February 06, 2004

Curious George Follow up on this Question. I'm trying to create ten second samples of the beginning of songs. [more inside]

I've got my whole music collection loaded onto the laptop and IPOD (aac format). Ideally I want a bit of software that will let me do this digitally. And course free if possible. Oh and thanks for all the category ideas in the last link

posted by lloyder 20 years ago
  • I just downloaded Cacophony last night and it does a great job on small files with no learning curve (to speak of). I don't know if it is scriptable, but you might be able to work a way to make this cut automatically with applescript, if that is possible. But keep in mind that this suggestion is coming from somebody who has no idea of the power/limitations of applescript. Good luck.
  • mencoder should do what you want (part of mplayer). You can tell it to copy a ten-second piece from any section of the song, ie. the beginning.