Is there an easy way to split mp3 files?












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I recently learned a neat trick. To join mp3 files together, you simply use the command (in Windows)



copy /b *.mp3 joined.mp3


and voila, you have one large mp3 file.



My question: is there a method of doing the opposite, i.e. splitting an mp3 file, this easily?










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  • You should tag this for Windows

    – Mark Thalman
    Jul 28 '09 at 19:22






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    Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

    – Yuval
    Jul 29 '09 at 13:40











  • Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:37











  • Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:38











  • Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

    – Yuval
    Aug 1 '09 at 7:49
















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I recently learned a neat trick. To join mp3 files together, you simply use the command (in Windows)



copy /b *.mp3 joined.mp3


and voila, you have one large mp3 file.



My question: is there a method of doing the opposite, i.e. splitting an mp3 file, this easily?










share|improve this question

























  • You should tag this for Windows

    – Mark Thalman
    Jul 28 '09 at 19:22






  • 1





    Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

    – Yuval
    Jul 29 '09 at 13:40











  • Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:37











  • Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:38











  • Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

    – Yuval
    Aug 1 '09 at 7:49














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I recently learned a neat trick. To join mp3 files together, you simply use the command (in Windows)



copy /b *.mp3 joined.mp3


and voila, you have one large mp3 file.



My question: is there a method of doing the opposite, i.e. splitting an mp3 file, this easily?










share|improve this question
















I recently learned a neat trick. To join mp3 files together, you simply use the command (in Windows)



copy /b *.mp3 joined.mp3


and voila, you have one large mp3 file.



My question: is there a method of doing the opposite, i.e. splitting an mp3 file, this easily?







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  • You should tag this for Windows

    – Mark Thalman
    Jul 28 '09 at 19:22






  • 1





    Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

    – Yuval
    Jul 29 '09 at 13:40











  • Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:37











  • Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:38











  • Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

    – Yuval
    Aug 1 '09 at 7:49



















  • You should tag this for Windows

    – Mark Thalman
    Jul 28 '09 at 19:22






  • 1





    Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

    – Yuval
    Jul 29 '09 at 13:40











  • Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:37











  • Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Aug 1 '09 at 1:38











  • Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

    – Yuval
    Aug 1 '09 at 7:49

















You should tag this for Windows

– Mark Thalman
Jul 28 '09 at 19:22





You should tag this for Windows

– Mark Thalman
Jul 28 '09 at 19:22




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Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

– Yuval
Jul 29 '09 at 13:40





Not necessarily... the command-line join example I gave should work just as well in other systems. Plus, the question is for a command-line splitter for any OS.

– Yuval
Jul 29 '09 at 13:40













Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

– Jim McKeeth
Aug 1 '09 at 1:37





Yuval, the answer you accepted will cause your MP3 to be decoded and reencoded. This will really reduce your audio quality. Check out my answer on MP3DirectCut.

– Jim McKeeth
Aug 1 '09 at 1:37













Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

– Jim McKeeth
Aug 1 '09 at 1:38





Also, your joining method will result in a bad frame in the middle of the audio from the header and tail (where the tags are) remaining. It would be better to use a joining tool that removes these bad frames.

– Jim McKeeth
Aug 1 '09 at 1:38













Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

– Yuval
Aug 1 '09 at 7:49





Jim, I thank you for the concern about the audio quality, but I mainly use splitting and joining MP3s for listening to audiobooks more conveniently, and these are hardly high-quality to begin with...

– Yuval
Aug 1 '09 at 7:49










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There are two ways to split an MP3:




  1. Decoding into a wave, splitting, and re-encoding. This is the method Audacity uses and results in lost audio quality.

  2. Splitting the MP3 directly. You have a lower resolution for where to split, but the result is no loss in audio quality. I've used MP3DirectCut with relatively good success.


Usually you will want to use the 2nd method since it is lossless, unless you really don't care about your audio quality.






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  • I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

    – Michael Kohne
    Jul 22 '09 at 18:49











  • I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

    – Yuval
    Jul 22 '09 at 21:10






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    Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

    – Kanini
    Oct 21 '09 at 3:11



















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I regularly use mp3splt. It is an open source program for Windows and Linux, and includes a gui (which I don't use, so I can't comment on it).



This is the commandline I usually use to split a podcast into 6 minute segments:



mp3splt podcast.mp3 -g %[@N=0,@o] -o "@n @f" -t 6.0




  • -t 6.0: split every 6 minutes


  • -g %[@N=0,@o]: for every section use the original tags, but update the track number starting from 0.


  • -o "@n @f": The output file name should be the original filename with the track number tacked on in front.






