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Note: You should always check the output file(s) before deleting the original.
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<font size="4"><b><u>Pause detection</u></b></font>
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This function sets cues or cuts to gaps of definable length and level.
The settings must be adjusted carefully because the results can
be very different.
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The <b>Level</b> and the <b>Duration</b> sliders adjust at which audio level and gap
duration thresholds a pause will be detected.
<b>Offset</b> is the number of frames at the pause end which the cut end
or the cue will be shifted to the left or right.
<b>Cut whole pause</b> means that not only a cue at the pause end will be created
but a cut over the whole pause (beginning of cut slightly right shifted) if the pause is long enough.
Don't use this option for creating Cue sheets!
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The value of <b>'After a pause detection skip'</b> can be used to speed up
the detection process. If a pause is found the program jumps further the entered
amount of seconds. E.g. if you know that all of the tracks of your CD image are
3 minutes or longer you could set this value to 150 seconds.
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<font size="4"><b><u>Recording</u></b></font>
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For recording an MP3 directly you need either an ACM Codec with encoding
capability or the Lame Encoder DLL (available through the
homepage of the Lame project).
It is important to choose a <b>base filename</b>. Your recordings will
be saved under this name. Note that there will be no query for
overwriting existing files! If you select <b>'Add date & time'</b>
each recorded file will have a date and time stamp in its filename.
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To initialize recording press <b>[Rec]</b>. Then you can see the audio
input level on the VU meter. After pressing <b>[Play]</b>
the file starts being written. With selected <b>'Append data'</b>
in the recording settings an existing file will not be deleted
and you can make multiple recordings to one file. But take
care not to use different bitrates or samplerates in one file.
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While recording you can set up to 40 cues by pressing <b>[Set begin]</b>.
The number and position of the last cue is shown in the range field.
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The value of <b>'Buffer'</b> shows how much data is
waiting to be encoded by the codec. If it grows the codec is
not fast enough to encode MP3 in realtime. The unencoded buffer
portion should not be over 10% for more than some seconds.
On modern systems it should be always 0%.
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If you launch mp3DirectCut with <b>'/rec'</b> in the command line
it will start the recording immediately with the encoding
settings of your last session. You can use this option for
automated recordings. See more under Command line options.
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<font size="4"><b><u>Project files and Cue Sheets</u></b></font>
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An mp3DirectCut project file (*.mpd) contains a complete edit state
with every part and their volume, cut and cue informations.
If you work with large files and make a lot of cuts you should frequently save
your work to a project file.
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Cue Sheets (*.cue) contain a link to an audio file and time indexes (cues).
Cuts and gain settings cannot be saved to a Cue sheet.
A Cue sheet can't even be saved if the audio file has been edited in the length
at the same time.
When loading a cue sheet the program reads titles and artist
names and shows them in the graph area. If you split a file
by using a Cue sheet you can create filenames with titles and
ID3v1.1 tags for each file.
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<font size="4"><b><u>Keyboard shortcuts</u></b></font>
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<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Space</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Play/Stop</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Page up/down</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Move back/forward defineable large step (<<< / >>>)</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Arrow left/right</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Move back/forward defineable small step (<< / >>)</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Arrow up/down</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Jump to beginning/end of selection</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+Left/Right</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Jump to previous/next part</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+Up/Down</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Change gain of current part</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Shift+Left/Right</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Move one frame backwards/forward</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Shift+Up/Down</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Zoom in/out</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Delete</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Simple cut</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Home</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Jump to track beginning</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">End</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Jump to track end</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+P</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Enter position field</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+L</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Enter selection field</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+O</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Open file</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+Q</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Toggle Cue flag</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+S</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Save Project or Cue sheet</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Ctrl+F4</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Close file</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">F5...F9</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Prelisten modes (<a href="#pre">jump to chapter</a>)</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">F7, F8</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">While play: Fast Play speed (dec/inc)</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">F12</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Encoding settings quick access</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#b0c0d0">Backspace</td>
<td bgcolor="#fefefe">Margin reset</td></tr>
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More shortcuts are shown in the tooltips and in the menus.
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<font size="4"><b><u>Command line options</u></b></font>
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<b>Usage:</b> <i>mp3DirectCut.exe &lt;filename&gt; &lt;option(s)&gt; &lt;destination&gt;</i>
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As <i>&lt;filename&gt;</i> every file type known by mp3DirectCut is possible
(MP3, MP2, Project files, Cue sheets). Usually this is simply for a file to be opened.
In your operating system settings you can associate mp3DirectCut to one or
more of these file types and with different options. Then you can open the
program easily by any file of that type. It is also possible to drag files of known
types over mp3DirectCut.
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If you use the <i>&lt;filename&gt;</i> parameter together with /rec you can set an
individual record filename that differs from the base filename of the recording settings.
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The following <b>options</b> can be used to let the program perform an action
immediately. After finnishing, the program <b>quits</b>. Note that special <b>adjustments</b>
(e.g. for Normalize, Auto cue, Encoder settings) cannot be given over the command line.
They must be done before in the normal program environment.
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</ul><b>Examples</b><ul>
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mp3DirectCut "artist - song.mp3"<br>
mp3DirectCut track01.mp3 /normalize /overwrite<br>
mp3DirectCut audiobook.mp3 /autocue d:\split<br>
mp3DirectCut album.cue /split<br>
mp3DirectCut /rec<br>
mp3DirectCut other_recname.mp3 /rec
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</ul><b>Options</b><ul>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/normalize </b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Normalizes the file up to 0 dB.
Higher or lower levels cannot be set in the command line.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/autocue</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Splits the given file into segments
of the time set in the Autocue dialog. Also for the Split operation the current settings from
normal program usage are applied. <i>&lt;destination&gt;</i> can be an existing
folder to save the split files to.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/split</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Needs a Cue sheet or Project file
and splits the audio file(s). If a <i>&lt;destination&gt;</i> folder is set, the split files
will be saved there. The other Split settings must be adjusted in the normal
program environment.
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/pausesplit</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Runs the pause detector and splits
the given file at the found pause positions. For the performed Pause detection and Save split
operations, the current settings are applied. You can change them by normal program usage.
<i>&lt;destination&gt;</i> can be an existing folder for the result files.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/save</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Opens and saves the file. Simple re-save can
be used to eliminate incomplete frames or unwanted headers.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/overwrite</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Replaces the original file on /save or
/normalize. The current "Keep date of source file" setting is valid (it can be set in the
program environment). If /overwrite is not set, the given file extension will be appended
once more.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/rec</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">Starts recording immediately.
This feature is especially made for timer recordings. In a scheduler usually you can also set a
duration time after which the program will be terminated. For multiple timer recordings
be sure to check <b>'Add date and time'</b> or <b>'Append data'</b> in the recording
settings, otherwise previous recordings will be overwritten. If a filename is given before
the /rec option and <b>'Add date and time'</b> or <b>'Append data'</b> is not (!) selected,
the program records into a file of that name.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>/localini</b></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">The program tries to write the settings into
its own folder. If this fails, e.g. because of missing rights, the settings are stored in the
user's Application data folder. This option prevents the program from reading from or writing
to the user profile. This may be useful in special cases, e.g. if local settings are needed,
when the program is running from a removable drive.
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Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Martin Pesch
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