So, I wanted to cut a few portions of an mp3 file I downloaded off youtube. Normally, I use online tools for this, but then I realized that I’d use one of the KDE apps for this purpose, which turned out to be KWave.
I managed to cut a small portion both off the start and the end. After saving, the file looks completely normal, until you open it. On VLC, the duration of the file changes almost every second. Some other apps (Elisa, Celluloid) show its duration as 20–30 seconds shorter than what it actually is.
Am I doing something wrong with such a simple procedure?
It is Kwave 26.04.2.
I was under the impression that Kdenlive was mainly for videos. If it also works for mp3 files reliable, I guess I’ll try that then.
I have noticed something like that before, where after saving a file with Kwave other programs showed a different duration. I didn’t dig into it at the time. IIRC the file played fine. If I find some time maybe I can dig into it sometime.
I would suggest Audacity over Kdenlive for working with only audio, but if you can do what you want with Kdenlive, go for it.
It was surreal, like VLC couldn’t figure out how long the file should actually be. It was changing a few times per second. It would play, but the slider wouldn’t go along the full length of the track since VLC thought it is 30ish seconds shorter than its real length.
Well, I installed kwave then tried editing an mp3 but it gave me and error about external encoders which I fixed by installing lame then configuring it in Settings > MP3 Encoder Settings then hitting on Auto Detect, afterwards I got no errors and I didn’t have the playback issue you described, tested with:
Yeah, I got the encoding error too, but I fixed it through choosing another encoder. I think it was also Lame.
Try downloading a video from youtube as mp3. Then shave around 20 or so seconds from each end. Then, save it and see if the playback length corresponds to its true length.
Oh yeah there’s like a 5 second difference between the shown and the actual length. Though out of the 3 media players I tried VLC showed the true length right away while others reached the end and went past the end mark.
I’ve been a Linux user for a couple of months now and my experience has been amazing and I’ve been impressed with how all my main audio tools from Mac have worked so well on Linux (Bitwig, Renoise, etc) however there is one area where it’s really poor, and that is a fast, good stand-alone audio editor! I’ve tried many now (Audacity keeps being recommended but tbh it’s clunky and not great imo). Anyone who has tried Audition/Cool Edit Pro or Acon Acoustica knows what I mean. The closest i’ve found is actually a web-based one called audiomass which is slick and fast and does the job but still slightly lacking. There really is a gap on linux for a great standalone sound editor app. I’ve contacted the programmer of Acoustica and hopefully he will be receptive to the idea of adding Linux support - it already works on PC and Mac (in fact it MIGHT work with Wine but i’ve not tried it).
hmm i respectfully disagree although i get your point. I already have DAWs so yes can edit samples and export them. But a dedicated sample editor is a slightly different beast… or workflow/ feel, at least…
Yeah, sure but if other options don’t work as the user expects then maybe looking into similar tools might do the trick like this person used Kdenlive for audio editing, sure it’s not really built for that but it does the job.
Btw why not Audacity? It does everything the average user would want and without any costs
yes totally agree if it’s something that doesn’t have to be done too often then any app that gets the job done is fine. For me, as someone who’s job is running an audio company and editing small samples day in day out, i guess i notice the ‘little things’ a lot more - such as how fast the apps launches, how it handles opening multiple files, keyboard shortcut capabilities, batch processing tools, that kind of thing. Audacity is certainly the best on Linux but it’s not ‘slick’ imo (however i understand they are working on a revamp so that will be interesting).
But some positive news is that I got a reply back this morning from Acon the makers of Acoustica and they are actually already working on a Linux version, which is hopefully going to be ready in a couple of months, so that’s great!