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  • this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

    – brack
    Jun 24 '10 at 16:06











  • best answer, thank you very much!

    – Dennis Golomazov
    Jun 6 '13 at 6:13











  • crashes in windows 8.1

    – Scott Anderson
    Nov 9 '13 at 23:01






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    @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

    – Nathan Fellman
    Nov 10 '13 at 8:12






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    i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

    – peter
    Nov 19 '14 at 9:03





















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It's not as easy as the command you mention in your question. With that being said there are easy ways to do it.



Audacity is one free program that allows you to split mp3s. It's relatively easy to use once you get a hang of the interface.






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    Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

    – Drake
    Jul 16 '09 at 11:55






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    FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

    – Jim McKeeth
    Jul 22 '09 at 18:36



















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Try MP3DirectCut. It's free and works for me.






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    If you happen to be using Linux you can always use "split --bytes=1M --numeric-suffixes largefile.mp3 smallfile". However, you will have to append the .mp3 yourself unfortunately.






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      For the record, that's not the best way to merge MP3s.



      It works, but it leaves superfluous information (the ID3 tags) from the subsequent files in the final file. Copy, when used that way, is just a concatenate - the extra header information is still in there.



      The structure of an MP3 file can give you an idea:



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        This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

        – Nathan Fellman
        Nov 10 '13 at 8:16











      • If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

        – Mr Lister
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      • Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

        – Shai Alon
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      Specialized MP3 splitters, like mp3DirectCut, cut on frame boundaries. But most MP3s use the bit reservoir to conserve space; a frame's audio data often starts in a prior frame, sometimes 2 or 3 frames back. Thus the frames near the split points are likely unplayable and are silently skipped. If the split occurs in the middle of silence, it's probably of no concern.



      If the split occurs in the middle of continuous music, you might notice the skipped frames. To help mitigate this, use mp3packer to expand the mp3 to 320 kbps with minimal bit reservoir usage (-b 320 -r in.mp3 temp.mp3), make your edits in mp3DirectCut, then use mp3packer again to repack (-s -t -z temp.mp3 out.mp3). It's not guaranteed to work because bit reservoir usage might be unavoidable in a high-bitrate file, but it can help, and doesn't result in quality loss.



      Alternatively, you can use pcutmp3 to do the split. It preserves the necessary frames and adds gapless playback data (encoder delay & padding info) to a LAME tag at the beginning of the file. Players which support this data will trim the extra samples upon playback.






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      • Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

        – Daniel Mošmondor
        Jul 31 '18 at 9:59



















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      Not that easily, but there are a number of mp3 splitting tools available online that allow you to pick where to split an mp3 file.



      Of course if you wanted to split up an mp3 file just to transfer it (and not to play back the split portions), you could use a generic file splitting utility and then the binary copy method you've used to reassemble the mp3.






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      • Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

        – Yuval
        Jul 16 '09 at 11:45











      • Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

        – Nathan Fellman
        Aug 1 '09 at 3:41



















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      Sliff is right, no os tool available.



      Technically mp3 is configured such that you can split at any place you want. It uses 18 ms block of static or variable length with a certain bit combination at the beginning of each block. If you split the file in midst of a block, the player is just going to forward silently to the next block and you therefore lose a max of 18 ms.



      Tag blocks - where you enter information about artist, title, album and such, can be at any place in the file or be ommitted. Even multiple tag blocks do not harm (the first is taken).



      You can therefore split and join wherever you want.



      Any tool to split files would do then.






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      • Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

        – Mike Brown
        Jan 25 '13 at 15:18





















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      Excellent online tool: http://magicode.me/mp3-cut



      Degrees:




      • Extremely Fast!

      • Splitting the original MP3 directly (Not Decoding & re-encoding) - so any los quality.

      • All processing is in client-side.


      video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb6BNg6IhM






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        Use FFMPEG to do so (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/280767/how-do-i-split-an-audio-file-into-multiple), with the parameters:



        ffmpeg -i LongFile.mp3 -f segment -segment_time 10 -c copy ShortFile_%03d.mp3


        This will split the mp3 file into 10 minutes files with names ShortFile_000.mp3, ShoetFile_001.mp3, etc.






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          There are two ways to split an MP3:




          1. Decoding into a wave, splitting, and re-encoding. This is the method Audacity uses and results in lost audio quality.

          2. Splitting the MP3 directly. You have a lower resolution for where to split, but the result is no loss in audio quality. I've used MP3DirectCut with relatively good success.


          Usually you will want to use the 2nd method since it is lossless, unless you really don't care about your audio quality.






