Overlapping content when splitting

[caldernet]

I split the radio shows I record in 2 minute long files.

After every split, the next file contains about 20 seconds of the end of the previous file.

Is there a way to eliminate this or change the length of overlap?

Thanks.

[Cheryl Wester]

This is due to buffering. The only solution is to use audio capture. The amount of buffering is dependent on your Internet connection and the server on the other end.

[JonQ]

I have to assume that this technically possible, but just not a capability of the current version of the software. The input stream is kept in buffer until written out. If chunks of that stream were popped off to a secondary write buffer for each output file, then there's no reason that portions of that content should be duplicated across 2 files.

Eg:
Input Buffer 1-second Chunks: abcdefghijk

Output File 01.snd buffer: abcde

When the split occurs, a second buffer is created
Output File 02.snd buffer: fghijk

When the next split occurs you just re-use the old buffer.

This should work fine. You could then add the option to allow a pre-determined amount of overlap if someone actually wanted that. In that case you could fork n-seconds of chunks into both buffers:

Output File 01.snd buffer: abcDE
Output File 02.snd buffer: DEfghijk

I propose this as an enhancement for a future version. I really need to split multi-hour recordings, but the overlap makes this impractical since I can play the split files back-to-back in a seamless fashion. I don't want to do audio capture due to the loss of quality.

[Cheryl Wester]

Thanks for the feedback. Our developers do read the forums all the time so perhaps.

[stream-recorder.com]

I have to assume that this technically possible, but just not a capability of the current version of the software. The input stream is kept in buffer until written out. If chunks of that stream were popped off to a secondary write buffer for each output file, then there's no reason that portions of that content should be duplicated across 2 files.

Eg:
Input Buffer 1-second Chunks: abcdefghijk

Output File 01.snd buffer: abcde

When the split occurs, a second buffer is created
Output File 02.snd buffer: fghijk

When the next split occurs you just re-use the old buffer.

This should work fine. You could then add the option to allow a pre-determined amount of overlap if someone actually wanted that. In that case you could fork n-seconds of chunks into both buffers:

Output File 01.snd buffer: abcDE
Output File 02.snd buffer: DEfghijk

I propose this as an enhancement for a future version. I really need to split multi-hour recordings, but the overlap makes this impractical since I can play the split files back-to-back in a seamless fashion. I don't want to do audio capture due to the loss of quality.

If I'm not mistaken, Replay Music makes a split when the volume is too low. Another problem is that splitting will never be perfect in case of doing it automatically. And you don't need to re-record. You can use lossless MP3 splitting software instead.

If anybody else needs auto splitting, please post here. As Cheryl mentioned, the developers do read the forums.