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Converting
Your MP3 with mp3cutter Okay, since you ripped the one big .wav file right off of the DVD, you've now got some cutting to do. Luckily there is a program like mp3cutter to help you out. AND it's free AND it's a single executable. Start the program Go up to "View" and make sure that you've got all three windows checked. In the "Cutter" window, make sure you've got timecode listed and not frames under mark-in,Current and mark-out. Single clicking on these little boxes will toggle back and forth. You want the Mark-in box to indicate "00:00:00.00" Go to File | Import (NOT open) Import your long mp3 file It should appear in your "Project Bin" Double click on it and it will be loaded into the "Cutter" Press the "play" button to make sure you've got the file you want. Right now the "mark out" time should be the exact same as the film. If it's NOT, then you might have some other "extra features" in your mp3 file. That's fine, they're probably of interest as well, but you should determine where chapter 1 of the film actually begins. If you've got other stuff at the beginning or end, the first thing you should do is to separate it so you can work with just the file that matches up with the film. Now it's just a matter of getting the hang of the "set mark in" and "set mark out" buttons. Use your DVD insert, or the DVD itself to determine where the in and out points are. You'll get the rhythm. Mark the in at 00, go to the end of the first chapter and mark the out. Click the little disc icon button and save the first file as Ch01 Now, without moving anything, click the mark-in button. Scroll forward to the end of the second chapter and hit the mark-out button. Click the little disc icon button and save the first file as Ch02. Continue until you've separated all of the chapters. If you want to
make sure you don't miss any, you can use the cue sheet instead. mark
each chapter and put it into the cue sheet. That way you can count and
make sure you haven't missed any. Then by right-clicking each seletion
on the cue sheet, you can export them as separate mp3 files. Click
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