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          • I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

            – Michael Kohne
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:49











          • I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

            – Yuval
            Jul 22 '09 at 21:10






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            Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

            – Kanini
            Oct 21 '09 at 3:11
















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          There are two ways to split an MP3:




          1. Decoding into a wave, splitting, and re-encoding. This is the method Audacity uses and results in lost audio quality.

          2. Splitting the MP3 directly. You have a lower resolution for where to split, but the result is no loss in audio quality. I've used MP3DirectCut with relatively good success.


          Usually you will want to use the 2nd method since it is lossless, unless you really don't care about your audio quality.






          share|improve this answer


























          • I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

            – Michael Kohne
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:49











          • I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

            – Yuval
            Jul 22 '09 at 21:10






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            Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

            – Kanini
            Oct 21 '09 at 3:11














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          There are two ways to split an MP3:




          1. Decoding into a wave, splitting, and re-encoding. This is the method Audacity uses and results in lost audio quality.

          2. Splitting the MP3 directly. You have a lower resolution for where to split, but the result is no loss in audio quality. I've used MP3DirectCut with relatively good success.


          Usually you will want to use the 2nd method since it is lossless, unless you really don't care about your audio quality.






          share|improve this answer















          There are two ways to split an MP3:




          1. Decoding into a wave, splitting, and re-encoding. This is the method Audacity uses and results in lost audio quality.

          2. Splitting the MP3 directly. You have a lower resolution for where to split, but the result is no loss in audio quality. I've used MP3DirectCut with relatively good success.


          Usually you will want to use the 2nd method since it is lossless, unless you really don't care about your audio quality.







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          • I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

            – Michael Kohne
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:49











          • I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

            – Yuval
            Jul 22 '09 at 21:10






          • 1





            Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

            – Kanini
            Oct 21 '09 at 3:11



















          • I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

            – Michael Kohne
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:49











          • I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

            – Yuval
            Jul 22 '09 at 21:10






          • 1





            Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

            – Kanini
            Oct 21 '09 at 3:11

















          I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

          – Michael Kohne
          Jul 22 '09 at 18:49





          I'm very fond of mp3DirectCut. All it does is split up mp3 files, and it's pretty good at it.

          – Michael Kohne
          Jul 22 '09 at 18:49













          I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

          – Yuval
          Jul 22 '09 at 21:10





          I wasn't aware of this... 10x for the info!

          – Yuval
          Jul 22 '09 at 21:10




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          Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

          – Kanini
          Oct 21 '09 at 3:11





          Thanks Jim. I was not aware of this as well. I had been using Audacity for a while now, it is now going to be MP3Direct from now on.

          – Kanini
          Oct 21 '09 at 3:11













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          I regularly use mp3splt. It is an open source program for Windows and Linux, and includes a gui (which I don't use, so I can't comment on it).



          This is the commandline I usually use to split a podcast into 6 minute segments:



          mp3splt podcast.mp3 -g %[@N=0,@o] -o "@n @f" -t 6.0




          • -t 6.0: split every 6 minutes


          • -g %[@N=0,@o]: for every section use the original tags, but update the track number starting from 0.


          • -o "@n @f": The output file name should be the original filename with the track number tacked on in front.






          share|improve this answer
























          • this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

            – brack
            Jun 24 '10 at 16:06











          • best answer, thank you very much!

            – Dennis Golomazov
            Jun 6 '13 at 6:13











          • crashes in windows 8.1

            – Scott Anderson
            Nov 9 '13 at 23:01






          • 1





            @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

            – Nathan Fellman
            Nov 10 '13 at 8:12






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            i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

            – peter
            Nov 19 '14 at 9:03


















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          I regularly use mp3splt. It is an open source program for Windows and Linux, and includes a gui (which I don't use, so I can't comment on it).



          This is the commandline I usually use to split a podcast into 6 minute segments:



          mp3splt podcast.mp3 -g %[@N=0,@o] -o "@n @f" -t 6.0




          • -t 6.0: split every 6 minutes


          • -g %[@N=0,@o]: for every section use the original tags, but update the track number starting from 0.


          • -o "@n @f": The output file name should be the original filename with the track number tacked on in front.






          share|improve this answer
























          • this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

            – brack
            Jun 24 '10 at 16:06











          • best answer, thank you very much!

            – Dennis Golomazov
            Jun 6 '13 at 6:13











          • crashes in windows 8.1

            – Scott Anderson
            Nov 9 '13 at 23:01






          • 1





            @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

            – Nathan Fellman
            Nov 10 '13 at 8:12






          • 1





            i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

            – peter
            Nov 19 '14 at 9:03
















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          I regularly use mp3splt. It is an open source program for Windows and Linux, and includes a gui (which I don't use, so I can't comment on it).



