HydrogenAudio

Current version: 2.11, 2009-04-10

    * Batch processing dialog
    * Prelisten did not work on a selection from beginning
    * Saving storage behaviour for ID3v1 tag to config
    * Splitted status line with ID3 usage info
    * New languages: Croatian, Indonesian
    * Adjustable big timer height
    * Other improvements

http://mpesch3.de1.cc (http://mpesch3.de1.cc)

Trying to establish this thread for tracking updates on mp3DirectCut.

Current version: 2.12, 2010-05-22

    * Unicode support (enable under Settings/Misc)
    * Stupid hang on language selection fixed
    * Unselectable record base name problem fixed
    * Optional slim button layout
    * Batch function corrections
    * Pause detection optimizations
    * Improved compatibility for Windows Vista/7
    * Some more improvements

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

2.13, 2011-01-02

    * Symbol button layout, volume slider and toolbar
    * Allowing Cue sheet save on modified audio length
    * Second overwrite/close warning can be disabled
    * ID3 tag saving also on selection export
    * Adjustable normalizing level in batch mode
    * Some other things

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

2.14, 2011-12-13

    *High resolution icon
    *New function: Check for Re-syncs
    *Restart button for config options
    *Save selection on VBR bug fixed
    *Tooltips should work on Wine/Linux
    *Lots of improvements and corrections

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

[..checking for updatez is a disease and not healable!  ]

Thanks for the updates.

Woody

Great! Thank you for the update

2.15, 2012-01-03

* Cue flag (pause/cut/split) issues corrected
* Crash on Re-sync check fixed
* Batch dialog unicode issue fixed
* Other changes

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

edit: replaced changelog of homepage with those given inside mp3directcut

2.16, 2012-03-07

  - AAC support implemented (no MP4, play with libfaad2.dll)
  - Project files with ANSI filenames working in Unicode mode
  - Bug on command line normalize fixed
  - Auto cue with minimum length and optional time name
  - Visualization improvements
  - Other changes

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

Update to Version 2.17

Changelog

2.17, 2012-12-29

    Auto crop function
    2GB file size limit error fixed
    ANSI mode recent list crash fixed
    MPEG visualisation modifications
    Disabling unusable menu items
    Optionally keeping source date on new file
    Default buttons in dialogs
    Some more improvements and corrections

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html)

2.18 · 2013-01-11 · Recent changes:

- Bugs on Split save fixed
- Adjustable recent file number
- Adjustable undo step number
- Project/Cue filename in windows title

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

2.19, 2013-04-25

  - Optional timeline in the audio graph
  - No Split save abort on Batch if nothing to split
  - Cleared out some Lame settings
  - ID3v1 genre bug fixed
  - Icon resolution improved

http://mpesch3.de1.cc (http://mpesch3.de1.cc)
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2.20 · 2014-04-04 · Recent changes:

-  Auto crop improved and added to command line options
-  Command line bug fixed (filename detection)
-  "Lowest gain" setting (fades, Auto crop) added to config dialog
-  Check for re-syncs did not work after bug fix
-  Cut button renamed to Cut/Cue (to differ from Cut/Copy/Paste)
-  More mouse wheel functions (zoom, fast scroll, volume)
-  Two-stage fade function
-  Some other improvements

2.21 · 2015-09-30 · Recent changes:

- Dark and bright themes and button symbols
- Window color adjustable
- VU meter slightly improved
- Settings window re-arrangements
- Dark style about window
- New icon
- Optional recording time limitation
- Optional recording split by time
- Some corrections

http://mpesch3.de1.cc (http://mpesch3.de1.cc)

2.22, 2016-02-18
  - Two more zoom out levels
  - Crash on large window size fixed
  - Less CPU usage for selection graph
  - Editable folder fields for Batch and Split
  - Possible crash on simple fade out fixed
  - Some more corrections and adaptions

mpesch3.de1.cc (http://mpesch3.de1.cc)

Thanks for such a good program.  I especially like using it on tracks with empty space at the beginning and some album tracks that have junk from the next track at the end of the tune.  I use it on Linux via Wine and it still works quite well. 

MP3DirectCut is a bloody marvellous thing!

Thanks for such a good program.  ... ... ...   I use it on Linux via Wine and it still works quite well. 

Me too and me too.

A really useful tool. I hadn't known about recent updates, so will catch up. Nice to see that it is under active development.

2.23, 2017-03-07
  - MP4 demuxing by calling external ffmpeg
  - Bug on Xing VBR header reading fixed
  - Saving "Cut whole pause" setting
  - Big timer with total track time option
  - Minor improvements

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

Great prog that I use almost everyday, so many thanks  :D

The demuxing the MP4 files is handy but it would be even better if we could remux the edited AAC file(s) back into M4A file(s); maybe by adding an option to perform this (default is off).

Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask for a feature request.

@jaybeee : Indeed. The addition of reading M4a is nice but not so much the fact that each file that you read, it extracts the .aac file and leaves it there, since it is the format in which the program works.

When I've had the need to work with m4a files in mp3directcut, I used the following small script: (it works by dragging the file into it, or by calling it with the full path of the file)

%DIRFFMPEG%\ffmpeg.exe -i %1 -acodec copy -vn %1.aac
echo Waiting for the changes...
pause
%DIRFFMPEG%\ffmpeg.exe -i %1.aac -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vn %1.m4a

This intentionally leaves the original and the new file, but the script could delete it if needed. Basically, what the program is doing now is just the first ffmpeg command.

Note: it could also be modified so that it launches the program with the file automatically instead of the pause command:

%DIRMP3DC%\mp3DirectCut.exe %1.aac

Thanks [JAZ], I already have loads of scripts that I wrote to use mp4box &/or ffmpeg to do muxing/remuxing etc work. Nice to know I'm not the only one that has had to do this.

