P Nelson wrote: > I need to edit about a six MP3 files to extract part of the music for > each file. Each file is about 6 hours long, and I need to remove the > last 4 hours. Since the file is already lossy, I am assuming to > maintain the same sound quality it should not be recompressed. Would > extracting to an uncompressed sound file, trim to the desired audio, and > then recompress back to MP3 reduce the sound quality? Do some programs > edit the MP3 file without recompression? > > Alternatively, after editing the uncompressed sound file, I could save > it as a FLAC to avoid a second lossy compression. > > I am looking for something easy to use and not expensive since I have a > limited one-time need. > Any software recommendations or suggestions? > > Thanks in advance.
Try Audacity, it's free. Editing then saving to MP3 would reduce the sound quality but whether you would notice is hard to say. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114734 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