          This is the commandline I usually use to split a podcast into 6 minute segments:



          mp3splt podcast.mp3 -g %[@N=0,@o] -o "@n @f" -t 6.0




          • -t 6.0: split every 6 minutes


          • -g %[@N=0,@o]: for every section use the original tags, but update the track number starting from 0.


          • -o "@n @f": The output file name should be the original filename with the track number tacked on in front.






          share|improve this answer













          I regularly use mp3splt. It is an open source program for Windows and Linux, and includes a gui (which I don't use, so I can't comment on it).



          This is the commandline I usually use to split a podcast into 6 minute segments:



          mp3splt podcast.mp3 -g %[@N=0,@o] -o "@n @f" -t 6.0




          • -t 6.0: split every 6 minutes


          • -g %[@N=0,@o]: for every section use the original tags, but update the track number starting from 0.


          • -o "@n @f": The output file name should be the original filename with the track number tacked on in front.







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          answered Jul 28 '09 at 19:15









          Nathan FellmanNathan Fellman

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          • this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

            – brack
            Jun 24 '10 at 16:06











          • best answer, thank you very much!

            – Dennis Golomazov
            Jun 6 '13 at 6:13











          • crashes in windows 8.1

            – Scott Anderson
            Nov 9 '13 at 23:01






          • 1





            @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

            – Nathan Fellman
            Nov 10 '13 at 8:12






          • 1





            i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

            – peter
            Nov 19 '14 at 9:03





















          • this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

            – brack
            Jun 24 '10 at 16:06











          • best answer, thank you very much!

            – Dennis Golomazov
            Jun 6 '13 at 6:13











          • crashes in windows 8.1

            – Scott Anderson
            Nov 9 '13 at 23:01






          • 1





            @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

            – Nathan Fellman
            Nov 10 '13 at 8:12






          • 1





            i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

            – peter
            Nov 19 '14 at 9:03



















          this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

          – brack
          Jun 24 '10 at 16:06





          this tool was perfect for cutting MP3's for use in HTTP streaming. quicktime wasn't liking the m3u8's populated by mp3's cut by ffmpeg, but mp3splt worked perfectly. It cut up each part automatically too! Command line is a bonus win. Thanks for posting this!!

          – brack
          Jun 24 '10 at 16:06













          best answer, thank you very much!

          – Dennis Golomazov
          Jun 6 '13 at 6:13





          best answer, thank you very much!

          – Dennis Golomazov
          Jun 6 '13 at 6:13













          crashes in windows 8.1

          – Scott Anderson
          Nov 9 '13 at 23:01





          crashes in windows 8.1

          – Scott Anderson
          Nov 9 '13 at 23:01




          1




          1





          @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

          – Nathan Fellman
          Nov 10 '13 at 8:12





          @ScottAnderson: May I recommend filing a bug on their website? sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs

          – Nathan Fellman
          Nov 10 '13 at 8:12




          1




          1





          i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

          – peter
          Nov 19 '14 at 9:03







          i am using the same for my audiobooks on car radios that dont remember position very well. i recommend using "-f" which they say is necessary for vbr and i experienced as more error tolerant. also i add "-O 0.3" for a 3 second overlap in case the split happens in the middle of a word.

          – peter
          Nov 19 '14 at 9:03













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          It's not as easy as the command you mention in your question. With that being said there are easy ways to do it.



          Audacity is one free program that allows you to split mp3s. It's relatively easy to use once you get a hang of the interface.






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            Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

            – Drake
            Jul 16 '09 at 11:55






          • 3





            FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

            – Jim McKeeth
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:36
















          8














          It's not as easy as the command you mention in your question. With that being said there are easy ways to do it.



          Audacity is one free program that allows you to split mp3s. It's relatively easy to use once you get a hang of the interface.






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          • 3





            Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

            – Drake
            Jul 16 '09 at 11:55






          • 3





            FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

            – Jim McKeeth
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:36














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          8







          It's not as easy as the command you mention in your question. With that being said there are easy ways to do it.



          Audacity is one free program that allows you to split mp3s. It's relatively easy to use once you get a hang of the interface.






          share|improve this answer













          It's not as easy as the command you mention in your question. With that being said there are easy ways to do it.



          Audacity is one free program that allows you to split mp3s. It's relatively easy to use once you get a hang of the interface.







