Not a good idea. When you import a file that is in MP3 format, into a sound editor such as Gold Wave, the file is converted to Wave format. The resulting Wave format does not reproduce the sound to its original quality, that probably existed before the MP3 file was created. When you have performed the edits on the file and save the smaller files to MP3 format, the newly created and saved files will sound poorer quality that did the original MP3 file. This is because you are recompressing an audio file that had already been compressed once before. You cannot get a silk purse out of a sows ear. Sincerely: Dave durber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Verity" <rtverity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Advice on splitting mp3 files with JAWS > On second thought, Winzip will not do what you want. I gather that you want > the smaller files to be MP3's also. You probably want an audio editor. I > would use Goldwave here if I had to do that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Squire" <blackadder1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:24 AM > Subject: Advice on splitting mp3 files with JAWS > > > Hi all, > > I'd be curious if anyone here could recommend an easy-to-use program > compatible with JAWS that can be used to split mp3 files, particularly > large single-file audiobooks into multiple smaller files. I've tried out > a couple programs but haven't been able to find any that work > intuitively with JAWS, so any suggestions would be very much > appreciated. If a program like this even exists, I'd ideally like one > that would let me manually enter the start and end split times without > having to use a graphic bar to find and select the start and end points. > > Thanks very much in advance for any help! > -- > Tyler Squire > blackadder1@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > Alternative archives located at: > http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx