Extracting Portions of .mp3 file

[Stretchman]

I currently have an hour long recording in mp3 format, and would like to extract a 5 minute portion of the recording, saving it as a new mp3 file. I've never attempted this before, and wanted to know, is there an easy way of going about this?

[Kov-Ice]

You can open the file in an audio editing program like the free Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) editor, and basically highlight and cut out the parts you don't want. Then, save the remaining to a new file name. I'd work on a copy of the original, so you don't accidentally lose anything. Otherwise, it's a pretty simple process.

[sgtspector]

Open the file in Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). Then highlight the part you do want and then under the fiel menu click export selection as mp3. This way you will not risk altering the original.