Subject: Re: very long mp3 files From: Peter van Hengel <peter.vanhengel@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:02:10 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>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@xxxxxxxx> 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 >> >> -- >> --- >> 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@xxxxxxxx >> W: www.idmt.fraunhofer.de >> >> -- --- 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@xxxxxxxx W: www.idmt.fraunhofer.de