Questions tagged [mp3]
MP3 is the common name for the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3(III) or MPEG-2. It is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression.
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ffmpeg `-movflags use_metadata_tags` won't copy album cover metadata
I want to edit a mp3 file using ffmpeg while keeping the metadata. I've searched how to keep the metadata and found this link. It is said to use -movflags use_metadata_tags.
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -...
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VLC media player, how can I display subtitles for an mp3 file?
I have LaiShiXiong-zm015.mp3 and LaiShiXiong-zm015.srt. The latter is the real subtitle for that mp3 audio.
When playing the mp3 audio with VLC 3.0.4, VLC shows that it has recognized my subtitle as &...
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combine N_m3u8DL-RE & SubtitleEdit mkvmerge using CMD
How do I combine N_m3u8DL-RE with SubtitleEdit using CMD
I want to Download a video file with N_m3u8DL-RE, but before merging, I want to use the
SubtitleEdit /convert video.nl.srt srt /...
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how to convert wma files to mp3 without pop-ups on windows
I have worked up a clumsy process for converting wma files to mp3. I am using vlc command line. The process works, but keeps popping up a command window per file conversion.
here are my steps.
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What is a good way to embed an mp3 file to a pdf file?
I use Acrobat https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/rich-media.html But I have a problem with
Once one plays mp3, the object became black and cannot replay
Tools > Rich Media > Select Object ...
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Keeping metadata and album art
I'm trying to convert aac 320kbps to mp3 320kbps but keeping album art and meta data bc I just want to convert the file extension. Is there a way to keep meta data and album art while converting?
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VLC on Chromebook doesn't recognises any media files
In order to try and fix a wee issue my partner was having with
VLC on Chromebook, I uninstalled and reinstalled it (after the usual clearing the cache etc. to try and fix it) but now it doesn't ...
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How to convert MP3 file MPEG-2 Layer 3 version to MPEG-1 Layer 3 version?
I have searched for this all over but couldn't find an answer other than people saying "there is virtually no difference between MPEG version 1 and 2". But the thing is, some old players do ...
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Is it possible to convert one channel of a stereo MP3 file losslessly to a mono MP3 file?
I recorded a mono microphone with an MP3 recorder which can only record stereo formats. Now I want to reduce the file size by removing the silent channel.
Is there a lossless way to do this?
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How does one add cover art to an ID3 tag in the format of a file link?
According to this answer, it's possible according to the ID3 spec (Wayback required to view the link in that question) to add cover art (for an MP3 file, I assume) as a link to an image file, as ...
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What does number mean next to artist name in on-line music databases?
I am using MusicBrainz, Discogs and freedb through Mp3tag application for Windows for clearing up my .mp3 files library using these on-line databases as tags sources. Sometimes (approx. 3-5% of all ...
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Copy all metadata (Chapters and...) from one wav file to another
How can I copy all the metadata (containing all chapters info) from one wav file to another?
I tried so many different methods, but so far none of them worked.
for example this wont work
ffmpeg -i in0....
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Extracting Audio Snippets from mp3 file - unexpected results
I am trying to extract audio snippets using command line tools. I get consistent, unexpected results and I believe this is due to how the audio files were created/encoded.
Note: I realise there are ...
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FFMPEG Use image demuxer on audio file with embedded cover image
I have an mp3 file with embedded cover art. I would like to generate a video of the image with the audio playing, for the duration of the audio.
I can achieve this with the image in a separate file ...
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Why do ripped music files start with a number? Is there a way to remove in bulk or prevent these from occuring in future CD rips?
I just ripped 90 CDs to my PC, and each of the music file titles begin with a number like so:
Why are these numbers present?
Is there a way to remove these in bulk?
Is there a way to prevent these ...
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Why does stripping metadata decrease the duration of my MP3 file by 0.03 seconds?
I have a file, input.mp3, which, running ffprobe on it gives the following:
[mp3 @ 0x559431400a00] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from '../backup/1.mp3':
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How can ffmpeg concat MP3s with full metadata incl. cover art?
