Re: Best tool for splitting long MP3's at frames?

Brent Aliverti <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:20:21 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.voyetra.audiotron
Message-ID <000601c51c72$e439f460$0200a8c0@brent>
Thanks again for the info. Also nice to meet a fellow Marillion fan. I have
just about all of their albums including two copies of Misplaced
Childhood...the original, and the 2CD remaster.

Cheers!
Brent

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimmo Suominen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Best tool for splitting long MP3's at frames?


> Don't have that one.  (Not a Beatles fan...)
>
> My number one tes case is Misplaced Childhood by Marillion.  All but one
> track transitions on the album flow, and any gap in playback would be
> utterly jarring.
>
> Then there is just about any Pink Floyd album (e.g. Wish You Were Here,
> or Dark Side of the Moon, or The Division Bell).
>
> I also have a good number of trance mixes (e.g. the "Euphoria" series).
>
> By the way, with newer versions of Winamp (e.g. 5.x) I've found that
> a gapless output plugin is also needed, as Winamp otherwise will close
> and re-open the audio device.  I use the following myself:
>
> Gapless audio output v0.7.2
> http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=107818
>
> Regards,
> + Kim
> --
> <A HREF="http://kimmo.suominen.com/">Kimmo Suominen</A>
>
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 11:41:49AM -0800, Brent Aliverti wrote:
> > Hmm...well I could be wrong :-)
> >
> > Do you happen to have Beatles - Abbey Road? If so, I'm wondering when
you
> > play "Golden Slumbers" is there ANY detectable gap when it transitions
to
> > "Carry That Weight"? That's the kind of situation I am referring to.
> >
> > If not, then I will follow your instructions and give that a try. Maybe
I
> > need to be using a more recent version of LAME. Up until now, I have
been
> > using 3.90.3 (as recommended by Hydrogen Audio forums).
> >
> > Thanks for the info!
> > Cheers
> > Brent
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kimmo Suominen" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Best tool for splitting long MP3's at frames?
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:51:49PM -0800, Brent Aliverti wrote:
> > > > The --nogap argument is deprecated since 3.89.
> > >
> > > Hmm...  I'm using LAME 3.96.1, and its manual page does not say
> > > anything about --nogap being deprecated.
> > >
> > > The ripping and encoding procedure I use is described here:
> > >
> > > http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/mp3-howto/
> > >
> > > Even if you are not using UNIX for the task, the page should
> > > still be helpful for considering options to LAME etc.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > + Kim
> > > --
> > > <A HREF="http://kimmo.suominen.com/">Kimmo Suominen</A>
> > >
> >
>