
>> 'dongle'. (i.e. from UHF broadcasts rather than iplayer). I don't
know the
>> specifics of your case but can make two points that may help.
>>
>> 1) It may depend on the software you use to play the files. (This
means the
>> version of the software and its settings as well as the type.)
>>
>> I use VLC. Changing its settings can affect this. I can't recall
off-hand
>> what setting I got to fix a similar problem, and am busy now, so may
report
>> that later.
>>
>> 2) You may find that simply passing the file though ffmpeg or avconv
adds
>> in sequential timestamps. i.e. using
>>
>> ffmpeg -i infile.<ext> cleanfile.<ext>
>>
>> ffmpeg will tend to clear up and tidy a stream or file. Note that
sometimes
>> I've found that one version of ffmpeg/avconv did the trick, but another
>> didn't. (This is one reason I tend to keep more than one version to
hand!)
>>
>> Jim
>>
> Hi Jim,
> Thanks for the reply. Yes I wondered if "passing through" ffmpeg
would do the trick but was not sure of correct commands. Will try on a
copy. No time at present. Book keeping!!!
> Alastair.
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Hi Kevin,
Many thanks and yes a user friendly gui is what I need if only to help
with my education.
Thanks for the link. No windoze her but there is a link to linux. I
use openSUSE 13.2 which is not yet on the one click install but am now
on to it so will find solution.
Thanks again,
Budge
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