so lets get this straight the new ipod 5g is not gapless but only itunes is which it does something to make the ipod gapless-like? If so then that is a bummer. I would prefer to see true gapless like the Rio Karma, or what Rockbox offers on for the ipod and those are hardware based which is way better.
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iPod gapless playback!
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No, gapless is support on the 1st and 2nd gen of 5th gen iPods (how confusingbloodycape said:
). I updated my 3 month old 5G tonight, and gapless works perfectly. I can now ditch all the mix CDs cluttering up my car that sounded awful on the iPod
Anyone know if this works on the 4G photos?
Is there a setting or something I'm missing, cause songs that I think would take advantage of this sound the same. On both my 5G iPod & in iTunes.
ripfrankwhite said:
i hope they do a firmware upgrade for this, much like the 3G got new menu items (shuffle songs) and a new battery charging graphic. i'm still holding out hope since it is a dockable ipod.
Wow, that updated the 4G (at least photo) - thanks Apple!SpankyPenzaanz said:i gots a 60gbphoto and it works
Now someone find out if they updated the 1G Nanos
They must, this has been their biggest selling player.
This is an option they're putting onto old iPods because it's not a "feature" it's something that should've been there from the beginning
unless wait. Unless the gapless playback is simply activated in the songs themself by iTunes and it has nothing to do with the iPod at all?
We could test this if someone prevents from updating their iPod firmware just yet, but does the iTunes 7 lossless scan then imports the scanned music into the iPod.
And if another person does the firmware update but doesn't re-import any of the scanned library.
EssentialParado said:
I tested it on my iPod. After updating to iTunes 7 but before updating the firmware on my iPod, gapless playback did not work on the iPod. As soon as I updated the firmware, it started working. It doesn't work on my 4G iPod (for which there is no update available). Haven't tried my nano yet, and my Shuffle seems like maybe it died today
.SpankyPenzaanz said:i gots a 60gbphoto and it works
Are you sure? I can't seem to get this to work on my 4G Photo iPod. I haven't even found an update for 4G iPods, so it would surprise me if you got this to work. Man am I crossing my fingers though... I can't listen to Dream Theater without gapless playback!
I also have a 60GB photo and it doesn't work for me. Dark Side of the Moon plays gapless in iTunes (finally) but not on my iPod.SpankyPenzaanz said:i gots a 60gbphoto and it works
nosen said:Is there a setting or something I'm missing, cause songs that I think would take advantage of this sound the same. On both my 5G iPod & in iTunes.
I was confused about this at first, too. The setting is in the Info for each individual song. So if you have an album that should be gapless, for example, Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor then you must select the entire album, and select "Yes" under the Gapless option.
Apple really should explain this better, because when you first launch iTunes 7, you can see it processing for Gapless. I assumed, at first, that it would automatically fix everything then, and that it just didn't work on my 5G iPod. But, it does!!
Hope that is clear enough.
From what I can hear if your songs were encoded with LAME, then iTunes does the gapless playback completely seamlessly. This most probably means that iTunes is reading the gap value that LAME appends to the MP3 header.
However for files which weren't encoded with something like LAME (i.e iTunes MP3s, possibly AACs), iTunes performs a gap delete. Pretty much this means it analyses the waveform of the audio and removes the silence between the tracks, but it doesn't sound quite as good.
So, my point is, that if your files have been made with an encoder that supports gapless (LAME MP3, Nero AAC...) then iTunes will automatically play them gaplessly. If your files weren't made with a gapless encoder, you have to tell iTunes to play them gaplessly.
At least, thats what I can tell so far...
However for files which weren't encoded with something like LAME (i.e iTunes MP3s, possibly AACs), iTunes performs a gap delete. Pretty much this means it analyses the waveform of the audio and removes the silence between the tracks, but it doesn't sound quite as good.
So, my point is, that if your files have been made with an encoder that supports gapless (LAME MP3, Nero AAC...) then iTunes will automatically play them gaplessly. If your files weren't made with a gapless encoder, you have to tell iTunes to play them gaplessly.
At least, thats what I can tell so far...
mduser63 said:I can confirm that after updating my iPod (but not before) I have gapless playback on my 5G iPod
I can confirm as well. This is really great, I'd become so used to the flow of many of my favorite CDs.
I noticed that too. It's possible that's just an option to force gapless playback if it, for any reason, doesn't play gapless automatically.rob7erto said:
I haven't updated my 5G iPod (because I want to keep mine Windows-formatted --for 'just in case' file-moving purposes--, but don't have access to a Windows pc at the mo'), and I've checked some albums to play as Gapless, and it doesn't work. Naturally.
So... guess I'm going to have to install myself an iPod update once I get to a Windows.... Assuming there's no other way to keep it FAT32 formatted while updating on a Mac.
Also, can I just ctrl+A my library and check as Gapless? Or do I have to go album by album?
So... guess I'm going to have to install myself an iPod update once I get to a Windows.... Assuming there's no other way to keep it FAT32 formatted while updating on a Mac.
Also, can I just ctrl+A my library and check as Gapless? Or do I have to go album by album?
rob7erto said:
Good question. As far as I can tell, gapless playback works without this turned on, for AAC tracks as well as MP3 LAME codings.
Perhaps this affects how iTunes shuffles or fades between tracks? Anyone noticed anything like that?
I just listened to the 21-minute full live version of the Temples of Syrinx without any gaps.
Wonderful stuff.
Wonderful stuff.
patseguin said:
Have any CDs where two tracks merge into each other? Notice that it doesn't do that in iTunes or on an iPod? That's what gapless playback is. It plays the songs that are meant o be played without a pause are played that way in iTunes and on the iPod.
milo said:
I doubt it'll be enabled for the shuffle. Most people use their shuffle to listen to music that is shuffled, not in sequential order.