How do you . . . MP3 question.

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[jordan8]

How do you rip/encode from a cd so that it is just one file instead of individual songs, for instance a live album where you don't want a break between songs. I want to rip that medley off the back of "Abbey Road" as one song. I did this in the past with "Jesus Christ -Superstar" but I've forgotten how to do it.

[BipolarBob]

If you get a reliable concise answer, I'm gonna copy/save it.

[Niteranger68]

I find my best freeware at snapfiles.com. I'll look there in a little bit and see if I can find something that will work.

[Niteranger68]

OK, try MediaJoin (freeware)

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/MediaJoin/mediajoin.html

[VOA]

bump for publicity

[jordan8]

I'll try that later. I've tried a freeware program called MP3AlbumMaker but it leaves an annoying hiccup between the songs. I also tried setting Audiograbber to analog but it still recorded the tracks individually. I must have been using Cdex.

I think I've figured it out. Using Cdex 1.51 I've use the "extract a section of the CD to wave or compressed audio file" button. Yep that did it.

[ml/nj]

Use Exact Audio Copy (EAC - a free download) in combination with LAME (another free download which does the MP3 compression). You need to use EAC's "Copy Range - compressed" feature, which allows you to specify which consecutive tracks (or partial tracks) you want to copy. The copy has no gaps between tracks.

ML/NJ

[bmwcyle]

Buy Creative, they have good software.

[avg_freeper]

iTunes does this. Just use the "join CD tracks" command. Here are the instructions from help:

1. Insert the CD with the songs you want to join.

2. Select the CD from the iTunes Source list. Note: Make sure the list is sorted by track number.

3. Select the adjacent tracks you want to join.

4. Choose Join CD Tracks from the Advanced menu.

5. Click Import.

[jordan8]

Thanks for the replies, but the CDex thing worked. When I typed the bit about JC Superstar it jogged my memory, I only used CDex in those days because it was the best then available (I usually use Audiograbber and sometime Fairstars now).

Audiograbber

Cdex 1.51. This is the last "official" version, I think, but others are continuing to develope it.

FairStars CD Ripper

DB Poweramp (last freeware version). This is a little gem, grab this.

[WhiteGuy]

google "Audacity" "open source" "Audio editing"

All the tools you'll ever need. - FREE

[Khurkris]

bump & bkmark for audio info

[jordan8]

CDex 1.70b2

CDex Home Page

[2nd amendment mama]

Bookmarking for future reference