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That cracking/popping sound

Machine Speed?

I had problems with popping sounds in many of my MP3s in iTunes 3.

I was ripping tracks with a PB G3 500 to an external Lacie Fire Wire burner. An iBook 600 is in the same speed range.

I found that if I was using the machine for anything else while ripping, I would get the popping. If I just had iTunes up and no other apps, it was fine.

Upgrade to a Dual 1.25 and now I can rip and burn at the same time as well as web surf and e-mail and I have no pops.

Just a thought...
 
I've been having this problem as well with a new 15gb iPod and my TiBook 15". When listening through headphones, I don't notice the pop very much. I REALLY hear it when I connect the line-out (on the dock) to my stereo system. I actually won't use this feature anymore because I'm afraid it'll one day damage the tweeters in my speakers (the pop can be VERY loud). I wish Apple could correct this problem.
 
In every song i've imported on my iBook 500 CD/DVD drive, with other apps running in Jaguar 10.2.3, no popping noises at all on the mac or on my original 5 GB iPod.
 
Come on people. This is so obviously a feature not a problem. Apple wanted to give digital music a feel just like old LPs had. So they added a frew statip pops and cracks and you have an instant feeling of something material rather then a colletions of 1s and 0s on a hard drive.:D
 
Originally posted by clehara
In every song i've imported on my iBook 500 CD/DVD drive, with other apps running in Jaguar 10.2.3, no popping noises at all on the mac or on my original 5 GB iPod.
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yeah, this seems to be an issue with the april 28 iPods that apple just released--prolly only the 30 and 15 GB ones.
 
I think this sometimes happens to me when I start the iPod up, as if it just discharges a little bit of electricity.
 
yeah, it does it when it starts up and stuff for me too, in addition to between tracks and stuff. it has to be the iPod's fault, IMO. i wonder if we'll get a firmware update anytime soon.
 
Ok, I have done a bunch of things. I did the lens cleaner thing, didn't solve it, tried other cds, didn't solve it, tried copying aiff directly from cd, didn't go away, tried using a LAME encoder, didn't solve it. Popping happens on the iPod, and on my iBook as well. Took the same CD and ripped it this morning with CDex for Windows on a Windows box, and problem seems to be gone. CDex has jitter correction turned on by default, so I google for jitter correction and find this:

http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~mp3workshop/manual/jitter.html

That describes the exact problem I have. Now I just need to find an OSX app that has jitter correction. And people need to start begging Apple to add it to iTunes.
 
I have not experienced any issues with this. I have both MP3's ripped in my pre-Mac days and MP3's and AAC's with iTunes 3 and 4.

As far as getting your music back off your iPod, you should still have your library on your Mac so u can always do a restore to your iPod. If for some reason you needed to get ur library off (LIKE WHEN MY FW HD died lol) then use iPod Retriever (check VersionTracker). Don't be irritated at Apple for this. They do this so you can't take ur entire library from one Mac to another and just copy it. They have to put in place protection to show they don't support stealing. Remember they were sued over the Rip Mix Burn ads...

I love my iPod 3G, as much as I loved my iPod 2G.

MacBoyX
 
About retrieving file off of the iPod. As I understand it they aren't encrypted or really protected in any manner. They are simply made invisible so that you can't see them and copy them. As I understand it you can use any program that can let you see invisible files including the system find function then copy them to your hard drive. You may then need to get a program to change there visibility.
 
Originally posted by leif
Ok, I have done a bunch of things. I did the lens cleaner thing, didn't solve it, tried other cds, didn't solve it, tried copying aiff directly from cd, didn't go away, tried using a LAME encoder, didn't solve it. Popping happens on the iPod, and on my iBook as well. Took the same CD and ripped it this morning with CDex for Windows on a Windows box, and problem seems to be gone. CDex has jitter correction turned on by default, so I google for jitter correction and find this:

http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~mp3workshop/manual/jitter.html

That describes the exact problem I have. Now I just need to find an OSX app that has jitter correction. And people need to start begging Apple to add it to iTunes.
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i can just about promise you this iPod issue isn't jitter. it may be an Apple problem on your iBook as well, but really, this thing makes the popping noise when i press the "next track" button on it. this is not something on the tracks, it's a technical problem with the ipod like shorting the headphone circuit or something.
 
I would buy that if it happened with all of the tracks, but it doesn't. Only with things I rip on this iBook. iTMS tracks play fine, and so does the stuff I have had on the iPod for months.
 
