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Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod
Authored by: shavenyak on Aug 19, '05 10:52:51AM

Cool workaround, but Apple still needs to fix the iPod so it can play track transitions seamlessly. Putting chapters in an AAC file still isn't as useful as having separate files for each song, because there's still no way to put the individual songs into playlists separately. This is unacceptable for those of us who might want to listen to Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety at some times, yet be pleasantly surprised by Money or Time popping up in a random playlist at others.



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Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod
Authored by: slchang on Aug 19, '05 02:49:54PM
I know it sounds like this should be an obvious and technically simple thing for Apple to do (I certainly thought so for a long time). But, it's not... this page has a detailed technical look at deficiencies in the mp3 and AAC format that make it impossible to make separate files in those formats that can be reliably be played gaplessly. It would have been nice if the touted and modern AAC format had addressed this problem, but oh well.

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Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod
Authored by: badtz on Aug 19, '05 07:03:55PM

despite it being "impossible" to do because of the compression technology; other players in the market DO do this .........

imo, i don't care how apple does it, but they need to copy the other players on the market on this one. :(



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Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod
Authored by: gidds on Aug 19, '05 05:29:52PM
Agreed.

There are many advantages to separate tracks: individual play counts, ratings, titles, artists, composers, years, comments -- I've made compilations where every one of those would be handy.

But there would be disadvantages, too -- you probably wouldn't want Sound Check to treat each track separately, else you'd get awkward jumps in volume. And you might want Party Shuffle to choose the whole thing in one go.

In short, this needs to be addressed properly, not just some bolt-on feature -- though simple gapless play between tracks would be a major improvement!

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Andy/

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