Hi,
After having connected my Hi-Fi system to the computer, I have been recording a serias of talks from the radio, using gaRecorder, and saved the one long file (all talks) as a .wav (wave) file. What I need to do now is to split the one big file into several small files - individual talks.
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
Under Windoze I used to use a free program called 'Wave Splitter'.
Regards
peter
On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 04:59:58PM +0100, Peter Hunter wrote:
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
I /think/ that audacity will allow you to do this, but the homepage for the audacity project appears to not be responding right now.
Adam
Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 04:59:58PM +0100, Peter Hunter wrote:
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
I /think/ that audacity will allow you to do this, but the homepage for the audacity project appears to not be responding right now.
Yep, I use audacity when 'ripping' my vinyl to ogg. Just highlight a segment and copy 'n' paste it into a new project. Saying that though...I always convert the files to .ogg within audacity, but I would be surprised if there isn't an option for .wav too.
beb
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 18:42 +0100, beb wrote:
Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 04:59:58PM +0100, Peter Hunter wrote:
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
I /think/ that audacity will allow you to do this, but the homepage for the audacity project appears to not be responding right now.
Yep, I use audacity when 'ripping' my vinyl to ogg. Just highlight a segment and copy 'n' paste it into a new project. Saying that though...I always convert the files to .ogg within audacity, but I would be surprised if there isn't an option for .wav too.
beb
Thanks beb, but how do I get it to install into Suse? I have had a look on the audacity website but there is no mention of a suse version, and I don't understand about gz etc. HELLLLPPPP
Peter
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Peter Hunter wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 18:42 +0100, beb wrote:
Yep, I use audacity when 'ripping' my vinyl to ogg. Just highlight a segment and copy 'n' paste it into a new project. Saying that though...I always convert the files to .ogg within audacity, but I would be surprised if there isn't an option for .wav too.
beb
Thanks beb, but how do I get it to install into Suse? I have had a look on the audacity website but there is no mention of a suse version, and I don't understand about gz etc. HELLLLPPPP
Erm...pass. I haven't used SuSE for years ;-) Try booting YaST and clicking on 'install software' (or words to that effect) and have a search on the list there.
beb
On Sunday 10 July 2005 18:50, Peter Hunter wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 18:42 +0100, beb wrote:
Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 04:59:58PM +0100, Peter Hunter wrote:
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
I /think/ that audacity will allow you to do this, but the homepage for the audacity project appears to not be responding right now.
Yep, I use audacity when 'ripping' my vinyl to ogg. Just highlight a segment and copy 'n' paste it into a new project. Saying that though...I always convert the files to .ogg within audacity, but I would be surprised if there isn't an option for .wav too.
beb
Thanks beb, but how do I get it to install into Suse? I have had a look on the audacity website but there is no mention of a suse version, and I don't understand about gz etc. HELLLLPPPP
Peter
Hi Peter Audacity on Suse 9.3 is installed by downloading Yast update Multimedia packages 1-4, You will need the WXgtk packages from your disc, works fine here. Regards Nick Daniels
On 10/07/05, Peter Hunter peterslinuxbox@ntlworld.com wrote:
Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files?
OOoo, now thats spooky that this should come up.
Freshmeat had an annoucement of a tool that sounds like just the ticket.
http://freshmeat.net/releases/201152/
"SndBite is a specialized audio editor designed for breaking large recordings into smaller components with great efficiency. Its principal intended application is in linguistic research where it is often desirable to put each word or sentence into a separate file before further processing. Its features include multiple simultaneous views of the waveform at different resolutions, the ability to position window edges at transitions between sound and silence, automated setting of cut points at zero-crossings, automatic filename generation easily controlled by the user, and optional automatic playback on window motion."
Cheers, Al.
Peter Hunter peterslinuxbox@ntlworld.com wrote:
the one long file (all talks) as a .wav (wave) file. What I need to do now is to split the one big file into several small files - individual talks.
If K3B can handle raw files (I've not checked), you could use aplay from the alsa-utils to remove the wav header and then dd to split them. Both should be on every distribution:
aplay -D file:talks.raw talks.wav #(convert the wav to raw)
dd 'if=talks.raw' 'of=talk1.raw' 'bs=176400' 'skip=5' 'count=300' #(assuming 44.1kHz 16-bit stereo recording, skip first 5 seconds, record 300s)
dd 'if=talks.raw' 'of=talk2.raw' 'bs=176400' 'skip=305' 'count=300' #(then for talk2, skip 305s and record next 300s... and so on)
If you can install them on your distribution, sox, wavsplit (command line tools both), snd (command line or GUI) or wavbreaker (GUI) may be easier.
Snd homepage >-> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd/ Wavbreaker >-> http://huli.org/wavbreaker/
Let us know how you get on!
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