Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/15/47 11:29

Why not cut the silence out of the WAV's before encoding to MP3? Sure,
it adds some steps to the process, but in the end it's great. It also
means you can encode to other formats like Ogg Vorbis and likewise have
no silence in their files.

I use a program called WavTrim to trim the silence from my WAV's. I
don't know of any other small apps that do the job, let alone as well as
WavTrim.

- NRen2k5

dadiOH wrote:
> Don M. wrote:
>
>>"dadiOH" <dadiOH@wherever.com> wrote in message
>>news:bkd3f.18160$at1.17395@trnddc05...
>>
>>>NRen2k5 wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 10/11/2005 12:21:10 PM, "dadiOH" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>mcp6453 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Recently I saw a free utility that allows you to see what encoder
>>>>>>was used to encode an MP3 file. Now I am unable to remember what I
>>>>>>saw or where I saw it. Can someone suggest such a utility? I've
>>>>>>tried MP3 Tag and Ufony.
>>>>>
>>>>>You are probably talking about EncSpot. It *guesses* at the
>>>>>encoder, is *not* accurate.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Indeed. It is not accurate at all.
>>>>
>>>>However, for detecting LAME MP3's, it's very accurate, because it
>>>>reads an ASCII part of the file to determine which version of LAME
>>>>was used.
>>>>
>>>>- NRen2k5
>>>
>>>Hmmm...it frequently says my LAME encodes are Gogo no-coda. Based on
>>>LAME IIRC but I've never had it.
>>>
>>
>>=========
>>
>>Trim enough silence from the front and back ends of a Lame mp3 and it
>>should go Gogo in EncSpot. I've seen other utilities guess FhG when
>>CBR and <gulp> Xing when VBR Lame mp3s are trimmed.
>>
>>
>>Don
>
>
> Thanks, Don, that may well be why...I hate storing silence :)
>
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