On 30/01/2011 10:03, Samuel Penn wrote:
Simon Reap wrote:
It was Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
Undetermined.
http://www.snopes.com/music/media/cdlength.asp
As Gloria Hunniford said, why let the facts get in the way of a good story.
It was more likely to be a commercial decision, and the Beetho
Simon Reap wrote:
> On 29/01/2011 16:06, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
> > Apparently the original CDs were going to be even smaller but some head
> > honcho's wife at Sony wanted a specific pieces of music without having to
> > swap a CD, so they added a few extra minutes to the standard (they could
>
On 29/01/11 16:23, Victor Churchill wrote:
.oO( hmm, no doubt I /could/ find a way to sample the .flv / play the
.mp3 at slightly over actual speed so that it fitted into 80 minutes,
albeit slightly chipmunk-ish...)
Audacity will do this for you. You can alter the speed, which will
result in
On 29/01/2011 16:06, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
Apparently the original CDs were going to be even smaller but some head
honcho's wife at Sony wanted a specific pieces of music without having to swap
a CD, so they added a few extra minutes to the standard (they could have added
more as it turns out)
OK, that is kind of what I had surmised. An 80 minute CD is only going to
hold 80 minutes it would seem. So it looks like if we want to hear this on a
car journey then splitting it is the simplest way. (Thanks for the mp3split
tip btw.)
.oO( hmm, no doubt I /could/ find a way to sample the .flv /
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:37:33 +, victorchurch...@gmail.com said:
> Short of using Audacity to split the file into two sections
If you do need to split the file, split the mp3 with mp3splt. Much easier
and quicker than using Audacity.
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On Saturday 29 Jan 2011, Victor Churchill wrote:
> Hi,
> I have got a 90 minute drama from the BBC via get_iplayer. It downloaded as
> a .flv file which I have converted to .mp3 using
> ffmpeg -i Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.flv -vn -acodec
> libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128k
> Drama_o
On 29/01/11 15:48, Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> Audio CDs are limited to a fixed time (70m or 80m for "80 minutes CDs",
> so I think you're out of luck. The sample rate is fixed.
Surely it is possible to split the programme into two < 70m files and
burn them that way?
Sean
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:37:33 +
Victor Churchill wrote:
> Hi,
> I have got a 90 minute drama from the BBC via get_iplayer. It downloaded as
> a .flv file which I have converted to .mp3 using
> ffmpeg -i Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.flv -vn -acodec
> libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 12
On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:37:33 Victor Churchill wrote:
> Hi,
> I have got a 90 minute drama from the BBC via get_iplayer. It downloaded as
> a .flv file which I have converted to .mp3 using
> Braser still says it represents 90 minutes and the CD ain't big enough.
>
> Short of using Audacity
On 29/01/11 15:37, Victor Churchill wrote:
> When I use Brasero to try to create an Audio CD it tells me that the
> CD does not have enough room for the 1h30min programme.
I have received similar warnings from Brasero in the past that were
patently false. I was subsequently able to burnthe CD usi
Hi,
I have got a 90 minute drama from the BBC via get_iplayer. It downloaded as
a .flv file which I have converted to .mp3 using
ffmpeg -i Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.flv -vn -acodec
libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128k
Drama_on_3_-_Living_with_Princes_b00xn9y1_default.mp3
This gives me
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