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long mp3 files
Have you tried mpg123 or sox? Both are free under linux.
I'm sure that sox does this. Here is a small part of the man page for
mpg123 - play audio MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 stream (layers 1, 2 and 3)
mpg123 [ options ] file ... | URL ... | -
mpg123 reads one or more files (or standard input if ‘‘-’’ is
fied) or URLs and plays them on the audio device (default) or
them to stdout. file/URL is assumed to be an MPEG audio bit stream.
The following operands are supported:
file(s) The path name(s) of one or more input files. They
valid MPEG-1.0/2.0/2.5 audio layer 1, 2 or 3 bit
streams. If a
dash ‘‘-’’ is specified, MPEG data will be read from
dard input. Furthermore, any name starting with
recognized as URL (see next section).
The decoded audio samples are written to standard
output, instead of
playing them through the audio device. This option must
be used if
your audio hardware is not supported by mpg123. The
output format per
default is raw (headerless) linear PCM audio data, 16
host byte order (you can force mono or 8bit).
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:06:45 +0100
From: Peter van Hengel <peter.vanhengel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: very long mp3 files
We are looking for a way to split very long MP3 recordings (several
hours up to several days!) into smaller parts and/or convert them to
wav-format. We have tried various MP3-to-wav converters, but they all
hang themselves on these long recordings. The way we solve the problem
now is to use one PC as MP3 player, and take the sound output of that as
input for a second PC, which then makes shorter recordings in
wav-format. It works, but the solution is far from ideal.
Is there anyone who has any experience with this or suggestions?
All the best,
Peter van Hengel