mp3 cutter

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS =================== - 200 MHz - Windows 9x, NT - MP3 ACM Codec or mpglib.dll - Optional: Lame encoder DLL Special Info ------------ o As the name suggests, mp3 cutter is a mp3 cutting tool. o It has been checked with many audio formats, but errors might creep in. o Always keep a backup copy of your audio file. KNOWN ISSUES & TROUBLESHOOTING ============================== mp3DirectCut is tested with a large amount of different MP3 types. But in some cases it could still behave strange. Because there are many differences in the apearence of MP3 files it is not easy to predict which errors might occur. - The main MP3 graph does not show the correct audio level. But this is not an error! The graph contains only higher frequencies. It does not decode the MPEG data to keep the scrolling fast and to avoid scannings at file opening. The graph can also be too high or too low over the whole file. It does not indicate absolute audio levels in any way. - Visualisation of Layer 2 is much worse than Layer 3. What you see on MP2 has next to nothing to do with an audio level. Please, don't complain if MP2 silence is shown as mountains. - VBR files should be editable, but: they are not visualized correctly. While playing or scrolling the graph is less or more streched. The MPEG graph depends on fixed frame sizes. I recommend to cut and fade VBR files "by ear" and using the "Set begin" and "Set end" buttons. - Cuts in MP3 files may sound noisy or squeeky, especially at lower bitrates. This is also not an error but caused by the "bit reservoir" used by most MP3. Normaly MP3 is not made for cutting, because some frames in a row can depend on each other. Solution: make cuts at as silent positions as possible and they will be barely perceptable. Cutting Layer II on the other hand works excellent. - If the computer is too slow for decoding in realtime the program will hang. Try to use a higher value for the play buffers at mp3DirectCut's preferences and zoom in a step. You should also make the window smaller, because even the graphics takes a lot CPU. Even if the sound is noisy or interrupted try setting the buffer to a higher value (more "reliable"). Use the "high priority" option only if your system is fast enough for playing! - If the MP3 file is not on a local harddrive the play function may not work correctly because the source file is accessed several times a second to update the graph. - Handling large MP3 files or a lot of MP3 files can cause Windows's file cache growing and keeping the reserved memory. Since a function that cleans the Windows file cache is missing you should prevent Windows from using all the RAM for file caching (which makes always sense by the way). Set the max file cache in your system.ini to about 1/4 of your total memory. Insert these lines after the [boot]-section (example for

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