How to cut a MP3 in half?

[Wade Smart]

03302006 1148 GMT-6

One more thing.
I typed in
* dd if=parasites-1.mp3 of=parasites-1a.mp3 bs=1024 count=2500

*but the file is unreadable now. I get an error on the players
when I try to play.

Wade

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

>On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 11:06 -0600, Wade Smart wrote:
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>>I have to upload an mp3 but its to large (and I didnt create it).
>>Is there a way to cut it in half and then upload it?
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>You could just use 'dd', it already on your system.
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>For example:
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>dd if=song.mp3  of=truncated_song.mp3 bs=1024 count=1000
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>This will keep only the first megabyte of the song.
>Adjust the "count" variable accordingly.
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>If your song weights say 5MB, use count=2500 , and so on.
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>--
>Vince
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