Re: [SLUG] I wanna...

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 22:56:59 EDT


On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Logan wrote:

> I have two .ogg files I want to combine as one. When I Googled, I was
> overwhelmed by the quantity of data I received. Has anyone any
> experience with mashing two .ogg files together to make one?
>
> The reason I want to do this is there are some songs which must be
> played together. Example: Journey, "Feeling That Way," and, "Anytime,"
> must be combined, in my opinion, but if I engage the random button on
> XMMS, they may not play sequentially.
>
> Any "expert" advise will be appreciated.

I'm far from an expert but...

If they're like MP3s, then the only way that I know of to combine them is
to do something like:

{ decode $first_file ; decode $second_file ; } | encode > $combined_file

but that involves another decode-encode cycle, which is a Bad Thing.

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