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Carol Haynes:
I have a few RM files that I would like to cut sections from. Does anyone know any freeware (or cheap shareware) that will do this effectively?

I don't particularly want to convert the files to another format to do it as I am going to burn them to CD in RealPlayer and so don't want to add another conversion step and the degrading of sound quality associated with that.

Hirudin:
If you're looking to burn them once, you could convert them to .WAVs, cut them, then burn the .WAVs. I don't think this'll degrade the quality.

If you're paranoid, and have the time, and the CD to waste: you could burn the full files, rip them to .WAVs (which should maintain 100% quality), cut, then burn again.

Carol Haynes:
Thanks - solution found though ...

For anyone else that is interested RealMedia Producer comes in a Basic free version. It is designed to allow other formats to be converted to RM formats but hidden in the app folder is the Media Editor. It is a command line editor but there is a GUI application.

In the Pro version this is displayed in the Start Menu - but in the Basic version it isn't mentioned.

You can download it from: http://www.realnetworks.com/products/producer/comparison.html

Note you have to register but you are immediately taken to the download site so unless you want RM emails for life you can give a temporary (or false) email address!

There is also an app called "Easy RealMedia Producer" at http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73228

I haven't tried it (the download webpage is in Chinese and the download is currently running at 4.5K/sec over 4 streams!) but it may be worth a look.

Plasma Man:
Carol - If you want to avoid RM Weld and a few thousand registry entries then Hirudin is right - covert to *.wav. Besides, it's much easier to edit de-compressed material.

dBpoweramp Music Converter is the one to get. [ free ]
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

The codecs here:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm

Features a right click context menu - makes it all so easy-peasy. ;)

Andre

f0dder:
If you're paranoid, and have the time, and the CD to waste: you could burn the full files, rip them to .WAVs (which should maintain 100% quality), cut, then burn again.
-Hirudin
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Doing ripping from audio CDs are actually a lossy process, where you're at the mercy of the error-correction hardware and firmware in your drive. For normal CDs you'll get bit-perfect copies, but with scratched (or copy-protected!) CDs, well...

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