Importing large AIF file (1.4gb - 2 hours speech) -full track length absent

G'Day Folks,
I have a 1.4 gb audio file (AIF) of a lecture that I'm wishing to import into garageband and break into smaller audio tracks (for linking to a powerpoint slides).
When I drag the audio file into a male vocal track on garagband, it imports the whole file ok (I can play it back), but visually garageband only shows a track length of about minutes (but continues to play the imported track after the first 2 mins).
What it means is that I cannot split the single audio file into smaller segments, as there is no complete audio track to highlight in the editing window and 'spilt'.
Any idea / suggestions?
Many thanks.
Ian
PowerPC G5 Dual   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

For editing audio, you'd be better off with, well, an audio editor:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#audioeditors
But if you really want to use GB, you have to deal with its limits:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#recordlength

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