Ok, I have done a bunch of things. I did the lens cleaner thing, didn't solve it, tried other cds, didn't solve it, tried copying aiff directly from cd, didn't go away, tried using a LAME encoder, didn't solve it. Popping happens on the iPod, and on my iBook as well. Took the same CD and ripped it this morning with CDex for Windows on a Windows box, and problem seems to be gone. CDex has jitter correction turned on by default, so I google for jitter correction and find this:
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That blows.

So as it stands right now, I'd have to rip the tunes on my PC, transfer them over to the Mac, then sync with my iPod? This popping sound is annoying the crap out of me. I would REALLY love to be able to connect my Pod right to my stereo system and shuffle 3000 (or whatever) songs, but not if I'm going to hear this loud, annoying ***CRACK*** come out of my tweeters after each song.

I guess I'll try doing the PC thing. Hopefully it'll be faster than my Mac; ripping CDs on a 667mhz TiBook is painfully slow.
 
Originally posted by leif
I would buy that if it happened with all of the tracks, but it doesn't. Only with things I rip on this iBook. iTMS tracks play fine, and so does the stuff I have had on the iPod for months.
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weird man. it does it to pretty much everything of mine. for instance, the stuff i DLed off the internet, the stuff i ripped in iTunes 3 months ago... everything. either way, though, it has to be the iPod just because it can't be on the track. i can flip to the next track while in the middle of a song and have it crackle or whatever. it makes the skipping noise before it plays the song.
 
Originally posted by MattG
That blows.

So as it stands right now, I'd have to rip the tunes on my PC, transfer them over to the Mac, then sync with my iPod? This popping sound is annoying the crap out of me. I would REALLY love to be able to connect my Pod right to my stereo system and shuffle 3000 (or whatever) songs, but not if I'm going to hear this loud, annoying ***CRACK*** come out of my tweeters after each song.

I guess I'll try doing the PC thing. Hopefully it'll be faster than my Mac; ripping CDs on a 667mhz TiBook is painfully slow.
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try it with just one CD and see if it doesn't still crackle.
 
Originally posted by Shadowfax
try it with just one CD and see if it doesn't still crackle.
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So you guys are saying that when you take the songs you've ripped with iTunes and play them back, they crackle on both the iPod as well as when you play them back on the computer, right?
 
Originally posted by MattG
So you guys are saying that when you take the songs you've ripped with iTunes and play them back, they crackle on both the iPod as well as when you play them back on the computer, right?
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some have said this. my laptop does no such thing, though. there is no crackle on my TiBook. just the iPod.
 
If you turn on your speaker to the full (When nothing is playing) you can always hear noise, I have yet to find a pair that doesn't.

But never test this with live music.
 
Originally posted by Wardofsky
If you turn on your speaker to the full (When nothing is playing) you can always hear noise, I have yet to find a pair that doesn't.

But never test this with live music.
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That's just the quality of amplifier. Some cheap amps now are cutting the power when there's no input as to mimic more expensive amplifiers with clean circuitry. My Integra 7.2 theater receiver doesn't make any noise when the volume is cranked even with input if it's between songs. That's just good clean decoding and circuitry.
 
The cracking sound appears to be hardware based. Check out the forums at ipodlounge.com

It seems that the built in amp turns off and on, resulting in the clicking/popping everyone is talking about. I don't think such a hardware issue can be resolved via a firmware update.
 
Originally posted by job
The cracking sound appears to be hardware based. Check out the forums at ipodlounge.com

It seems that the built in amp turns off and on, resulting in the clicking/popping everyone is talking about. I don't think such a hardware issue can be resolved via a firmware update.
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unless the firmware update set the iPod NOT to turn on and off between tracks. that is a really stupid idea, and needs to be fixed by a firmware update.
 
I have the popping problem but only between tracks when its connected to the dock, so I can live with it. But on certain tracks I get severe crackling sounds when bass levels are slightly higher than non-existant! It isn't my headphones or the original MP3 and it doesn't seem to be the line out as it doesn't crackle when played through the dock onto my stereo. It must be the headphone amp, what should I do?
 
Is this something that happens only on the new iPods? My old 10gig doesn't suffer from any kind of clicking, except when I turn it on or un-pause it, there's nothing between the tracks at all.

Shadowfax was right about jitter, it's definately not that, has anyone tried it without the soundcheck function on, I turned that off as it bothers me to have any level of automatic gain control on recordings, I'd rather just turn it up a bit. It may be a peak checking algorithm resettiing the amp levels.

Anyone tried that?

How about turning the EQ off/on?

I get no problems on the eMac and only the usual popping from the energy saving stuff on the PowerBook.
 
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