Audio books inconveniently split into dozens of MP3s (with spaces in their names) should be merged into one MP3 in a subdirectory (in which ffmpeg version 4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1 is invoked), without time-...
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How to copy files from sub directories to one directory
Hi I have a folder full of music files on an ubuntu server. I am trying to copy all said music files *.mp3/flac to one directory without there subfolders.
I used this command in rsync, which works to ...
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Lossy to lossless conversion (audio)
I have an mp3 file which i want to convert to a flac. I realise that it wont "improve" the quality rather I want it in a flac format so that when I edit it each time and re encode it, it won'...
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(FFMPEG ) How to stream video file (WITHOUT AUDIO) with audio coming from the desktop (from playing songs in the browser)
I have a mp4 file and I want to stream it with ffmpeg to youtube.
I am able to do it when using anullsrc so that I tell youtube those videos has no sound and it works okay.
But I do want audio, I just ...
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id3 tags and the APIC tag in particular
Please forgive my misuse of nomenclature since I'm still finding my way around. I don't know if I have "mp3 tags" or "id3 tags", and if I have "id3 tags" what the "v&...
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Mass resize album art files attached to mp3 files
I have around 1,000 mp3 files all sorted into different folders. All of them have JPEG album art files embedded that are 640x640. I need to resize all of them to be 500x500.
Anyone have any ...
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FFMPEG throws error while converting WEBM/MP4 audio files from MediaRecorder to MP3
I use MediaRecorder to record the audio from the browser and then upload it to my server (ARM-based Linux machine - AWS Lambda Function, if it matters). Based on the browser type, I get either an MP4 ...
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how to change bitrate/pitch using asetrate throughout audio file
how can I combine ffmpeg -i original_song.mp3 -af "asetrate=36000" out.mp3 with
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -af "volume=enable='between(t,1,2)':volume=0" output.mp3
I want to increase the ...
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Is AV scanning zip files with non-exe contains re-assuring/reliable?
I was wondering how safe is scanning a .zip file and depending on the AV report on what to do with it. So specifically:
If I have a .zip file and I run a scan using a good antivirus and does not ...
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Copy tags from mp3 to flac using kid3 and Dupeguru
I have a folder of mp3 files, and also one of flac files. I want the mp3 files to be replaced with the flac files, with the original tags of the mp3 files.
Using dupeguru, I can pinpoint which flac ...
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ffmpeg on low framerate. First frames
I am trying to convert a .mp3 file to a mp4 file with an image, using a low framerate (-r ) because it's faster.
But now the frame of the first second is blank and so the video starts late (after ...
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After an MP3 file has downloaded is it possible to see where it was downloaded from?
Is it possible to see where a MP3 file was downloaded from? Like if the file was downloaded from Google, Safari or other sites?
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Is it possible to recover past metadata history for an MP3 File?
Currently trying to figure out and see if it's possible to pull up all previous metadata information on an MP3 to see where it was like downloaded from & what did the file look like before editing ...
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ffmpeg: missing streams when piping to file from stdout
I'm trying to use ffmpeg to take an input mp3 audio file (which contains an audio source and video source) from stdin, make modifications, and then send the mp3 to stdout. However, upon inspection of ...
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How to make audiovizualizere wave with ffmpeg
I have a ffmpeg comand: ffmpeg -y -i one_channel_youtube3.mp3 -loop 1 -i prep_image.png -filter_complex "[0:a]showwaves=s=1920x175:colors=White:mode=line,format=yuv420p[v];[1:v][v]overlay=0:800[...
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FFMPEG disjoin/separating/uncoupling of MP3 album file [duplicate]
I have an single MP3 album file that has when loaded in a player multiple tracks with artist and title.
In FFMPEG there is an option to concatenate media files. What I'm looking for is to split this ...
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Perform loop task for audio video encoding with ffmpeg in Linux bash shell
I have files, like these:
01 - A.wav
02 - AB.wav
03 - C.wav ... and so on until 15 - BLA.wav
and I have some command line like these:
dirinwav="/home/akrogun/Videos/CD1" && \
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How can I hollistically determine if an mp3 file is truncated/cropped/cut short from the audio data?
