EricNau said:
It's when there isn't a pause between songs on an album or at least between songs that weren't intended to have a pause.
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It's when there isn't a pause between songs on an album or at least between songs that weren't intended to have a pause.
I've never noticed a gap problem, but I think it's an issue when you play an album in order and the tracks are meant to blend into one another. Like longer classical pieces, or some live albums. The gap is noticeable in that case.
That doesn't bother me, but I WOULD like Crossfade. It adds extra polish to the shuffle in iTunes, and shuffle is how I use my iPod too.
Next request after that: custom equalizer synching from iTunes. No biggie, but useful with certain speakers/headphones.
That doesn't bother me, but I WOULD like Crossfade. It adds extra polish to the shuffle in iTunes, and shuffle is how I use my iPod too.
Next request after that: custom equalizer synching from iTunes. No biggie, but useful with certain speakers/headphones.
EricNau said:
Some artists have peices that flow into each other, however they are demarcated as seperate tracks. So there is no flow......
I don't care about the gapless, much.......my 1st gen lasted quite a while and was very useful, as a firewire drive extensively.
some sort of wi fi in the new ipod would be cool. if apple doesnt want to put airport into the ipod maybe because it would drain the battery too quick they could put bluetooth in it so that you can use it as a remote for itunes.
Most modern day CD players play gapless. And yes, it's a pet peeve of mine when I'm listening to any kind of dance or hip hop that's mixed to sound continuous.NicP said:
The thing that really frustrates me about this is that this isn't that hard to implement. But for one reason or another the iTunes team has failed to see the need for this. They already do cross-fades which means iTunes cues up the first x seconds of the 2nd song as the 1st one is winding down. Why couldn't you just cue up the songs right after with each other without any audible gaps? It's absurd.
BRLawyer said:
I talked about computer HARDWARE, not the software
. And while the software had it's share or problems (Guru Meditation....), the OS was very advanced for it's time. And it had many cool things in it (like push-to-back, pull-to-front)Well, compared to those two, A500 is better IMO. Compared to IIGS, A500 had more RAM (512KB vs. 256KB), faster CPU (IIGS had a 16bit CPU, while A500 had 32bit), dedicated video-chip etc.
And the Atari ST? It might have been good for people who needed MIDI, but it's sound-capabilities were abysmal, as was it's grapics-capabilities. (ST could do 4 colors at 640x200, while A500 could do 16).
backdraft said:
Whoa, that article is so wrong on so many levels!
- Xbox 360 does NOT use G5!
- So Windows is a bug-ridden nightmare because of hardware it runs on? Uh, OK....
And I want a pony.
Cell is very good for certain tasks. Being a general-purpose CPU is not one of them.
Instead of thinking "what about WiFi iPods?", how about Bluetooth instead? I know what you are thinking : "Bluetooh is slow! Do you have any idea how long it would take to sync the iPod using the Bluetooth?". Yes, BT is slow. But WiFi is a battery-hog. And think about this scenario:
the initial sync of the iPod is done with regular cables. From then on, there would only be incremental updates. And the moment you would step to your home, your iPod would pick up the Bluetooth-network in your home, and start syncing your collection. All 100% transparently.
I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Apple introduced WiFi-AP's which would be Bluetooth-AP's as well.
the initial sync of the iPod is done with regular cables. From then on, there would only be incremental updates. And the moment you would step to your home, your iPod would pick up the Bluetooth-network in your home, and start syncing your collection. All 100% transparently.
I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Apple introduced WiFi-AP's which would be Bluetooth-AP's as well
.Squire said:
more and more CDs have this.... I'm thinking specifically of Reubens Accomplice's "The Bull, The Balloon, and the Family" here, which I listen to constantly on both my JVC EX-D1 system and my 3rd Gen 15GB iPod... it just doesn't feel right on the iPod. Quick question, would an improved (read: larger/faster) cache make the difference? Where the next song could be cued in the cache and make its entrance on time... Isn't this the reason for there not being gap-less at the moment: the fact that the iPod has to 'find' the song first? Sorry if this has been covered before, my technological prowess is limited, but I try my best.
