Inserting track numbers (separators?) into one long MP3 file?

Rochdale_Guy

Hi,

I am trying to piece together 12 tracks from a musical score I have in MP3 format, that was originally a continual 47 minute piece of music.

I have 12x individual .MP3 tracks that when I play on my MP3 player (for running!), there is like a little popping noise and a 1 second gap between each piece of music

Is there anyway I can put these 12x .MP3s together, burn it as an audio CD in NERO, then rip it as a WMA (as it takes less space!) but somehow "insert" a track number (marker) so when listening as continuous piece of music, I *COULD* skip to the next piece if I wanted to please?

I haven't got a clue how this can be done?

BTW - any opinions on the best software to rip my old CDs onto my hard drive as .WMA files (again so they take up less hard drive room)?

I have Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows Media Player 9 and NERO 10.....

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pcombo

windows movie maker does that im sure.

just add all tracks the the music timeline and save it as a wma

Rochdale_Guy

Hi, my version of Windows 7 doesn't have Windows Movie Maker

Bikertov

You could try Audacity - it is freeware.

Not sure if you can just insert breaks with a new track number as such ?

But what you could do is load the complete piece, work out the timings of where you want to break. Then mark the start and finish of the section from copies of the original and cut before and after for each section. Then name the tracks sequentially and when you play the album it will just go from one track to the next and you won't notice the breaks.

esuhl

You can just write a plain text .cue file as described here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_sheet_%28computing%29

You'll probably find it easier to copy & paste the example and then edit the relevant text, rather than writing it from scratch -- that way it should be pretty easy.

googler

Have you tried playing the sequential mp3s on a different mp3 player?

If the pop and gap is being introduced by the player itself, no amount of playing around with files will do anything.

FWIW, I use an iPod Classic which copes with gapless playback quite well - what are you using?

Rochdale_Guy

googler wrote: »

Have you tried playing the sequential mp3s on a different mp3 player?

If the pop and gap is being introduced by the player itself, no amount of playing around with files will do anything.

FWIW, I use an iPod Classic which copes with gapless playback quite well - what are you using?

Thanks. Haven't got another mp3 player, just an old but reliable 1Gb PHILIPS Go-Gear player. The tracks still have a gap when played in Media Player Classic or whatever else I've tried.

Sorry, I didn't explain that a friend emailed me the tracks as individual mp3 files!

I want to be pedantic, and put them back together without any gaps, then burn it to audio CD, so I can then rip it as a continous .wma file but somehow with "marker" track points!

Rochdale_Guy

esuhl wrote: »

You can just write a plain text .cue file as described here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_sheet_%28computing%29

You'll probably find it easier to copy & paste the example and then edit the relevant text, rather than writing it from scratch -- that way it should be pretty easy.

Thanks, I could copy and edit the Faithless example, but what the heck do I do with this modified Cue sheet then?

I really am clueless

Rochdale_Guy

Bikertov wrote: »

You could try Audacity - it is freeware.

Not sure if you can just insert breaks with a new track number as such ?

But what you could do is load the complete piece, work out the timings of where you want to break. Then mark the start and finish of the section from copies of the original and cut before and after for each section. Then name the tracks sequentially and when you play the album it will just go from one track to the next and you won't notice the breaks.

Thanks for the advice, I will look at Audacity when I go home tonight!

:beer:

Rochdale_Guy

Oh boy, now my head hurts!

http://qed.qproject.org/tutorial.php

esuhl

Rochdale_Guy wrote: »

Thanks, I could copy and edit the Faithless example, but what the heck do I do with this modified Cue sheet then?

I really am clueless

No worries! You'd first need to stick all the MP3 files into one long continuous file. Then you'd create the .cue file.

When you want to play the music, you can open the .cue file (in compatible software - e.g. VLC Player). It will then open the MP3 file for you, but you can use track forward/backwards to skip between the different tracks that make up the single MP3 file.

I think you could stitch the MP3s together using Audacity, but I suspect that Audacity will re-encode the MP3 resulting in a loss in quality. You might be able to find a lossless MP3 stitcher online somewhere... (Sorry - I haven't used one myself.)