tape2mp3 0.0.3 review
Downloadtape2mp3 is a collection of programs which together can help in the process of converting tapes to mp3s
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tape2mp3 is a collection of programs which together can help in the process of converting tapes to mp3s. After recording your wav files from tapes, tape2mp3 will scan for track boundaries and split the giant wav file into smaller ones based on periods of silence in the file.
First, record the wav file of your tape (or whatever else it is you are recording). If you have the wavtools package installed you can use record.sh, give it a filename for the output file and the length of your tape so that it knows when to stop (if you overestimate, it seems to be ok to hit ctrl-c).
Next, run tape2mp3.pl with at least -f file. The script will happily overwrite anything called [0-9]+.wav, so watch out.
This program scans for moments of silence in a wav file. These must be over a couple of seconds to be recognised (this can be changed in the trackscan source). The volume threshold for silence is also modifiable in the source. Trackscan outputs the start and end markers (in seconds) of tracks. The are parsed by process.pl which calls wavcut to split the file up. It also makes a check about short tracks and will throw away anything under a certain size (10 seconds at the moment).
Requirements:
Lots of disk space
libsndfile
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