How to Span long audio files

[mad4media]

Is there a way to span large audio files across cds? Audible uses a software that does this. Does media creator 9 do this? Have media 9 on my home computer not my work computer. If this is possible does it do it natively or are their required steps?

 

Thanks in advance.

[gi7omy]

I'm not sure I quite understand what you are trying to do - disc spanning (which isn't terribly reliable) is used for backup purposes and the resultant split file isn't accessible until you restore it

 

If you are wanting to listen to the audio, that system wouldn't work. You'd be better off manually splitting the files (presuming there are more than one) and sending them in batches. If it's one large file, then you would need a file splitting utility (but how that would affect playback I don't know)

[mad4media]

I'm not sure I quite understand what you are trying to do - disc spanning (which isn't terribly reliable) is used for backup purposes and the resultant split file isn't accessible until you restore it

 

If you are wanting to listen to the audio, that system wouldn't work. You'd be better off manually splitting the files (presuming there are more than one) and sending them in batches. If it's one large file, then you would need a file splitting utility (but how that would affect playback I don't know)

 

 

Hi thanks for your response. We've a seminar session we have recorded on an mp3 player. One file is 2:03 Hours/minutes long. The second is 90 minutes or and hour and a half. Audible.com permits a book sometimes 12 hours long to be spanned across discs. I was wondering if Media 9 does this. I've basically used Media 9 for digital video purposes and am not as familiar with the audio side of its capabilities. So I was checking to see if anyone had experience in doing this with media 9. Audible's software basically burns the first disc and continues to ask for discs until the whole file is spanned and burned. It also staggers the last few minutes of each dic and repeats it on the following disc so the listening seems seamless.

 

Thanks again for you response and any others who may contribute.

[gi7omy]

I've never tried that myself so I couldn't answer (splitting audio files) but I do know that EMC9 supports DVD audio - so that could be the answer - putting your audio on a 4 GB DVD instead of a 700 MB CD

 

All you'd need then is a player that can support DVD audio

[tbrewst]

If you burn them as Audio Cd's then Music Disc Creator will span the music across discs.If you burn them as MP3 discs then it will not.

Just go into Music Disc Creator,click Audio CD for the project type,add Audio tracks (your mp3's) and click burn.You will see at the bottom it telling you how many discs it will span.

[gi7omy]

Thanks Terry - I didn't know if it could be done or not

[tbrewst]

That actually may be a provisional statement...lol.I tried it by adding about 2Gb of music to an audio project.It said the music would be spanned across 11 discs.I noticed though that none of the tracks were split across discs (which makes sense).I'm wondering what will happen if you try to add just 1 large file like they're trying to do.I don't have a mp3 that big to try with.I'm afraid MDC might not like it.I'll be wanting to know the results if they try it.

[gi7omy]

That's why I suggested an audio DVD in case it was one humungous file

[tbrewst]

That probably is the better and simpler solution.That is if they have DVD capability where they're trying to use the discs.Guess we'll wait and see what happens,if they reply.

[d_deweywright]

That probably is the better and simpler solution.That is if they have DVD capability where they're trying to use the discs.Guess we'll wait and see what happens,if they reply.

But, if it was recorded on an MP3 player/recorder, then I would expect the resultant .MP3 file of a 2:03 hour program to only be maybe 120MB. Using a slightly higher compression rate, he should easily be able to fit a 12 hour program onto a CD. So, the issue is what is the actual file type he's starting with, and what type of disc (Data/MP3 or Audio) does he need to create.

[mad4media]

But, if it was recorded on an MP3 player/recorder, then I would expect the resultant .MP3 file of a 2:03 hour program to only be maybe 120MB. Using a slightly higher compression rate, he should easily be able to fit a 12 hour program onto a CD. So, the issue is what is the actual file type he's starting with, and what type of disc (Data/MP3 or Audio) does he need to create.

 

Thanks for the many replies...

 

I managed to use iTunes burn utility which does the spanning as does the Audible utility. Since my work pc has those utilities installed that's what I used. The audible utility has Roxio label on it. Yesterday I was experiencing much crashing and burning in attempting to use individual utilities ie: hotburn and WMedia others. iTunes process is less than intuitive. Intuitive is quite subjective in its meaning. iTunes is a free download and one can import files such as the recorded sessions I referred to earlier. One needs to create a playlist and then place the files in the play list and then it is possible to burn the file(s) across spanned disks. I will play with this on my home pc whcih has Media 9 on it.

 

Again thanks for all the responses.

[gi7omy]

Let us know how it worked out in the end - always handy to have in the little black book we all keep losing when we need it