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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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Fetch and embed lyrics into mp3 via command line

I'm looking for a CLI way to fetch the lyrics of a song from the Internet and embed them as an ID3v2 tag into a music file (“Artist - Title.mp3”). There are half a dozen tools for doing this on Linux ...
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mp3DirectCut error after windows 10 update: could not open wave/audio device

I have reinstalled the newest version (2.24), have lame encoder, stereo mix as default. have read all the related posts, but nothing helps configuration: output device -> speakers input device -> ...
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Use wget to download all linked mp3 files from website

I'm trying to use wget to download the mp3 files from https://musicforprogramming.net/ . As you can see, there is a link to each track page (e.g. https://musicforprogramming.net/?twentythree) from the ...
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Merging Mp3 files and keeping indices

I have multiple Mp3 files: 0001.mp3 0002.mp3 ........ 9999.mp3 Each file has its own size/length which is different from the others. I want to merge them into a single Mp3 file. In the same time ...
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What happens if a scratched CD is ripped to MP3?

If a CD is damaged (e.g. if placed in a CD player it would stutter etc.), if you rip it on your computer to create an MP3, how will the damaged data sound? Would it be just a "blank" in the middle ...
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How do I add libmp3lame to sox?

When I want to use sox with an mp3 I get: C:\>C:\Progs\sox\sox.exe C:\Progs\tree.mp3 -C 60.2 C:\Progs\owl.mp3 tempo 1.0 C:\Progs\sox\sox.exe FAIL util: Unable to load LAME encoder library (...
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Randomly select 10 seconds from mp3 files

I have a directory tracks with 3 files track1.mp3, track2.mp3, track3.mp3. I want to select a random chunk of 10 seconds from each file and combine these chunks into a new file called sample.mp3. How ...
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Cut two sections from batch of MP3 files

I have a folder with several hundred MP3 files in it, and I want to cut two sections out of each file. It's the same spots in each file -- from 0'00.00–0'03.81, and then from 0'08.83–0'13.95. I'm on ...
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Read only one Tag from MP4 Metadata

On my Desktop PC with Ubuntu i use gpodder for Dowloading my Podcasts. The Dwnloads are renamed automatically. After that i re-encode the files into mp3 and use eyeD3 to set the file name as title tag....
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How to convert CD to mp3 using Windows 7 [duplicate]

I have Audio CD that I want to convert to mp3 on my laptop with Windows 7. I am ultimately trying to load onto my android phone. What is the process? I am a computer neophyte so not able to find ...
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Use FFMPEG to combine MP4 and MP3 file?

I have two files, video.mp4 and genaudio.mp3 (both same length). How can I merge the MP3 file with the MP4 using FFMPEG (or any command line program)? This is what I have so far, but it doesn't ...
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How do I split AND encode an audio into two parts and merge them back using ffmpeg?

Excuse the long question, I don't know an easier/shorter way to tell you my point. I want to use ffmpeg to edit (fadeout etc.) AND split an audio file and merge it back together after. (I can't use -...
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How to create cover art for albums that are missing cover.jpg?

I have a bit of mixed bag music folders going on. Some have folder.jpg, some have cover.jpg and some do not have any album art in them but the songs have album art embed in the audio format. And some ...
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No "Mono" option for each track

I followed this link https://audacity.wonderhowto.com/how-to/remove-vocals-from-songs-using-audacity-162272/ to remove vocal from a song in mp3 format. When I reach "Step 4 Set Each Track to Mono", ...
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Add album artwork to MP3 file without losing audio quality

I’d like to add a picture as album artwork to an MP3 file without losing audio quality. I’m using FFmpeg on Debian, with the command below: ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -i cover.jpg -c copy -c:a libmp3lame -...
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I need to combine 632 mp3 files [duplicate]

I have 33h:38m:06s of music that I am trying to combine (for a project) into one large .midi file. So far, I have 632 .MP3 files in one folder, and I am trying to combine them into one file. What is ...
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Windows Media Player Changes not reflected in File Explorer

