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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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Why can't I download an MP3 from archive.org?

I'm able to load an MP3 from archive.com in the browser in both Chrome and Firefox on macOS: https://web.archive.org/web/20060820071628if_/http://annimac.com.au/assets/audio/Track-1.mp3 But when ...

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Is it possible to edit the artist icon on the Windows Media Player?

On the Artist page on the windows media player is there a way to add an image for the different artists instead of the default placeholder image? I know you can edit the information about the albums ...

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How to convert an MP3 CD into a regular (Red Book) audio CD?

I have a CD-ROM on which three MP3 files are stored. When I put it into the player of my car, the music starts playing. When I put it into an old CD-player (bought somewhere between 1990 and 2000, I ...

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How to batch remove silence from MP3s with FFmpeg?

I'm looking to batch remove silence in the first 10-100ms of a bunch of MP3s in a directory - does anyone have a good solution for this?

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How can I find out which encoder was used for an MP3 file?

I have a lot of MP3s collected and ripped over the years. Some have better and some have worse quality. I want to look into it a bit more. Is there any way to find out, which encoder has been used for ...

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Why does the FFmpeg afade filter not work if used more than once?

ffmpeg \ -i all_music_clean.m4a \ -i tts/start_end/walk_5_minutes_cool_down.wav \ -i tts/run/run_1_minute.wav \ -i tts/walk/walk_90_seconds.wav \ -filter_complex "\ [0:a]afade=t=out:st=0.0:d=0.5:...

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How to map extended attributes in customized columns in MP3Tag?

I'm trying to create a new column in MP3Tag that will read/write attribute 37. I have a list of extended attributes that Windows uses, but unfortunately some are marked as "unidentified" (or ...

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Why doesn’t abcde rip track metadata automatically?

I recently spent three weeks ripping a large collection of CDs using abcde (Ubuntu 24.04). I've just discovered that none of them ripped with track metadata, so I can't play any of these albums ...

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How to name a music file with only part of the track name?

My goal is to rename a batch of music files with a specific portion of the file name using TagScanner v6.1.19 As an example I want to rename a file using the track name Wasurerarenai no (忘れられないの, &...

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FFMPEG says MP3 file is longer than it actually is

I have a mp3 file which is 01:04:09 seconds long. When I use the following commmand: ffmpeg -i TestAudio_123.mp3 -ss 60 -to 120 -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 2 output.mp3 I get this output in the console: ...

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How to convert an audio CD folder on a PC to MP3?

I have an old audio CD in a folder in my PC and I want to transfer to MP3 or any way I can extract the audio. This is what I have: What is the best way to RIP this to convert it? I tried mounting as a ...

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