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          answered Jul 16 '09 at 11:44









          scheibkscheibk

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          • 3





            Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

            – Drake
            Jul 16 '09 at 11:55






          • 3





            FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

            – Jim McKeeth
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:36














          • 3





            Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

            – Drake
            Jul 16 '09 at 11:55






          • 3





            FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

            – Jim McKeeth
            Jul 22 '09 at 18:36








          3




          3





          Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

          – Drake
          Jul 16 '09 at 11:55





          Audacity is good and the Beta version 1.3.x even easier to use. I suggest to start directly with that version

          – Drake
          Jul 16 '09 at 11:55




          3




          3





          FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

          – Jim McKeeth
          Jul 22 '09 at 18:36





          FYI, while Audacity is a great tool, splitting MP3's this way involves decoding and re-encoding the MP3. This degrades the audio quality.

          – Jim McKeeth
          Jul 22 '09 at 18:36











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          Try MP3DirectCut. It's free and works for me.






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            Try MP3DirectCut. It's free and works for me.






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              Try MP3DirectCut. It's free and works for me.






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              Try MP3DirectCut. It's free and works for me.







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              answered Jul 27 '09 at 22:40









              Umber FerruleUmber Ferrule

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                  If you happen to be using Linux you can always use "split --bytes=1M --numeric-suffixes largefile.mp3 smallfile". However, you will have to append the .mp3 yourself unfortunately.






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                    If you happen to be using Linux you can always use "split --bytes=1M --numeric-suffixes largefile.mp3 smallfile". However, you will have to append the .mp3 yourself unfortunately.






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                      If you happen to be using Linux you can always use "split --bytes=1M --numeric-suffixes largefile.mp3 smallfile". However, you will have to append the .mp3 yourself unfortunately.






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                      If you happen to be using Linux you can always use "split --bytes=1M --numeric-suffixes largefile.mp3 smallfile". However, you will have to append the .mp3 yourself unfortunately.







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                      answered Aug 16 '11 at 19:19









                      Richie MarquezRichie Marquez

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                          For the record, that's not the best way to merge MP3s.



                          It works, but it leaves superfluous information (the ID3 tags) from the subsequent files in the final file. Copy, when used that way, is just a concatenate - the extra header information is still in there.



                          The structure of an MP3 file can give you an idea:



                          enter image description here



                          (Click to zoom)






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                          • 1





                            This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Nov 10 '13 at 8:16











                          • If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                            – Mr Lister
                            Mar 18 '14 at 9:34











                          • Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                            – Shai Alon
                            Apr 2 '18 at 9:25
















                          2














                          For the record, that's not the best way to merge MP3s.



                          It works, but it leaves superfluous information (the ID3 tags) from the subsequent files in the final file. Copy, when used that way, is just a concatenate - the extra header information is still in there.



                          The structure of an MP3 file can give you an idea:



                          enter image description here



                          (Click to zoom)






                          share|improve this answer





















                          • 1





                            This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Nov 10 '13 at 8:16











                          • If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                            – Mr Lister
                            Mar 18 '14 at 9:34











                          • Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                            – Shai Alon
                            Apr 2 '18 at 9:25














                          2












                          2








                          2







                          For the record, that's not the best way to merge MP3s.



                          It works, but it leaves superfluous information (the ID3 tags) from the subsequent files in the final file. Copy, when used that way, is just a concatenate - the extra header information is still in there.



                          The structure of an MP3 file can give you an idea:



                          enter image description here



                          (Click to zoom)






                          share|improve this answer















                          For the record, that's not the best way to merge MP3s.



                          It works, but it leaves superfluous information (the ID3 tags) from the subsequent files in the final file. Copy, when used that way, is just a concatenate - the extra header information is still in there.



                          The structure of an MP3 file can give you an idea:



                          enter image description here



                          (Click to zoom)







                          share|improve this answer














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                          edited Dec 30 '11 at 4:12









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                          answered Jul 16 '09 at 11:58









                          Tom RitterTom Ritter

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                          • 1





                            This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Nov 10 '13 at 8:16











                          • If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                            – Mr Lister
                            Mar 18 '14 at 9:34











                          • Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                            – Shai Alon
                            Apr 2 '18 at 9:25














                          • 1





                            This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Nov 10 '13 at 8:16











                          • If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                            – Mr Lister
                            Mar 18 '14 at 9:34











                          • Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                            – Shai Alon
                            Apr 2 '18 at 9:25








                          1




                          1





                          This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                          – Nathan Fellman
                          Nov 10 '13 at 8:16





                          This is very interesting, but it doesn't answer the question. It might be more relevant here: superuser.com/questions/202809/join-multiple-mp3-files-lossless

                          – Nathan Fellman
                          Nov 10 '13 at 8:16













                          If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                          – Mr Lister
                          Mar 18 '14 at 9:34





                          If the tags are a concern, you can remove all tags first, but then you'll have to add them back in afterwards.

