XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 2/26/2026 2:28 PM, micky wrote:   
      
   > I see there is an option to split or not-split recordings.  I have it   
   > set to split, but setting it to not-split would probably do what you're   
   > talking about.  But it would also mean I couldn't delete the songs I do   
   > not like, or the advertising segments,and it would have created a   
   > 72-hour mp3 file!!!   
      
   You can load the 72 hour thing into an editor.   
      
   You need to find an editor that can recognize the end of a cut.   
      
   Also, if the RadioMaximus recorder has the ability to record   
   metadata as a separate stream (making the output file a   
   multi-stream item), when you chop that into pieces, it might   
   keep the metadata encapsulated in each cut.   
      
   It would be preferable if the bloody software worked properly.   
   Anyone who records cuts, and makes timing errors of five seconds,   
   shouldn't be in the business...   
      
   *******   
      
   As an example of an editor with a neat feature, the WinXP movie editing   
   thing that Microsoft cooked up, it could detect scene changes in a   
   movie, and automatically cut a selection into chunks. You can drop   
   the chunks onto the timeline, and remove chunks, tighten up sequences   
   and so on. What I didn't know at the time, is when doing so, you could   
   also automatically fade-in and fade-out the chunks. That is a lot of   
   convenience in one editor. I don't recollect seeing other editors   
   do that much for you. Now, that's a video editor, but you get the idea.   
   Some sound editors should be able to do a good job.   
      
   Audacity is pretty basic. Yes, it's a sound editor. Yes, it's free.   
   That's about it. If you have 1600 selections to handle, or a thousand   
   things to throw out, that tool isn't powerful enough for the job.   
      
   FFMPEG (script-able) could be tasked with chopping out 1600 selections.   
   You'd have to see if it has a silence detector, or some means of   
   finding where the cuts need to be.   
      
   If you put them back in the original order, then at least the 5 second   
   thing is "invisible". But that would required having saved an image   
   of the original USB stick (dd.exe could have done that).   
      
      Paul   
      
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