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Best tool to split an hour long mp3 into 5 minute tracks to burn on a cd

I have an hour mp3 file on one track and would like to break it into 12 5 minute tracks. What is the easiest way to do this?

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hai

just you sound forge, cut the audio as you wish then save as mp3 files then you can write to CD
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BillDL:


"Are there actual "tracks" in that large MP3 that are separated by a short silence?  If so, do the silent sections fall exactly on the 5 minute mark?"

There are no actual breaks in the recording. It is just convenient to arbitrarily break it into 5 minute pieces.

"If you split the MP3 into 5 minute sections, then it would seem to me that you might be cutting right into the audio content somewhere in the middle of whatever is playing or being spoken.  Burning the separate MP3s to an Audio CD will either insert a silent gap or not, depending on what you choose in the software's settings.  Having chopped off some audio content right in the middle in a number of places, then it would be logical to burn them end to end without gaps between the tracks so that the audio content is seamless and uninterrupted.  The same effect could have been achieved just using the one large MP3 and dropping it into a new audio project in the burning software."

The user is aware of the possibility of losing a small portion of the speech that has been recorded and wants it that way regardless.

"So, do you relly need to split the MP3 into 12 x 5 minute files?"

Yes,  that is the form that the user would find most useful
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