Basically When I update song info such as artist, title etc in windows media player, the changes are not made to the mp3 file itself. I have just spent hours ensuring the songs have the correct info ...
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MP3 CD compatibility with older MP3 capable car stereo system

I have MP3 files recorded on CD-R. The files play on a newer (2012) MP3 capable car stereo, but not on an older (2006) MP3 capable car stereo. The following caveat is in the User Manual for the older ...
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Recorded mp3 files lost after sd card was removed while laptop was sleeping

I took the sd card from the laptop, while it was in sleep mode. Put it (sd card) into Zoom H2n audio recorder. Recorded some stuff using guitar. Took sd card from audio recorder and put it back into ...
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Car audio system showing shorter duration for mp3 files after ffmpeg processing

I have about 1200 mp3 files (about 45 minutes each) that contain lectures (not music) I used some ffmpeg commands to speed them up by 1.5x and to convert them to Mono instead of Sterio (to reduce file ...
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How to merge multiple mp3 files into one?

I ripped an audiobook recently, problem is that it ripped them as separate mp3 files for each 'track'. Is there a way is just combining them all together to make one file?
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Check for damaged file mp3, m4a (aac) in Linux

I have around 15,000 music files stored on Ubuntu server (16.04), around 50% FLAC, 25% each mp3 and m4a (aac). I think maybe 3-5% are corrupted due to HDD hardware failure. The problems accumulated ...
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youtube-dl set sample rate on mp3?

I am using youtube-dl and I'm using the following command: youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-quality 0 --audio-format mp3 %dl% This appears to use 48000Hz sample rate by default. I want to use ...
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How do I remove the original release date tag (TORY in ID3 v2.3) from a mp3 file using eyeD3 and Lubuntu?

How do I remove the original release date tag (TORY in ID3 v2.3) from a mp3 file using eyeD3 and Lubuntu? I have tried eyeD3 --remove-frame TORY file.mp3 without success. I've also tried --remove-...
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Can I use Google docs to transcribe MP3 files? [closed]

I would not like to transcribe my live speech via a microphone. I would like to transcribe previously recorded MP3 files that exist on my hard drive. I've watched a video on youtube and I found out ...
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VLC is showing a different title than is in the mp3 metadata

I have a bunch of mp3 music files, complete with metadata. Windows Explorer and Mp3Tag both show the title as being the actual name of the song. However, when I play the files in VLC, it shows the ...
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How to resolve iTunes sync issue (grayed out icons)

For many years I have been unable to fully sync my iPhone to my iTunes music collection on my MacBook, as there were a number of songs that, for unknown reasons iTunes would refuse to sync. The main ...
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Lock symbol on MP3 file when I save it thru WavePad Editor on Windows 7

I use WavePad Audio Editor Software to edit MP3 files on Windows 7. When I save an edited MP3 file on my C Drive, there’s a padlock symbol on the file icon. I think this symbol has something to do ...
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Stop JavaScript/HTML5 music player from showing media location URL

Is there any way to stop this a HTML5/JavaScript based music player from displaying the location URL of the song it is set up to play from my website server? I have searched for a solution myself, to ...
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Batch replacing .m4v with a different audio track

I have a list of .m4v files. I have a list of .mp3 files (which happen to be the same file name as the corresponding .m4v files). The .m4v files contain lower quality audio. The .mp3 files contain a ...
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Audacity hangs while editing common labels

Using Audacity in Debian Jessie, I opened a full album mp3 (about 41.6 MB, 43 minutes), and I want to split it in smaller mp3 using labels. The problem is, sometimes, when I start to edit a label, it ...
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Why does splitting a large audio file into many smaller audio files make the total size smaller?

