Editing VBR mp3s

[null.]

Hey, wondering if anyone can help me out. I've got a few songs I've ripped from CDs with EAC in v0 quality VBR mp3 and they've got a long silence at the end of the song, like 5-10 minutes of silence/very little noise and then a "hidden" song plays. Is there any way I can remove the silence in between without effecting the quality too much/at all?

Only option I can think of is to rip them at 320 VBR and then save the reduced version as VBR, but I'm sure that'll have an effect on the quality.

Thanks :)

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Rip them to WAV. Do your editing. Convert to MP3.

[Jarik]

Use Audacity and edit the silence out ?

[Coffeee]

Rip them to WAV. Do your editing. Convert to MP3.

Best way to reduce quality loss :)

[null.]

Ahh, excellent. Forgot about WAV. Thanks :)

Which program is best for the WAV > VBR MP3 conversion?

Edit: never mind, just dragged the WAV file into EAC and it converted it to the MP3 for me. Thanks again.

Edited July 3, 2008 by chicken-royal