New iPods Support Gapless Playback

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Posted by roogles on Sep-13-2006 22:02:

New iPods Support Gapless Playback

Not sure how many of you use an iPod. I've never bought one because the software didn't support gapless playback (unless you loaded replacement firmware from Rockbox, which isn't something I wanted to screw with). This meant that you couldn't listen to mixes w/o hearing a gap between each track transition, unless of course you had the mix as a single file.

Apple announced this week that their new iPods will finally support gapless playback. The only other players I've seen with this feature were the Rio Karma and one player from iRiver. Just thought I would pass this on in case anyone is in the market for an mp3 player.

Posted by Rasidel Slika on Sep-13-2006 22:55:

this isnt true gapless playback. its software-emulated playback, via itunes. itunes fuxx0rs your tracks into pseudo-gapless playback. it is not like the Karma, which was true gapless playback enabled by the DEVICE - not the interface software on the computer. they have also given itunes basically total control over the ipod - that means that apple can update and do whatever they want with any settings and anything on your ipod. apple sucks.

Posted by roogles on Sep-13-2006 23:26:

I should have known this was too good to be true. So iTunes 7 actually modifies the files when it scans your library for tracks that should be gapless?

Do you know if the alternative firmware from Rockbox will enable true gapless playback like the Karma?

quote:
Originally posted by delobbo
this isnt true gapless playback. its software-emulated playback, via itunes. itunes fuxx0rs your tracks into pseudo-gapless playback. it is not like the Karma, which was true gapless playback enabled by the DEVICE - not the interface software on the computer. they have also given itunes basically total control over the ipod - that means that apple can update and do whatever they want with any settings and anything on your ipod. apple sucks.

Posted by Rasidel Slika on Sep-13-2006 23:38:

hey trust me I was kinda interested in it when I first saw it too, and I felt the same "too good to be true" feeling when I learned what the real story was. What I am waiting for is the 80GB wide-screen. Hell, I think I'll be able to hold off for the 100gb version :P

users are already reporting problems with itunes 7 messing up their collection or otherwise haxx0ring their computer - it goes through EVERY track in your collection to enable gapless playback.

I dont know much about the roxbox software - I briefly considered doing it to my ipod (which was a gift btw ) - but then after reading a good number of disclaimers, I decided not to.

Posted by seneca on Sep-13-2006 23:48:

i don't understand all the hoopla... when I put mixes on my iPod they are 1 track and if I want to skip a track I just fast forward with the scroll wheel which is ace...

if I rip mix comps on CDs that I have... I use Cool Edit Pro and rip all tracks as 1 complete track then transfer to said iPod.

Posted by Rasidel Slika on Sep-13-2006 23:57:

this is for if you have separate tracks. sure you can combine them all into one track but its all about convenience. easier to hit next 4 times and get to the 5th song than navigate to it using search... also keep in mind there are like, non-dance cd's that also ideally require seamless playback.. such as Dark Side of the Moon, Violator, etc. its more convenient having separate tracks and have them play gapless.

Posted by shaw on Sep-14-2006 00:37:

All I know is I want the new shuffle:

Posted by l�cid on Sep-14-2006 02:51:

quote:
Originally posted by SENECA
i don't understand all the hoopla... when I put mixes on my iPod they are 1 track and if I want to skip a track I just fast forward with the scroll wheel which is ace...

if I rip mix comps on CDs that I have... I use Cool Edit Pro and rip all tracks as 1 complete track then transfer to said iPod.

+1 for me, except i rip with Easy CD-DA Extractor

keeping mixes/compilation CDs as 1 track just makes things soooo much easier.

Posted by roogles on Sep-14-2006 03:22:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
+1 for me, except i rip with Easy CD-DA Extractor

keeping mixes/compilation CDs as 1 track just makes things soooo much easier.

I'm sure everyone has their unique way of listening to their tunes. I have all my mixes split into tracks and tagged with Artist and Title. Otherwise I won't know what track I'm listening to half the time w/o going back to my pc and looking it up.

Exact Audio Copy & foobar2000 own.

Posted by Pattink on Sep-14-2006 03:58:

quote:
Originally posted by roogles
I'm sure everyone has their unique way of listening to their tunes. I have all my mixes split into tracks and tagged with Artist and Title. Otherwise I won't know what track I'm listening to half the time w/o going back to my pc and looking it up.

Exact Audio Copy & foobar2000 own.

defragment your iPod and the gap will be <1 sec, not really noticeable to me. specially when I should be focusing on studying math and not on the music.

Listening to music with dedicated AMP for headphones on nice comfy bed FTW.