Two things for anyone who uses an ipod to listen to sets.

1. I effing pitty you. what a terrible product (apple will never see another dime from me)

2. DON'T install the latest version of ITunes ( 7.0 )



Good ol' apple decided to impliment a feature called "gapless playback" in their latest version of itunes, which CANNOT (as far as i can see) be disabled. (please enlighten me if you have found a way). This dumbass feature scans your entire library and IPOD (after transfering music to it) for silent areas so that it can gaplessly move from one song to the next (OH YAY! ). Unfortunatly if you're music files happen to be, say an hour or so long, this process seems to take days even with a decent machine. (on-the-go MY ASS) If you attempt to 'eject' your ipod during this secondary process NOTHING will be transfered to the gaypod at all. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR



so.. for now im looking for a previous version of itunes

any solutions to this problem would be nice : )

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Last edited by phlog on Jan-05-2007 at 23:57

i just click X everytime to stop it from scanning

also google told me u can select all files in your music library, click properties, and uncheck gapless playback

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OMG i hate itunes, the biggest pieace of shit ever. I had to call tech support to figure how to use it on 2 different computers in my house.

And WTF you cant take music from ur ipod to ur computer. My computer got formated and now i hace 30 gigs of sets on ipod that i cannot put back on my computer.

Itunes software is the biggest piece of crap

iTunes only exists to enforce DRM

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It's so funny always reading about people and there ipod's. It's never "go look for the answer" it's always just bashing. Start/Control Panel/TOOLS/Folder Options/View/Highlight Show Hidden Files. Then Start/My Computer/Ipod Destination/ipod Control/Music/All them folders. Drag em to folder. Not everything is gonna be right in front of ya your whole life, you might actually have to work a bit at it. bla

I just got an ipod for christmas so I am kind of new to it. I have itunes version 7 with a bunch of sets uploaded to it and I havn't had a problem yet. How does this gapless feature effect the playback? The only thing that comes to mind is if you are playing a set which has a silent break and then it advances to the next song?

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Originally posted by dEsidEL iTunes only exists to enforce DRM

what's DRM? and why is Itunes its enforcer

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Originally posted by Dieselbouy It's so funny always reading about people and there ipod's. It's never "go look for the answer" it's always just bashing. Start/Control Panel/TOOLS/Folder Options/View/Highlight Show Hidden Files. Then Start/My Computer/Ipod Destination/ipod Control/Music/All them folders. Drag em to folder. Not everything is gonna be right in front of ya your whole life, you might actually have to work a bit at it. bla

Yeah, its pretty easy to figure it out on how to transfer music on a PC...

I just need to figure it out on my Mac...

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Originally posted by Dieselbouy It's so funny always reading about people and there ipod's. It's never "go look for the answer" it's always just bashing. Start/Control Panel/TOOLS/Folder Options/View/Highlight Show Hidden Files. Then Start/My Computer/Ipod Destination/ipod Control/Music/All them folders. Drag em to folder. Not everything is gonna be right in front of ya your whole life, you might actually have to work a bit at it. bla

first of all, thanks for the solution (if it works i shall soon see)

secondly, the reason i was so upset by this new feature was the fact that it was implimented WITHOUT ASKING ME FIRST. Am i expected to "go out and look for answers" every f*cking time they release a new version of their sh*tty software???? i think not.

regarless of this annoyance... my nano broke randomly within months of purchase even though i was as gentle as posible with the thing... not to mention the craptacular headphones that lasted what days..?

...you can see why i've been reduced to bashing.. BLAAAAA



btw i dont think this solves my problem of "determing gapless tracks" AFTER ive copied music to the ipod.

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my ipod freezes sometimes, and i have to wait for the batteries to run out.


still i love the ipod.. you cant beat its sleek design and the storage space is amazing.

i got mine as a gift so its all good

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Originally posted by phlog what's DRM? and why is Itunes its enforcer

Digital Rights Management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management

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Originally posted by Engine9 i just click X everytime to stop it from scanning also google told me u can select all files in your music library, click properties, and uncheck gapless playback

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