MeGUI/Tools/Audio Cutter
The Audio cutter is a simple tool for cutting audio streams based on MeGUI cutlists. Unlike the use of cutlists for audio in the main window, the Audio cutter edits the audio files without re-encoding; thus, this is a lossless process. It uses the tool, BeSplit.
Use
[edit | edit source]- In the input file you select the audio file to be cut.
- In the cut file you select the MeGUI cutlist file specifying which sections to include (this can be created with the AVS Cutter)
- In the output file you select where the cut file should be saved.
- If it is all set up correctly, pressing create job will generate two jobs:
- A splitting job, in which the file is cut up into multiple smaller ones
- A join job, which joins the relevant smaller files together.
- After these two jobs complete, the intermediate files (the smaller ones) will be deleted if Delete intermediate files in the settings is checked.
Inaccuracies
[edit | edit source]Unfortunately, inaccuracies arise because cutting is only accurate to the audio frame, which is a number of milliseconds. Further, these inaccuracies can accumulate as you do more cuts. In some cases, this can result in a noticeable delay between audio and video. You may be better advised using the sample-accurate cutting in the main form (which requires a re-encode) or encoding the entire video and then cutting with a muxer (not yet supported in MeGUI).
Nevertheless, the cutter may be useful in certain circumstances, and interfaces well with cutlists.
BeSplit
[edit | edit source]The Audio cutter works through BeSplit, requiring version 0.9b6.