Change start/stop time for tracks burned to CD

Zaequon,

The procedure outlined by Richard Grant is the correct one to use. But for a 3 second track, please note that iTunes CD burning has always had problems with very short tracks. Would a 6 second track meet your needs?

Zarquon,

Here's how I do it:

• First, I change the Start/Stop times in the Get Info window.
• Then, from the File menu, I select Convert > Create AAC Version.
• Now I go back (while I'm thinking about it) and restore the original Start/Stop times to the original track.
• The newly created track is encoded with the new time settings, so it should burn correctly to a CD.

When you first control-click on the song to see the Get Info and other choices, one of the choices you see there is "Copy". So copy the song using this "Copy" command, make your start- and stop-time changes, and burn the copy.

Zarquon42 wrote:

How will that work any differently than making those changes to the original?

OK, good question. I haven't done this type of thing for a few years, so I've now reviewed what I did and can offer some better clarity.

I duplicated the music I wished to trim just to make sure I preserved the original in case I failed.

I then used Quick Time Player to deal with the duplicated file and do the trimming over there. You do this in Quick Time Player using Edit > Trim ... from Quick Time Player's menu.

You then end up with a .mov file. See if you can burn that.

UPDATE: I now see Quick Time Player gave me a file formatted as an MPEG-4. So clearly things have changed over the past few years.

Zarquon,

You're welcome.

Not sure exactly what your project is, but if you want to tack 3 seconds to the front of a track, the best way is to use an audio editor such as Audacity or Garageband. Export the edited track and add it to iTunes. (For example, if the original track was 4 mins, the new one will be 4 mins and 3 seconds.) Then put it in the iTunes playlist and burn.

No problem, and have a good show!