I have a bunch of mp3 files, of which some got cut short (due to an unfinished download or something). I want to determine the good from the bad (i.e. the ones that cut off in the middle). There's a ...
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Find when audio track starts in merged audio file
Merged.mp3 = Intro.mp3 || Mid.mp3 (where || means concatenation)
I have Mid.mp3 and Merged.mp3. I'd like to know when exactly Intro.mp3 ends and Mid.mp3 starts in Merged.mp3. I need to do this ...
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Windows 10 doesn't recognize USB MP3 Player
I just received this MP3 player, connected it to my Windows 10 PC through USB but it's not recognized by the system (e.g. I can't see the drive in "This PC").
Hope it's ok to post a link ...
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Cover art of mkv file not being added when converting to mp3 file
I have an mkv file, only with audio, and I attached a cover art to it, but when I convert it to mp3 the art is not added to the mp3.
The command I used to attach the cover art was the only one that ...
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macOS Folders/Finder: What makes media columns (eg Album) become available?
In macOS (Catalina), regarding Finder & Folders.
Some folders seem to "know" they contain media files, others don't.
I don't use the iTunes/Music app.
In Finder, List-view, when I click ...
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Downloading and merging mp3 in time-range from Youtube using youtube-dl and ffmpeg
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I am trying to download best quality mp3 from Youtube videos in specified time range (first 30 seconds, 20-55 seconds etc), and then merge them to create one output file. Tools being used ...
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Windows Explorer replace something in filename
I want to properly rename all my downloaded music files.
Most of them start with "download -" and after that comes the music file name. Is there a possibility to remove the "download -&...
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ffmpeg returns error cur_dts is invalid when converting mp3 to ogg
need some help with this part of code:
ffmpeg -y -fflags +igndts -i "/var/radio-content/temp/music/85e45890-cdca-4754-aabf-295ce01dbf45.mp3" -map 0:0 -filter:a "loudnorm,silenceremove=...
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How can I export seamless MP3 to loop without gaps?
I opened a 10-second MP3 in Audacity that has a 0.05-second silent gap at the beginning and the end of the clip. I removed this silent space and exported it again as MP3. The problem is that when I ...
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Join mp3 file pairs in folder with ffmpeg
I've got a load of mp3 files in a folder, and I want to merge each pair (Part 1 and Part 2) into a single mp3 file. All of the files are in the same format.
I know I can do this on a pair of files:
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How can I include possibly several embedded cover art when converting mp3 to mkv using ffmpeg?
I wish to include embedded cover art when converting an mp3 file to mkv (vorbis).
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 output.mkv
will render a file that does play (in mpv) showing an image but the moment I try to ...
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Adding mild BGM to a full length of a video file
I have a video file (about 6 mins) and a BGM file (about 2 mins). I need to add the BGM to my video file for entire 6 mins without reducing my original audio content of my video file,
I tried the ...
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Set a audio bitrate cap in ffmpeg
I want to set a maximum audio bitrate in my FFmpeg conversions, but it seems like the only option is to specify a constant one like -c:a libopus -b:a 128K
It would allow FFmpeg to only compress audio ...
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Youtube-dl not downloading requested filesize
So I currently have "youtube-dl.exe" -l PL6NdkXsPL07IOu1AZ2Y2lGNYfjDStyT6O -f "[filesize<25M]" --audio-format "mp3" --ffmpeg-location "C:\Users\%Username%\...
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Why can't I edit audio file proprieties?
So I just downloaded a song and it works just fine, the pc can open and play it. But it doesn't let me edit the details like "Artist" or "Album" and it's blank. And if I use and ...
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Compressing music files to fit a given size [closed]
I have a few thousand mp3 files on my pc of different quality (total 10gb). I'd like to compress all of them to fit my smart watch which has 4gb storage.
Are there any tools to compress all of them ...
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Import list of songs into Apple Music
Import list of songs into Apple Music
Context:
Essentially, I've been writing down a list of songs in my note app on my Macbook Pro (more specifically, OneNote) which I like - just the name, because ...
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