The DOS COPY command is useless because it damages the header information where the tags are stored, plus it messes up the frame count so players can't tell you how long the newly combined track is any more. I tried that technique once and only once, then found a good merge utility and paid for it. It wasn't that expensive as these things go, I just wish they'd fix that annoyance about selecting files from the list of files to merge.
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:55:06 -0500, you wrote: >I always used mp3 merge. Most of these such programs cost money for some >reason. I'm not sure what's technically done, but it was said somewhere that >DOS copy could do the trick, forget switch on the command but it involved >something similar to copy 1.mp3+2.mp3 3.mp3. That would be the plus sign >between each of the files to be combined and then after the space, the name >of the new file, but I've had this not work and give me chipmunks at the >start of the second segment of the coast to coast podcast shows when I once >subscribed to that. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Matzura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:08 AM >Subject: Joining MP# Files > > >>I had a very nicely accessible program for doing this, and in one of >> my system disk meltdowns, lost it. The only problem I had with it was >> that if you made your selection of what files to join from the top of >> the list, they always joined with the bottom member of the list first, >> then all the others after, but if you made your selection from the end >> of the list back to the top, it worked perfectly. Not even the author >> could figure that one out, but it's a known annoyance in Windows. >> Watch when you move a bunch of files from one place to another, if you >> select all or start at the top of ht elist and select down, they get >> processed in goofy order, but if you select from the bottom up, they >> get processed in the correct order. OK, I'm digressing. Does anybody >> have a particular preference for am NP3 joining program that fixes the >> timing and everything and maybe doesn't have this annoying bug in it? >> >> TIA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> > > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