                          – Mr Lister
                          Mar 18 '14 at 9:34













                          Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                          – Shai Alon
                          Apr 2 '18 at 9:25





                          Nice, but the question was not about merge, but about split.

                          – Shai Alon
                          Apr 2 '18 at 9:25











                          2














                          Specialized MP3 splitters, like mp3DirectCut, cut on frame boundaries. But most MP3s use the bit reservoir to conserve space; a frame's audio data often starts in a prior frame, sometimes 2 or 3 frames back. Thus the frames near the split points are likely unplayable and are silently skipped. If the split occurs in the middle of silence, it's probably of no concern.



                          If the split occurs in the middle of continuous music, you might notice the skipped frames. To help mitigate this, use mp3packer to expand the mp3 to 320 kbps with minimal bit reservoir usage (-b 320 -r in.mp3 temp.mp3), make your edits in mp3DirectCut, then use mp3packer again to repack (-s -t -z temp.mp3 out.mp3). It's not guaranteed to work because bit reservoir usage might be unavoidable in a high-bitrate file, but it can help, and doesn't result in quality loss.



                          Alternatively, you can use pcutmp3 to do the split. It preserves the necessary frames and adds gapless playback data (encoder delay & padding info) to a LAME tag at the beginning of the file. Players which support this data will trim the extra samples upon playback.






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                          • Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                            – Daniel Mošmondor
                            Jul 31 '18 at 9:59
















                          2














                          Specialized MP3 splitters, like mp3DirectCut, cut on frame boundaries. But most MP3s use the bit reservoir to conserve space; a frame's audio data often starts in a prior frame, sometimes 2 or 3 frames back. Thus the frames near the split points are likely unplayable and are silently skipped. If the split occurs in the middle of silence, it's probably of no concern.



                          If the split occurs in the middle of continuous music, you might notice the skipped frames. To help mitigate this, use mp3packer to expand the mp3 to 320 kbps with minimal bit reservoir usage (-b 320 -r in.mp3 temp.mp3), make your edits in mp3DirectCut, then use mp3packer again to repack (-s -t -z temp.mp3 out.mp3). It's not guaranteed to work because bit reservoir usage might be unavoidable in a high-bitrate file, but it can help, and doesn't result in quality loss.



                          Alternatively, you can use pcutmp3 to do the split. It preserves the necessary frames and adds gapless playback data (encoder delay & padding info) to a LAME tag at the beginning of the file. Players which support this data will trim the extra samples upon playback.






                          share|improve this answer
























                          • Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                            – Daniel Mošmondor
                            Jul 31 '18 at 9:59














                          2












                          2








                          2







                          Specialized MP3 splitters, like mp3DirectCut, cut on frame boundaries. But most MP3s use the bit reservoir to conserve space; a frame's audio data often starts in a prior frame, sometimes 2 or 3 frames back. Thus the frames near the split points are likely unplayable and are silently skipped. If the split occurs in the middle of silence, it's probably of no concern.



                          If the split occurs in the middle of continuous music, you might notice the skipped frames. To help mitigate this, use mp3packer to expand the mp3 to 320 kbps with minimal bit reservoir usage (-b 320 -r in.mp3 temp.mp3), make your edits in mp3DirectCut, then use mp3packer again to repack (-s -t -z temp.mp3 out.mp3). It's not guaranteed to work because bit reservoir usage might be unavoidable in a high-bitrate file, but it can help, and doesn't result in quality loss.



                          Alternatively, you can use pcutmp3 to do the split. It preserves the necessary frames and adds gapless playback data (encoder delay & padding info) to a LAME tag at the beginning of the file. Players which support this data will trim the extra samples upon playback.






                          share|improve this answer













                          Specialized MP3 splitters, like mp3DirectCut, cut on frame boundaries. But most MP3s use the bit reservoir to conserve space; a frame's audio data often starts in a prior frame, sometimes 2 or 3 frames back. Thus the frames near the split points are likely unplayable and are silently skipped. If the split occurs in the middle of silence, it's probably of no concern.



