Looking for MP3 and WAV editing components or examples

[Greg Asman]

Hi,

I would like to be able to cut an MP3 and save the output... nothing
too fancy, I just want to be able to select a segment of the file and
resave it. I would like to do the same with wave files and/or convert
MP3 to WAV (and vice versa) and save in either format.

I'm not looking for ID3 editors or anything like that. I'm having a
really hard time finding any component that will read MP3 and/or WAV
files and allow me to create an application to modify those file
types.

Any recommendations anyone has would be most appreciated! Please feel
free to include URLs if there are providers of components that do what
I'm looking for.

I do most of my development in VB.NET, but C# is fine too. I guess it
doesn't really matter if it is a component though...

Thanks a lot!
Greg

 

[Eugene Mayevski]

Any recommendations anyone has would be most appreciated! Please feel
free to include URLs if there are providers of components that do what
I'm looking for.

I think you will be disappointed by the fact that the best you can hope
for is a C++ DLL that does some operations. Decoding to WAV is possible
with some MP3 decoders (for example, it was possible with EldoS Counds
when we distributed it). However cutting the file means low-level
manipulations with MP3 frames - not kind of thing that mp3 decoder
usually offers to the application (although it certainly does it
internally).

I would suggest you the studying MP3 format and handling it yourself. Or
take some freeware MP3 decoder and rework it to your needs. All in
unmanaged C++.

Maybe C# componennts already appeared, but I never saw any and we spent
several years dealing with EldoS Sounds.

 

[Chris Dunaway]

Hi,

I would like to be able to cut an MP3 and save the output... nothing
too fancy, I just want to be able to select a segment of the file and

Another option is a suite of controls from NCT called the AudioStudio.
They are activeX controls that allow you to manipulate date. IIRC, they
also support MP3.

Check here: http://www.nctsoft.com

And before anyone flames, me, I am not affiliated with NCT in any way. I
just happen to use their product.

HTH