Hi Lou,
I know this sounds a bit hokey, but couldn't you just use iTunes in this case
to chop out the section you want? If you don't already have the RestartAt
AppleScript, you can still download it (for the next couple of days) from Tim
Kliburn's VoiceOver Downloads page:
http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html
Add your AIFF file to iTunes and use this AppleScript to make the fine
adjustment controls of the start and stop times that you need -- or just use
the fast forward or rewind controls to position yourself up. Then, select the
track and do a Command-I ("Get Info"), navigate to the Options tab, and fill in
the text boxes for start and stop time to select your section. Change your
import setting to AIFF under the General tab of iTunes preferences by pressing
the "Import Settings" button and then press the "Import Using" pop up button
and set it to "AIFF". Now if you go the Advanced menu on the iTunes menu bar
there will be an option "Create AIFF" version. If you select it, a second
version of your track, with only the section between your specified start and
stop times, will appear in your iTunes library. Since you're using a lossless
format and going from AIFF file to AIFF file you shouldn't lose any quality,
and all the existing tagging information will be preserved. Don't forget to
use Command-I on your original track and delete the start and stop time
information on the Options tab. And you probably want to reset your default
importing preference back to whatever you were using.
This is quick and dirty, but it all works quite simply. I suspect you may
already have the RestartAt AppleScript, but you may not have used it for a
while. There are complete instructions on how to install and use the RestartAt
AppleScript with the download, which basically amounts to placing the
AppleScript, either via copy or move, into the Library/iTunes/Scripts folder
for your account. If this is the first time you are adding an AppleScript to
iTunes, you will have to create the Scripts folder. Any AppleScripts placed
into this folder will show up on your iTunes menu bar as items in a "Scripts"
menu that is located just before the "Help" menu. In Lion the Library folder
is hidden, but you can still navigate to it in Finder. If you want to unhide
your Library folder, you can go to Terminal in your home directory and type:
“chflags nohidden Library” (without the quotation marks) and press return.
Then, just use the RestartAt script the way you would any other menu option:
highlight the track you want to work with and navigate to "RestartAt" in the
AppleScript menu on the iTunes menu bar. You can fill in a staring time in the
dialog box (e.g. 52:10.715 for 52 minutes and 10.715 seconds), or just accept
the default value (which will be the time at the current playhead position,
that will be listed).
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Jun 27, 2012, at 08:09, Chris Blouch wrote:
> I couldn't figure out an easy way to do this with QT. Generally QT has
> shortcuts to jump to the ends to cut off junk before and after the good stuff
> in your audio, but not a good way to jump in the middle and all the
> navigation is slow by counting off seconds as you creep across the timeline.
> Long format stuff like this might be best left to a 'real' audio app like
> Garage Band or get familiar with a command-line audio tool like Sox.
>
> CB
>
> On 6/27/12 1:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want to
>> trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and
>> position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I
>> select the "Trim..." command and then try to set the "Start Trim" handle to
>> the "Current Time." But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the
>> handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says "busy" and I cannot do
>> anything. I *CAN* move the "Start Trim" handle by 3 tenths of a second using
>> VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute mark...
>> Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without VoiceOver with
>> no problem.)
>>
>> I am on a new 13" MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any help...
>> Lou (BlindMacMan).
>>
>
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