                          If the split occurs in the middle of continuous music, you might notice the skipped frames. To help mitigate this, use mp3packer to expand the mp3 to 320 kbps with minimal bit reservoir usage (-b 320 -r in.mp3 temp.mp3), make your edits in mp3DirectCut, then use mp3packer again to repack (-s -t -z temp.mp3 out.mp3). It's not guaranteed to work because bit reservoir usage might be unavoidable in a high-bitrate file, but it can help, and doesn't result in quality loss.



                          Alternatively, you can use pcutmp3 to do the split. It preserves the necessary frames and adds gapless playback data (encoder delay & padding info) to a LAME tag at the beginning of the file. Players which support this data will trim the extra samples upon playback.







                          share|improve this answer












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                          answered Jan 25 '13 at 15:44









                          Mike BrownMike Brown

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                          • Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                            – Daniel Mošmondor
                            Jul 31 '18 at 9:59



















                          • Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                            – Daniel Mošmondor
                            Jul 31 '18 at 9:59

















                          Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                          – Daniel Mošmondor
                          Jul 31 '18 at 9:59





                          Very smart explanation, and technical. Nice!

                          – Daniel Mošmondor
                          Jul 31 '18 at 9:59











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                          Not that easily, but there are a number of mp3 splitting tools available online that allow you to pick where to split an mp3 file.



                          Of course if you wanted to split up an mp3 file just to transfer it (and not to play back the split portions), you could use a generic file splitting utility and then the binary copy method you've used to reassemble the mp3.






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                          • Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                            – Yuval
                            Jul 16 '09 at 11:45











                          • Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Aug 1 '09 at 3:41
















                          1














                          Not that easily, but there are a number of mp3 splitting tools available online that allow you to pick where to split an mp3 file.



                          Of course if you wanted to split up an mp3 file just to transfer it (and not to play back the split portions), you could use a generic file splitting utility and then the binary copy method you've used to reassemble the mp3.






                          share|improve this answer
























                          • Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                            – Yuval
                            Jul 16 '09 at 11:45











                          • Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Aug 1 '09 at 3:41














                          1












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                          1







                          Not that easily, but there are a number of mp3 splitting tools available online that allow you to pick where to split an mp3 file.



                          Of course if you wanted to split up an mp3 file just to transfer it (and not to play back the split portions), you could use a generic file splitting utility and then the binary copy method you've used to reassemble the mp3.






                          share|improve this answer













                          Not that easily, but there are a number of mp3 splitting tools available online that allow you to pick where to split an mp3 file.



                          Of course if you wanted to split up an mp3 file just to transfer it (and not to play back the split portions), you could use a generic file splitting utility and then the binary copy method you've used to reassemble the mp3.







                          share|improve this answer












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                          answered Jul 16 '09 at 11:42









                          SliffSliff

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                          • Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                            – Yuval
                            Jul 16 '09 at 11:45











                          • Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Aug 1 '09 at 3:41



















                          • Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                            – Yuval
                            Jul 16 '09 at 11:45











                          • Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                            – Nathan Fellman
                            Aug 1 '09 at 3:41

















                          Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                          – Yuval
                          Jul 16 '09 at 11:45





                          Is there one you can recommend? Do you know one that is free?

                          – Yuval
                          Jul 16 '09 at 11:45













                          Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                          – Nathan Fellman
                          Aug 1 '09 at 3:41





                          Back in the day I used to use arj (arjsoftware.com) to split files to chunks of 1.44MB to fit on floppies. I see it's still around. WinRAR (rarlab.com) can do the same. Heck, even good ole' pkzip 2.04g (pkware.com) added support for that, though it was a lot less convenient than arj

                          – Nathan Fellman
                          Aug 1 '09 at 3:41











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                          Sliff is right, no os tool available.



                          Technically mp3 is configured such that you can split at any place you want. It uses 18 ms block of static or variable length with a certain bit combination at the beginning of each block. If you split the file in midst of a block, the player is just going to forward silently to the next block and you therefore lose a max of 18 ms.



                          Tag blocks - where you enter information about artist, title, album and such, can be at any place in the file or be ommitted. Even multiple tag blocks do not harm (the first is taken).



                          You can therefore split and join wherever you want.



                          Any tool to split files would do then.






                          share|improve this answer
























                          • Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                            – Mike Brown
                            Jan 25 '13 at 15:18


















                          0














                          Sliff is right, no os tool available.



                          Technically mp3 is configured such that you can split at any place you want. It uses 18 ms block of static or variable length with a certain bit combination at the beginning of each block. If you split the file in midst of a block, the player is just going to forward silently to the next block and you therefore lose a max of 18 ms.



                          Tag blocks - where you enter information about artist, title, album and such, can be at any place in the file or be ommitted. Even multiple tag blocks do not harm (the first is taken).



