[studiorecorder] Re: Something on my wish list

  • From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:18:39 -0500

Rob, point well taken.  I don't like to reconvert MP3 files either, but
sometimes, given the files I get from people I work for, I don't have
much choice.  So, thanks for the tip about inserting the file into a
blank document.

Neal


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[mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:01 AM
To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: Something on my wish list


Neal:

In short, if you open an MP3 file, it is expected that you are, infact,
working with an MP3 file, and MP3 files cannot be edited. So, even
though it is decoded, and the data could be edited, if you saved, you
would either have to reencode, or save the wave data as an MP3 file;
neither is a good option. So, we just can't let you do that. It would be
kind of like opening a Word file but word always saving it as .rtf or
something like that, not good!

It appears that my pitch of "Just use Save As" is not much liked. That
really is the best way at the moment. If you insist, you could choose to
create a new document and just insert the MP3 file. As long as the
sample rates match, this will work, and you can begin editing
immediately after decoding.

We are considering adding an open as .wav file option. I don't
personally like it much; there are issues. But, since people on this
list seem to want this option, we should probably give it a look.

Rob Meredith

>>> neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/16/06 10:56AM >>>
Oh dear, he's back again.  Well, I do have one question.

Rob, if I open an MP3 file in Wave View, it says it is decoding the
file.  Why then, is this still a read only file.  What more would have
to be done to make such a file able to be edited rather than getting the
message that this is a read only file?  OK, that's all for today. 
Well,
perhaps I will think of something later.
 
 
 
Neal Ewers
Ravenswood Productions
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Toll Free:  888-544-8332
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