On 06/06/2014 06:16 AM, kk6ecm wrote:

The issue I've had is the fact The I'd does not play till the end, ignoring the FCC req of 10 minutes. And, being some what of a Linux newby, I'd like to understand your input below,

"$~> sox newline_file(x) id_file newsline_file_id(x)

(where 'x' denotes which newsline file, since the one long file is chunked up into several pieces.)"

I'm aware of the partition ID in the ARRL news file, but don't know how to take advantage of it automatically. Does your command line address this? If so how? For sure, I'm missing something here.

"sox" is the command commonly used to convert the mp3 file to ulaw format.

There was someone who suggested using mp3split to create several mp3 files from the one long-ass mp3 that's downloadable from Newsline.

With that thought in mind, when you're converting all of the files from mp3 to ulaw, assuming the mp3's that are broken up are less than 10 minutes, then at the end of each mp3 converted to ulaw file, add your local id. It's yet another option available in 'sox'.

type 'man sox' at a command prompt to get a better idea of how it works, and what options are available to you.

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