Click wheel with track pad and pivot
Just a quick thought on click wheel orientation when using a widescreen iPod in landscape mode. Apple could make the entire click wheel rotate 90 degrees. This could be enabled when you click and hold the play button, and then "dial" the click wheel around - like an old-fashioned telephone. It's surely a unique advantage of the click wheel button congfigurate.
The original iPod click wheel used to rotate - it was then replaced with a track pad - this would be an interested combination of the two!
Just a quick thought on click wheel orientation when using a widescreen iPod in landscape mode. Apple could make the entire click wheel rotate 90 degrees. This could be enabled when you click and hold the play button, and then "dial" the click wheel around - like an old-fashioned telephone. It's surely a unique advantage of the click wheel button congfigurate.
The original iPod click wheel used to rotate - it was then replaced with a track pad - this would be an interested combination of the two!
dongmin said:
Some people confuse this with gapless playback. The cross fade sometimes makes songs run into one another like they should, but at other times it cuts in too quickly. I could probably live with that but there is nothing like this on the iPod ...
Just configured BTO 15 PowerBook!
It is 2am on the West coast Monday morning and I configured a built to order PowerBook at the Apple Store with all the options maxed on the machine (no peripherals) and the ship time is 2-3 WEEKS!!!!!
Looks like something is coming.
It is 2am on the West coast Monday morning and I configured a built to order PowerBook at the Apple Store with all the options maxed on the machine (no peripherals) and the ship time is 2-3 WEEKS!!!!!
Looks like something is coming.
rigoni said:
iMac, no question. It's fantastic value at the moment and the G5 will run rings around the mini's G4 for the tasks you are looking at doing. I don't think the iMac will be updated soon anyway as the last update wasn't long ago and it was a ripper of an update too.
Go the iMac.
Elrond39 said:
i believe the buffer is run dry before the new song is loaded, i'm not too sure how easy it would be to pre-buffer the next track. The obvious solution is using 1 large file and just have some sort of cue file that dictates where the tracks are. There is already a semi solution using bookmarks here:
http://gapless.itunes.wanderingfocus.com/
Alas this has some problems still: track names dont show up on the ipod, there is no lossless audio support, and its still treated as 1 track rather than seperate tracks in the library. Obviously it cant be hard for apple to properly implement something like this, 1 file, but multiple tracks that play gaplessly, if they care enough is another story.
riversky said:
On the UK Store, the 15" Superdrive is showing 2 - 3 weeks as the ship time with NO customisation.
All the PowerBooks in the au store are showing "within 24 hours." This is very telling as down here NOTHING gets shipped within 24 hours. I think they may just have a shipment in storage and are sending them out as the orders come in until that shipment is gone. Usual shipping times on anything here is around 2 - 5 days.
I reckon this whole update thing might be about to happen.
I reckon this whole update thing might be about to happen.
OK, here's some really telling facts, all the PBs are currently at "within 24 hours." On the two 12" models, a HDD upgrade changes that to "5 - 7 days." On the Combo 15" it's the same thing. On the Superdrive 15" however is where it gets strange, a HDD upgrade changes it from 24 hours to "3 - 5 WEEKS" now that's crazy. Even a RAM upgrade has the same effect.
The 17" changes are the same as the 12" and combo 15."
The 17" changes are the same as the 12" and combo 15."
bentley said:
Maybe not tomorrow but certainly soon - especially if the other models start to go to 3-5 weeks over the next few days. The 15" superdrive might be a very popular model and as the others sell they will go to the different shipping too. The fact that it's 3-5 weeks suggests that it's a decent update and they are expecting a high demand for them - last time I saw shipping times that long on anything at the store was when the original iPod mini was finally introduced and was I think at 4-6 weeks shipping.
Something is going down.
EricNau said:
You are optimistic aren't you. Of course you can return it you will just surrender 10% of your money... Or you can sell it on ebay to those who never go to the Apple site... They no nothing of the upgrade so your's is a great deal... But was is $13.00 anyways just to upgrade? It's worth it!