"George" <georgef***@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I have a mp3 file, and wish to double its length.
> (add it to itself)
> Can I do that?
> (the file is empty, i.e. just a blank)
>
> g4egg, who remembers "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE #1"
> (www.g4egg.co.uk)

"Poprivet" <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> George wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have a mp3 file, and wish to double its length.
> > (add it to itself)
> > Can I do that?
> > (the file is empty, i.e. just a blank)
> >
> > g4egg, who remembers "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE #1"
> > (www.g4egg.co.uk)
>
> I can't recall the exact formation of the command to use at the Command
> Prompt, but it can be done that way.
>
> Here's what I see as your two alternatives:
> 1.  Visit the groups at  alt.msdos.batch.nt and ask you question there.
> Your question is a simple one and they'll have a ready answer for you.
What
> you have to do is append one file to another but not leave the eof marker
> after the first file.
>
> 2.  Download an app such as Audacity, a free audio editor with lots of
> features.  Go to
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
> to download it.
>
> Once installed, turn on the recorder and play the song twice, then save
it.
> You'll need to download an add-in to create MP3 files; it creates WAV
files
> by default.
>
> But ... why you'd want to append two two blank files together is another
> matter and makes no sense IMO.
>
> Pop`
>
>
>

> Many thanks for the info.
>
> And apologies for posting to the wrong group.
>
> (It's to fill an ipod shuffle, so that after playing a certain time,
> around 45 mins., it does not emit any more sound.
> Until a few hours later, when it can be turned off.
> Appending files will let me set the maximum "silence" period.)
>
> george
>
> "Poprivet" <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:eTKaYqWLIHA.5764@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> George wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> I have a mp3 file, and wish to double its length.
>>> (add it to itself)
>>> Can I do that?
>>> (the file is empty, i.e. just a blank)
>>>
>>> g4egg, who remembers "PRESS PLAY ON TAPE #1"
>>> (www.g4egg.co.uk)
>>
>> I can't recall the exact formation of the command to use at the
>> Command Prompt, but it can be done that way.
>>
>> Here's what I see as your two alternatives:
>> 1.  Visit the groups at  alt.msdos.batch.nt and ask you question
>> there. Your question is a simple one and they'll have a ready answer
>> for you. What you have to do is append one file to another but not
>> leave the eof marker after the first file.
>>
>> 2.  Download an app such as Audacity, a free audio editor with lots
>> of features.  Go to
>> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
>> to download it.
>>
>> Once installed, turn on the recorder and play the song twice, then
>> save it. You'll need to download an add-in to create MP3 files; it
>> creates WAV files by default.
>>
>> But ... why you'd want to append two two blank files together is
>> another matter and makes no sense IMO.
>>
>> Pop`