                          You can therefore split and join wherever you want.



                          Any tool to split files would do then.






                          share|improve this answer
























                          • Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                            – Mike Brown
                            Jan 25 '13 at 15:18
















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                          Sliff is right, no os tool available.



                          Technically mp3 is configured such that you can split at any place you want. It uses 18 ms block of static or variable length with a certain bit combination at the beginning of each block. If you split the file in midst of a block, the player is just going to forward silently to the next block and you therefore lose a max of 18 ms.



                          Tag blocks - where you enter information about artist, title, album and such, can be at any place in the file or be ommitted. Even multiple tag blocks do not harm (the first is taken).



                          You can therefore split and join wherever you want.



                          Any tool to split files would do then.






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                          Sliff is right, no os tool available.



                          Technically mp3 is configured such that you can split at any place you want. It uses 18 ms block of static or variable length with a certain bit combination at the beginning of each block. If you split the file in midst of a block, the player is just going to forward silently to the next block and you therefore lose a max of 18 ms.



                          Tag blocks - where you enter information about artist, title, album and such, can be at any place in the file or be ommitted. Even multiple tag blocks do not harm (the first is taken).



                          You can therefore split and join wherever you want.



                          Any tool to split files would do then.







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                          • Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                            – Mike Brown
                            Jan 25 '13 at 15:18





















                          • Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                            – Mike Brown
                            Jan 25 '13 at 15:18



















                          Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                          – Mike Brown
                          Jan 25 '13 at 15:18







                          Tags in the middle of a file are likely to be ignored. Also, since most MP3s utilize the bit reservoir, frame boundaries don't line up with audio data start points. So if you split on frame boundaries, as all specialized MP3 splitters do, you may make some frames adjacent to the split point unplayable, same as if you cut in the middle of a frame. Probably not noticeable if the cut is made in the middle of silence, but if there's continuous sound across the edit point, the seam may audible.

                          – Mike Brown
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                          Excellent online tool: http://magicode.me/mp3-cut



                          Degrees:




                          • Extremely Fast!

                          • Splitting the original MP3 directly (Not Decoding & re-encoding) - so any los quality.

                          • All processing is in client-side.


                          video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb6BNg6IhM






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                            Excellent online tool: http://magicode.me/mp3-cut



                            Degrees:




                            • Extremely Fast!

                            • Splitting the original MP3 directly (Not Decoding & re-encoding) - so any los quality.

                            • All processing is in client-side.


                            video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb6BNg6IhM






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                              Excellent online tool: http://magicode.me/mp3-cut



                              Degrees:




                              • Extremely Fast!

                              • Splitting the original MP3 directly (Not Decoding & re-encoding) - so any los quality.

                              • All processing is in client-side.


                              video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb6BNg6IhM






                              share|improve this answer















                              Excellent online tool: http://magicode.me/mp3-cut



                              Degrees:




                              • Extremely Fast!

                              • Splitting the original MP3 directly (Not Decoding & re-encoding) - so any los quality.

                              • All processing is in client-side.


                              video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmb6BNg6IhM







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                                  Use FFMPEG to do so (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/280767/how-do-i-split-an-audio-file-into-multiple), with the parameters:



                                  ffmpeg -i LongFile.mp3 -f segment -segment_time 10 -c copy ShortFile_%03d.mp3


                                  This will split the mp3 file into 10 minutes files with names ShortFile_000.mp3, ShoetFile_001.mp3, etc.






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                                    Use FFMPEG to do so (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/280767/how-do-i-split-an-audio-file-into-multiple), with the parameters:



                                    ffmpeg -i LongFile.mp3 -f segment -segment_time 10 -c copy ShortFile_%03d.mp3


                                    This will split the mp3 file into 10 minutes files with names ShortFile_000.mp3, ShoetFile_001.mp3, etc.






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                                      Use FFMPEG to do so (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/280767/how-do-i-split-an-audio-file-into-multiple), with the parameters:



                                      ffmpeg -i LongFile.mp3 -f segment -segment_time 10 -c copy ShortFile_%03d.mp3


                                      This will split the mp3 file into 10 minutes files with names ShortFile_000.mp3, ShoetFile_001.mp3, etc.






                                      share|improve this answer













                                      Use FFMPEG to do so (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/280767/how-do-i-split-an-audio-file-into-multiple), with the parameters:



                                      ffmpeg -i LongFile.mp3 -f segment -segment_time 10 -c copy ShortFile_%03d.mp3


                                      This will split the mp3 file into 10 minutes files with names ShortFile_000.mp3, ShoetFile_001.mp3, etc.







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