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Create gapless yet skippable music files for the iPod
Authored by: shavenyak on Sep 09, '05 01:11:38AM

Ok, I've been playing with AudioBinder for a while now. I've used it to make chapterized audiobooks out of some spoken word CD's that came from eMusic.com. I haven't yet tried to rip Pink Floyd or the 'Fingertips' suite from Apollo 18 by TMBG, but I plan to try it out on them.

I think it's a decent, but not perfect, solution. I'll let Apple off the hook on gapless playback if they make three concessions to simplify life with chapterized files:
1) Have the 'Join CD Tracks' menu item automatically make a chapterized file, without need for AudioBinder or the like (sorry to the AudioBinder developer... but this is functionality that should be built into iTunes. Besides, it would only duplicate your Lite functionality, you'd still have a market for your Pro version)
2) Display each chapter as a separate song in the iTunes library and on the iPod. Perhaps make this option selectable per song or per playlist or something, so Podcast chapters don't clutter up the place....
3) Stop displaying the Type as 'Protected' on .m4b files, unless they really are protected. :)



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