Thanks, Esther! I did not even think of iTunes! That is a quick and dirty solution that works... And I do not mind getting my hands dirty! As always, you are the best... Lou (BlindMacMan).
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:07:35 PM UTC-7, Esther wrote: > > Hi Lou, > > I know this sounds a bit hokey, but couldn't you just use iTunes in this > case to chop out the section you want? If you don't already have the > RestartAt AppleScript, you can still download it (for the next couple of > days) from Tim Kliburn's VoiceOver Downloads page: > http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html > > Add your AIFF file to iTunes and use this AppleScript to make the fine > adjustment controls of the start and stop times that you need -- or just > use the fast forward or rewind controls to position yourself up. Then, > select the track and do a Command-I ("Get Info"), navigate to the Options > tab, and fill in the text boxes for start and stop time to select your > section. Change your import setting to AIFF under the General tab of > iTunes preferences by pressing the "Import Settings" button and then press > the "Import Using" pop up button and set it to "AIFF". Now if you go the > Advanced menu on the iTunes menu bar there will be an option "Create AIFF" > version. If you select it, a second version of your track, with only the > section between your specified start and stop times, will appear in your > iTunes library. Since you're using a lossless format and going from AIFF > file to AIFF file you shouldn't lose any quality, and all the existing > tagging information will be preserved. Don't forget to use Command-I on > your original track and delete the start and stop time information on the > Options tab. And you probably want to reset your default importing > preference back to whatever you were using. > > This is quick and dirty, but it all works quite simply. I suspect you may > already have the RestartAt AppleScript, but you may not have used it for a > while. There are complete instructions on how to install and use the > RestartAt AppleScript with the download, which basically amounts to placing > the AppleScript, either via copy or move, into the Library/iTunes/Scripts > folder for your account. If this is the first time you are adding an > AppleScript to iTunes, you will have to create the Scripts folder. Any > AppleScripts placed into this folder will show up on your iTunes menu bar > as items in a "Scripts" menu that is located just before the "Help" menu. > In Lion the Library folder is hidden, but you can still navigate to it in > Finder. If you want to unhide your Library folder, you can go to Terminal > in your home directory and type: “chflags nohidden Library” (without the > quotation marks) and press return. Then, just use the RestartAt script the > way you would any other menu option: highlight the track you want to work > with and navigate to "RestartAt" in the AppleScript menu on the iTunes menu > bar. You can fill in a staring time in the dialog box (e.g. 52:10.715 for > 52 minutes and 10.715 seconds), or just accept the default value (which > will be the time at the current playhead position, that will be listed). > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Jun 27, 2012, at 08:09, Chris Blouch wrote: > > > I couldn't figure out an easy way to do this with QT. Generally QT has > shortcuts to jump to the ends to cut off junk before and after the good > stuff in your audio, but not a good way to jump in the middle and all the > navigation is slow by counting off seconds as you creep across the > timeline. Long format stuff like this might be best left to a 'real' audio > app like Garage Band or get familiar with a command-line audio tool like > Sox. > > > > CB > > > > On 6/27/12 1:05 PM, blindmac...@mac.com wrote: > >> Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want > to trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and > position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I > select the "Trim..." command and then try to set the "Start Trim" handle to > the "Current Time." But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the > handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says "busy" and I cannot do > anything. I *CAN* move the "Start Trim" handle by 3 tenths of a second > using VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute > mark... Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without > VoiceOver with no problem.) > >> > >> I am on a new 13" MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any > help... Lou (BlindMacMan). > >> > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries/-/m1YrMWApLoUJ. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
