how to combine multiple mp3 files into 1 file with mp3direct cut without transcoding?

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  • nukesgoboom
    Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 50

    how to combine multiple mp3 files into 1 file with mp3direct cut without transcoding?

    how to combine multiple mp3 files into 1 file with mp3direct cut?


    good evening. i have read that its possible to combine multiple mp3 files into 1 file using mp3 direct cut WITHOUT transcoding.

    for example, can i take a 128 cbr kbps mp3, another 192 kbps cbr mp3, and a final 3rd high VBR mp3 and combine them into 1 mp3 file WITHOUT transcoding, using mp3 direct cut?

    if not, what program can do this?

    i know this is possible with the same CBR settings, because you can do it with virtual dub. you can append 2 .avi files with the same audio bittrate and direct stream copy the audio with no transcoding. however, this method is tedious and only supports same CBR settings.


    thanks for your time.
  • Sawg
    Forum King
    • Jun 2000
    • 7456

    #2
    If the bitrates are not the same, you can't combine them.
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    • nukesgoboom
      Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 50

      #3
      i see.

      however, i still cannot find out how to combine 2 128 cbr kbps mp3 files using mp3direct cut. i have searched far and wide through the program to find the option, but i cannot find it.

      where is that option to append .mp3 files?

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      • gaekwad2
        Foorum King
        • Jul 2003
        • 11462

        #4
        Originally posted by Sawg
        If the bitrates are not the same, you can't combine them.
        You can, theoretically at least. The result would be vbr (or cbr if you use padding) and you'd most likely have to rewrite the stream (but not transcode it) similar to what mp3packer does.

        Getting the result to be gapless might be difficult (or even impossible) though, regardless of whether sources are cbr or vbr.

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        • papadoc
          Comfortably Numb
          (Forum King)
          • Jun 2001
          • 4619

          #5
          Re: how to combine multiple mp3 files into 1 file with mp3direct cut without transcod

          Originally posted by nukesgoboom
          if not, what program can do this?
          I guess you could use AlbumWrap.
          It combines multiple mp3's into one mp3 file,
          without transcoding or altering any tag information.
          And it doesn't matter what bitrate the files are,
          nor does it matter whether they are CBR or VBR or ABR.
          The result is one mp3 with _ALBW added to the name.
          Example: mymusicfiles_ALBW.mp3.
          And AlbumWrap'd files will play in any mp3 player.
          Later if you want, you can unwrap them back to the original single mp3's,
          just like they were when you wrapped them.

          I don't know if this is what you want, but just an idea.
          It's very simple and easy to use.
          You can get AlbumWrap here: http://www.infamus.com/albumwrap/

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          • nukesgoboom
            Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 50

            #6
            mp3repacker sounds great but im too much of a noob to know how to use command line .exe files. when i double click them, they open and close really fast. im sure i have to go to start/run or something, but i dont know what to type at that point.


            thanks for the suggestion though. and i will try album wrap allthogh too bad its not freeware, what a shame. thanks though i will try.


            any chance of using mp3direct cut to append same kbps mp3s?

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            • Celtic Mad
              Junior Member
              • Sep 2003
              • 11

              #7
              Is this possible yet? Would love to know how to combine multiple mp3s into one single mp3 gaplessly.

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              • ElChevelle
                Moderator Alumni
                • Jun 2000
                • 22443

                #8
                It's very possible.

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                • Celtic Mad
                  Junior Member
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 11

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ElChevelle
                  It's very possible.
                  Do you know how? If so, could you please enlighten me as to how to do this?

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                  • ScorLibran
                    Resident Floydian
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 6217

                    #10
                    The following solution requires a wave editor (I use EAC, but any with the required capability will do), and will incur two transcodes, one from MP3 to WAV, and the other back to MP3. So there will be a risk of taking a sound quality hit (as the second transcode is to lossy, at least a second time in the life of the track), but in my experience it's not enough to worry about.

                    1. Transcode the MP3s to WAV.

                    2. Open each WAV file in Exact Audio Copy, or any other wave editor.

                    3. Zoom in on the end of each file, and cut off all empty frames. NOTE: This will not be precise, but it doesn't have to be. I've done it many times and ended up consistently with editing well below the threshold of perceptability. I.E., if you can't hear the gap at all in the final product, then you've done it right.

                    4. Splice the WAV files together in the wave editing tool.

                    5. Transcode to product back to MP3.

                    Now you have one MP3 file with two songs joined gaplessly.
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                    • ElChevelle
                      Moderator Alumni
                      • Jun 2000
                      • 22443

                      #11
                      I've done entire CDs, even overlapping many songs using Acid Pro.

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                      • skryingbreath
                        Post initializing...
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 3065

                        #12

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                        • ElChevelle
                          Moderator Alumni
                          • Jun 2000
                          • 22443

                          #13


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                          • J_Darnley
                            Forum King
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 3625

                            #14
                            mp3DirectCut can already do this. Open one file, copy all audio, open another file, past at start or end, repeat if nessecary and save all.
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                            • Celtic Mad
                              Junior Member
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 11

                              #15
                              So there's no software to automatically combine mp3s and have them play gaplessly in one mp3?

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