Re: very long mp3 files

[Peter van Hengel <peter.vanhengel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Othmar,

we've tried Audacity: ut says it takes 1193045 hours to load a one week
recording, that would be about 136 years if my maths is correct. So no
option I'm afraid...

Thanks anyway,
Peter

Othmar schreef:
> Dear Peter,
>
> Did you try Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)? Are you sure
> the handling of large file sizes (how large?) is not an Operating
> System issue instead of an audio software issue?
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Othmar
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Peter van Hengel
> <peter.vanhengel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Dear list,
>>
>> 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
>>
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>> dr. ir. Peter van Hengel
>> Fraunhofer Institut Digitale Medientechnologie (IDMT)
>> Project Group Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology
>> Haus de Hörens - Marie-Curie-Strasse 2 - 26129 Oldenburg - Germany
>> T: +49 (0) 441 2172 436
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dr. ir. Peter van Hengel
Fraunhofer Institut Digitale Medientechnologie (IDMT)
Project Group Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology
Haus de Hörens - Marie-Curie-Strasse 2 - 26129 Oldenburg - Germany
T: +49 (0) 441 2172 436
F: +49 (0) 441 2172 450
E: peter.vanhengel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
W: www.idmt.fraunhofer.de