PeterO

Yes, as a new person, here I am again. I am now realizing that there are no gaps between my songs- I have been selecting all songs (Ctrl A) and then hitting Shift F6 for Test and Copy. In the Action Menu (although grayed out) the default Append gap to previous track is checked. So after reading numerous links I still have missed something.

I am now over 500 CDs ripped. Please tell me how to fix this without having to rerip these over again. I am praying for the right answer.

Teller

If you rip with append gaps to previous track then all audio (other than a 1st track pre-gap, if one exists) has been extracted. There should be in most cases nothing to fix.

aural

you are probably referring to the slight drop-out that is audible between MP3s when you are listening to something like a DJ mix. Unfortunately, no matter how you rip them, if you compress them to MP3, there will be a slight drop out between mixed tracks.

That's why everyone who rips DJ mix CDs (or any other where the tracks flow together) rip them as a single MP3 file + a cuesheet which provides track positioning data if you want to burn a CD from the mp3 you ripped, or to use with software that is capable of playing the MP3 and using the track points set in the cuesheet.

If you are dead set on having your audio ripped in tracked fashion, you might want to look into encoding from CD into FLAC. It's lossless, so they do take up more hard drive space and the compatibility with portable players is pretty lousy, but it's the best option you have if you want to avoid the dreaded audio ticks between tracks.

PeterO

Teller, you're back, I appreciate your advice; I am sure this topic has been done to death.

On my popular ripped CDs e.g. Steely Dan, Frank Sinatra, there are no gaps between tracks, one song starts immediately after the next which is not the way it is on original CD with typical 1-3 second silence gaps between each song.

BUT on my classical CDs, many tracks flow immediately into the next so a (artificial?) gap would not be appropriate.

What I would like is an exact ripped replication of the original CD which I am not getting at least on the popular CDs using the process I described. Does this have anything to do with CUE sheets?

Teller, what am i missing here? How do I get an exact ripped replication and I hope without having to redo everything.

I am ripping to flac and using MediaMonkey.

Teller

It is possible that you have enabled the option to Delete Leading and Trailing Silent blocks.
It may also be possible for your player to be trimming silence between tracks as they are played. This does not change the flac file.

Post a log file from an affected rip


As for MP3, Lame encoded audio can be made with "gapless" settings or they can be made normally and a gap less meta-tag aware player can be used to restore the true timing of the audio on playback.

PeterO

This is what happens when a novice tries to tackle two programs at the same time- EAC and MediaMonkey.

This morning I went to MediaMonkey Forum and the first post is No Gaps Between Tracks. The answer was to change the Crossfade Option. So my gap problem was never in the ripper but in the player which I have fixed.

Patience is a Virtue, I need to remember that!

Thank you Teller and Aural

dryden

That was really funny .