
By calling "cutmp3" you will get this:


cutmp3  version 1.1

Usage:  cutmp3 -i file.mp3 [-a inpoint] [-b outpoint] [-f timetable] [-o outputprefix] [-e] [-q]

        cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -a 0:37 -b 3:57  copies the data from 0:37 to 3:57
        cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -f timetable     copies the data described in timetable
        cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -o song          writes the output to song01.mp3, song02.mp3,...

        cutmp3 -I file.mp3                  prints file information


So this means you have to type
cutmp3 -i file.mp3
to edit the file named "file.mp3" interactively:
With the keys 12345 you can rewind, with the keys 67890 you can go forward.
'0' means 10mins forward, '9' is 1min forward, '8' is 10secs forward, '7' is 1sec forward
and '6' is 1/10sec forward. Keys '1' to '5' go symmetrically back (so '1' means 10mins back).
When you are at the starting position of your part of interest, press the key 'a'.
When you are at the last position of your part of interest, press the key 'b' (What you hear
will then NOT be inside the new file, unlike when typing 'a').
By typing 's' the resulting file will be written to result01.mp3. If it already exists,
cutmp3 will increase the number to result02.mp3, result03.mp3 and so on.

-e  switches on exact searching mode, useful for VBR files (-a -b and -f  always use the exact mode)
-q  switches on quiet mode, cutmp3 won't make any sound, useful for debugging only, I think

*** CLEVER KEYCODES IN cutmp3: ***

You can seek the next silence by pressing 'p' (for pause).
By default the silence should last for 1000 milliseconds, which is one second,
and the maximum volume during this second is 10 (whatever that is in dB).
You can change
- the length of the silence by pressing 'n' or 'm' and
- the maximum volume during this silence by pressing '+' or '-'.

You can seek to the end of the next ID3 v1 tag by pressing 'T'. This is useful in case someone has
merged several mp3s into one file without removing the ID3-tags.

For other useful keycodes type 'h' in cutmp3.


By typing:
cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -o blah
the resulting files will be written to blah01.mp3, blah02.mp3, blah03.mp3 and so on.

If you only want to cut a file once and you know the times for start and the end, you type:
cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -o blah -a 0:37 -b 1:25
and cutmp3 will write the passage in file.mp3 starting at 0:37 and ending at 1:25 to blah01.mp3

If you want to cut a file more often, you need to create a file which contains a timetable and type:
cutmp3 -i file.mp3 -f name_of_the_timetablefile
Please read README.timetable for details.



By now cutmp3 will accept only one inputfile, so using wildcards like '?' or '*' in filenames
will result in editing only the first file that matches.
