Combine files

[Andre Linoge]

Goodmorning

I wandered, is it possible to use the "Combine files"option of TC, to combine some mp3 files, aswell as mp4 files into one file without any loss of quality or is it better to use an different program??

TIA
Andre Linoge

[MVV]

TC combine feature just appends binary data of files to destination. However every e.g. mp3 file has header and data. So you won't get working mp3 using TC combine feature - you'll get only [hdr1][data1][hdr2][data2][hdr3][data3] instead of [hdr_merged][data_merged]. You need to use external software that will merge mp3 contents.

[Andre Linoge]

TC combine feature just appends binary data of files to destination. However every e.g. mp3 file has header and data. So you won't get working mp3 using TC combine feature - you'll get only [hdr1][data1][hdr2][data2][hdr3][data3] instead of [hdr_merged][data_merged]. You need to use external software that will merge mp3 contents.

Thanks for the info, but i must add some info about this.
First i converted several FLV/MP4 files into mp3 files, the i used TC's "combine files". AFAIK it seems to work fine.

[ts4242]

i used TC's "combine files". AFAIK it seems to work fine.

Yes, it works but it is not the correct way.
In the same manner you can use TC split function to split a big MP3 file into smaller files.

Both merge and split mp3 works like this because mp3 consists of independent frames, for details read this http://mpgedit.org/mpgedit/mpeg_format/MP3Format.html

[ghisler(Author)]

I can recommend mp3 direct cut to manipulate mp3 files, it's free:
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

[nsp]

TC combine feature just appends binary data of files to destination. However every e.g. mp3 file has header and data. So you won't get working mp3 using TC combine feature - you'll get only [hdr1][data1][hdr2][data2][hdr3][data3] instead of [hdr_merged][data_merged]. You need to use external software that will merge mp3 contents.

Thanks for the info, but i must add some info about this.
First i converted several FLV/MP4 files into mp3 files, the i used TC's "combine files". AFAIK it seems to work fine.

It only works if the encoding is the same and not on all devices ! (my ipod do not accept such files !)
You have some alternatives :
0) continue to merge as you do and keep your fingers crossed !
1) if all your files have the same cbr encoding, you can keep the first file and use id3remover to clean other files and continue to merge as you do.
2) you can use a dedicated tool to join mp3 :
mp3wrap
mp3merge
mp3joiner pro
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