On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Linux Lingam <linuxlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhan...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> hmmmmmmm ..... :) >> (inline) >> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Linux Lingam <linuxlin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> dear all, >>> >>> bewildered no software exists to do this, >>> and thankful if you point me to one: >>> >>> 1. take several mp3 files. >>> 2. create a playlist that sequences audio-clips from within these mp3-files. >>> >> I've faced this need several times also, and to be honest, have not >> found an adequate solution. In my case, I would normally need this >> feature for video files. In the end, I had a little script that would >> use ffmpeg to cut the video files, create new files, and make a >> playlist out of that.[snip] > > > thanks sanjay for your humming response :-) > [aside: gora, by the way, frowns upon emoticons] > apologies :) (it was 4 in the morning or something, and I really was hmmming and smiling looking at your email.. )
> the problem exists with video-segments too. > i think i'm not looking hard enough. > am sure radio stations need this 24x7. > even tv stations need to create such playlists. > > surprising it is so hard to find this, eh! Sanjay? > Digging a bit, looking at common playlist formats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist - types of Playlist files -- none of the popular playlist formats (.pls, .m3u, .xspf, etc.) seem to accomodate for time-code specific data, so not sure if any of these players (vlc, winamp, etc.) would have in-built functionality for this. If this is to be standard(ish) functionality for a player, it would be nice to have a standard format for providing a list of media files with specific in and out points. I couldn't really find a format like that, which is a bit weird. Will continue digging - if you find something, please do post to the list. If you (or anyone) want to collaborate on building a browser-based tool to do this, let me know, we'll take it off-list - hacking up something quick n dirty shouldn't take too long. I know I have needed this feature often in the past, and probably will again in the future -- its really useful to be able to put together quick presentations of video material, etc. and saves the hassle of having to cut each file. Thanks, Sanjay -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
