Splitting a looong mp3 into tracks??

[mcampb05]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good tools for splitting a long mp3 into audio tracks.

I have some Audio Books in .mp3 format that are very long (like 700 minutes or more). I need a tool that can split it into tracks, so that I can seek through it. I've tried doing it right through Nero's tool (5.5.9), but it takes forever and it will only recognize up to 300 minutes worth; after that it gets cut off. I've tried a couple other programs that want the whole thing converted to a .wav first. A quick Google search didn't help much. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

-Matt

 

[hoihtah]

wow, 700 min. i'd say that's pretty long.

as for audio editing, i do most of my work on cooledit.
it's more for track recording/editing.
but it'll handle mp3's and the last time i checked, it allows you to record/edit a file as long as your harddrive allows.

i'm sure there are better softwares out there for your need, just mp3 slicing.
but it doesn't hurt to try with cooledit.

 

[unhuman]

Quick web search for MP3 Splitter Freeware came up -

http://www.codevisions.de/mp3splitter/readme.html

 

[waitman]

mp3 Direct cut and Mp3 trim will cut mp3's into tracks, don't remember if it has a limit like that. I used Mp3 direct cut for an audio book that was several hundred minutes long seemed to work good and it is pretty simple to use.

 

[mpc7488]

Thanks a lot guys!!

I did a web search on mp3 split, mp3 tracks, etc. but didn't find anything decent, but unhuman's mp3 splitter works great! I tested it with an 80 minute .mp3, split into 600 second sections, split it almost instantly. Tried a 700 minute .mp3 into 300 second tracks - took about a minute, very fast. The final test - a 1200 minute .mp3 into 300 second sections. Worked like a charm, 2 minutes and 20 seconds later I had 248 separate tracks. Woohoo!

Nero took about 10 minutes to recognize the track and split it into tracks in the 300 minutes it recognized. I did try Cooledit, but didn't have much luck with it either, though I didn't spend much time with it.

Thanks again everyone - gotta love the hardware community!

-Matt