I posted up a script I wrote for using ffmpeg to split an m4a file without having to extract the aac first: clicky (https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,113358.msg933368.html#msg933368); it might be of use to you  ;) 

mp3DirectCut can join multiple files to a file in its Batch processing, is it possible to do it using command line?

2.24, 2018-02-19
  - File corruption bug on Split fixed
  - Split dialog improved
  - Batch dialog redesigned
  - Functions to set or remove Cue flags
  - Some corrections and fixings

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/ (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/)

  2.25, 2018-11-20
  - Append by file dropping
  - Multiple files can be dropped
  - Re-encoded save mode
  - Limit track time option for Batch
  - Gain change detection on cutting
  - Volume slider in text button layouts
  - Some corrections and improvements

http://mpesch3.de1.cc (http://mpesch3.de1.cc)

btw: mp3directcut can also cut AAC-files (you might extract them from and put them into .mp4 after if you prefer) ;)

I really LOVE this bit of software! It trims my BBC downloads with minimal drama.

It is very useful... and runs with wine on linux

2.26, 2019-11-30
  - UTF-8 character encoding for cue, project and ini files
  - Inernal ANSI/Win98 compatibility removed
  - Checking 4GB size limit
  - Cut noise mute function
  - Settings button in the toolbar
  - Graph font localization issues fixed
  - Some other corrections and improvements

http://mpesch3.de (http://mpesch3.de)
 

2.27, 2019-12-16
- Multilanguage support changed to UTF-8
- Bright symbols layout for smaller window width
- Lots of minor improvements

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

Keep up the good work!

2.28, 2020-01-20
- Possible startup crash fixed (on text button layout set)
- Some minor improvements and corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

Quote

2.28, 2020-01-20
- Possible startup crash fixed (on text button layout set)
- Some minor improvements and corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

Thans for this.

How does the "Cut noise mute function" work? There's no entry in the manual and I cannot figure it out / get it to work.

2.29, 2020-04-06
- Level activated recording feature
- Batch search and path fields reacting on killfocus
- Larger range of graph level adjustment (Num +/-)
- Some more improvements

https://mpesch3.de (https://mpesch3.de)

 

Does not work for me, doesn't accept cue file formats and you can't even uninstall it..beware

Does not work for me, doesn't accept cue file formats and you can't even uninstall it..beware

what do you mean by "beware"?

2.30, 2020-06-22
- Cue sheet load problem (wrong null char) fixed
- Longer delay time for tooltips
- Check for overdrive function (Normalize)
- Fixed garbage bytes on Xing header creation
- Some corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

2.31, 2020-10-23
- Overdrive check feature removed (inacurate detection possible)
- Minor corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

2.32, 2020-12-14
- Tooltip glitch fixed
- Timeline overflow fixed
- Audio display glitches fixed

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

2.33, 2021-08-30
- Titles in total view
- Reading of M3U playlists
- Possible multi selection on open
- Direct append without clipboard
- Copying multiple filenames to titles
- Fast play improved
- Cue time stamp for Split
- Arrows on scrollbar option
- Some more improvements

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

Windows is adamant that it contains a virus. Is there any way around that? Tried a couple download sites.

Then your ISP or your computer is inserting a virus into it. The file I just downloaded from FOSShub, freshly uploaded to Virustotal, registers a 0 out of all scanners.

Thanks, the FOSShub download was successful.  Win 10 threw up an "unrecognized app" warning, but did not delete the download as it did with my earlier attempts.

FWIW, this was the previous result:

(https://i.imgur.com/z6Hr2ht.jpg]https://i.imgur.com/z6Hr2ht.jpg)

Same for d/l from MajorGeeks.

LosslessCut is a (better, IMHO) open source alternative:
https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

OK, so how do you use LosslessCut to (coarsly) fade an mp3 without re-encoding? Is that more convenient than using mp3directcut to view video files to set cut marks?

Different tools for different tasks, this thread is about one of them and not for spamming the other.

OK, so how do you use LosslessCut to (coarsly) fade an mp3 without re-encoding?

Fading volume CAN'T be lossless AFAIK.

The MP3 format can shift volume in 1.5 dB steps. One can achieve a coarse fading effect by successive 1.5 dB volume changes, and mp3directcut can do that.

Now, what is even the purpose of trying to hijack the mp3directcut thread to peddle some ffmpeg video cutting frontend?

2.34, 2021-09-30
- Crash on reaching end of certain files fixed
- Multi file graph glitch corrected
- Multi file opening bug fixed
- Natural numerical ordering in batch list
- Batch hides unsupported extensions

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

2.35, 2021-12-20
- DPI awareness
- File size in MB in batch list
- Possible bug on file dropping fixed
- Some modifications and corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)
 

2.36, 2022-01-28
- Own volume slider storage
- Info header save option
- Batch dialog improvements
- Some corrections

https://mpesch3.de/ (https://mpesch3.de/)

For same reason as above (https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=71172.msg1002541#msg1002541), Win 10 is now blocking download from any of the distribution sites.

For same reason as above (https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=71172.msg1002541#msg1002541), Win 10 is now blocking download from any of the distribution sites.

maybe this page might help you with that issue
majorgeeks.com - How to Manage Windows Defender Antivirus Found Threats (https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_manage_windows_defender_antivirus_found_threats.html)
(> Actions-menu bottom right of your shown threat alarm window)

The archive with the latest release needs to be submitted to Microsoft as a false positive.

Edit: It looks like it's already cleared. Perhaps the developer should use the "Submit as a Software Developer" function of this page before uploading new releases for publication:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission/