CentOS - Aug 2010 - OT: Package to truncate .mp3 file

I have a 2.9 MB  MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in Applications > Sound
& Video don't seem to be able to  edit the file like that. Is there a
Package I can get from a Yum Repository that will do that? Using
CentOS 5.5 (32 bit).   TIA!

On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 04:29:41PM -0500, Lanny Marcus
wrote:
> I have a 2.9 MB  MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
> embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in Applications > Sound
> & Video don't seem to be able to  edit the file like that. Is there
a
> Package I can get from a Yum Repository that will do that? Using
> CentOS 5.5 (32 bit).   TIA!
	Audacity should be able to handle that I believe.

	Rpmforge carries it.




							John
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2010, John R. Dennison wrote:
> To: Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>
> From: John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Package to truncate .mp3 file
> 
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 04:29:41PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
>> I have a 2.9 MB  MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
>> embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in Applications >
Sound
>> & Video don't seem to be able to  edit the file like that. Is
there a
>> Package I can get from a Yum Repository that will do that? Using
>> CentOS 5.5 (32 bit).   TIA!
>
> 	Audacity should be able to handle that I believe.
>
> 	Rpmforge carries it.
Yes, I can second that. Just load the mp3 file into 
audacity, select the part to cut, then save the 
remaining part of the file to a different name.

Keith

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Lanny Marcus writes:
> I have a 2.9 MB  MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
> embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in Applications > Sound
> & Video don't seem to be able to  edit the file like that. Is there
a
> Package I can get from a Yum Repository that will do that? Using
> CentOS 5.5 (32 bit).   TIA!
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ffmpeg should be able to help here.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have a 2.9 MB ?MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
> embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in
<snip>
Thanks, to each of you, for taking the time to reply!    I am going to
get Audacity and try it with that. If that doesn't work for me, then I
will get ffmpeg.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have a 2.9 MB ?MP3 file. Would like to use about the first 10%, to
> embed sound on a web page. The Packages I have in Applications > Sound
> & Video don't seem to be able to ?edit the file like that. Is there
a
> Package I can get from a Yum Repository that will do that? Using
> CentOS 5.5 (32 bit). ? TIA!
>From rpmforge look for "cutmp3".
  cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -a 0:37 -b 3:57  copies valid data from 0:37 to 3:57

So you could do:

  cutmp3 -i infile.mp3 -a 0:00 -b 0:10