I have split a large audio file into many smaller audio files. However; the many audio files seem to have a total size that is about half the size of the original file (!!!), why is this?! It happens ...
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Chrome suddenly won't play MP3 files in-tab

For years it seems I've relied on this feature, to play podcasts, etc, in a chrome tab by opening an mp3 URL. Suddenly today, every time I try it loads the file then immediately crashes (Aw, Snap). I'...
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Audio files corrected by mp3gain won't play in Audacity anymore

I'm using mp3gain to adjust the volume of several mp3 tracks (I want them to sound equally loud). I have downloaded the source code from the project website, unzipped it to a folder and run make and ...
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Windows reading entire audio file on open

I spotted some slightly odd behaviour whilst playing with some MP3 files under Windows 7 (32-bit) I recently purchased from Amazon. They are stored on a network (Samba) share and, in essence, there ...
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ffmpeg command for concatenate two mp3 files

I am using ffmpeg for Concatenating two MP3 files together, I use this command : ffmpeg -y -i first.mp3 -i second.mp3 -filter_complex "[0:0][1:0] amix=inputs=2:duration=longest" -c:a libmp3lame ...
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SEEK frame in id3v2 tag of MP3 audio file

How do I add a SEEK frame while adding the id3v2 tag of a .mp3 file using ffmpeg? Which id3 tags can be added using FFmpeg? What are the commands to do so?
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How to search by genre in Windows10?

I've got a bunch of mp3s. Each album is a folder which is named after the artist. I am trying to search through all of them to find a particular genre, which is contained in the mp3 tags. So far I'...
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FFMPEG: m4a to mp3 conversion using multiple cores

I use the following command to convert m4a format to mp3 ffmpeg -i audio.m4a -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3 I've 32 x86 cores, however libmp3lame processes in a single thread. I know libmp3lame does ...
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Convert LIVE RTMP Stream to a LIVE MP3 stream

Is it possible to convert a live RTMP stream to a live MP3 stream? How much delay should be expected? As an example, how would I convert the following stream to a MP3 stream? rtmp://krykeypremium1....
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Remove "start" tag in mp3 file

I am trying to concatenate two MP3 files using the following command. ffmpeg -i "concat:19 Protein Drink (2007-10-21 Indianapolis IN).mp3|20 Sewing Machine (2007-10-21 Indianapolis IN).mp3" -acodec ...
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Rename all files in a directory to a sequential default

I have a set of mp3 files in a subdirectory (mayor), and i want to convert each one using ffmpeg (like this: ffmpeg -i <input_file> -ar 44100 -ab 128k -f mp3 <output_file>), with the ...
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Embed album art in MP3 file

I need to add album art to an MP3 file and upload it. I will add the album art (I tried both iTunes and Windows Media Player) but when I upload the MP3 the art is lost. Is there a way to embed the ...
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Convert Mp4 to Mp3 with thumbnail

I'm able to convert a mp4 to a mp3 in ffmpeg, but I'm not sure how I would add in a thumbnail of the video. Currently have this to convert from mp4 to mp3 ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -acodec libmp3lame -...
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Why does Windows 10 assign a different track number to my MP3 metadata?

So I've been recording a daily podcast since the start of 2017, and I've noticed the following thing happening: I assign a track number when exporting to MP3 in Audacity: The track number is ...
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Encoding to VBR adds "-b 32" flag automatically

Using LAME 3.99. I'm encoding files using lame.exe -m j -V 0 -q 0 <file>. When I open the encoded file in MediaInfo, the Encoding settings field shows -m j -V 0 -q 0 -lowpass 22.1 --vbr-new -b ...
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Adding ID3 Tags to Non-MP3 Files

I was wondering if there was a way to add ID3 tags to anything that isn't a .mp3 file. I commonly write guitar tabs using a program called Guitar Pro, and the output files are in a .gpx format. It ...
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FFmpeg in Batch FOR Loop for MP3 Duration

I have a list of MP3s. I would like to see, onscreen and also in a file, one MP3 per line, with an indication of its duration. Here is the batch file I am using: @echo off cls if exist MP3Duration....
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How to concatenate several short audio MP3 files with a specific overlap duration

I have MP3 files that tend to be very short, like 1 second, containing syllables of words. I would like to have an overlap (end of one merged with the beginning of the next one). I have found several ...
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Play audio multiple times while overlaying (i.e., concurrently) from command line

I'm trying to play a 3 tolls sound using a single toll audio file in bash. I want the sound to overlay each other. The single toll duration is 4 seconds. I want that: the first toll starts while ...
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