[svlug] linux graphical lossless mp3 cutter?

[Marc MERLIN]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 02:07:39PM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:59:24 -0800, Joe Buck wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 01:38:45PM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
> >> IME, [MP3] frame boundaries tend to occur at the most inopportune time indexes
> >> (indices?), and I have never had the sync mechanism work both consistently
> >> and properly.
> > 
> > So your alternative to lossless file editing is lossy file editing?  How
> > could that possibly get a better result?  A poorly-positioned frame
> > boundary, if it exists, has already caused distortion in the original
> > file.  Moving it will just make things worse.  If the sync mechanism
> > doesn't work for you every time, you need new software.
> 
> I know how that sounds; I thought the same way until I actually tried even
> manually cutting the mp3 file as a last resort, and finally threw my hands
> in the air and decompressed to PCM, after which I was startled by how
> quickly I was then able to do what I wanted. Inevitably, I chose not to
> compound the lossiness problem with a re-encode.

I'm sorry, but your answer isn't accurate.
You can cut mp3s between at in between frame points quite nicely. I'm
already doing it, and it works fine. I was just looking for a better
interface.

Marc
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