cross-fade tracks

[inspix]

There are audio CDs that have two tracks flowing continuously into each other. But during audio ripping, they are extracted as two separate mp3 files, and when played on the iAudio, there will be a silent gap between the tracks, cutting the flow originally found on the audio CD.

Does anyone know if the iAudio can do cross-fading between tracks?
Or a way to overcome the problem of silent gap between tracks?
(But please don't suggest making the two tracks into one mp3!)

[NeTo]

You should check if the gasp is on mp3s, or is caused by the iAudio. You could use a program like Nero Wave Editor to check if there some minimal silence in the end of the first file. If there is one, you can easily delete it with the same utility.

If the problem is in the iAudio instead, the only thing i can think of is, yes, merging the tracks together (or ripping the two in one file within JetAudio)

[trinix]

Hi,

Generally, the gap between these two ripped MP3 files depends on the MP3 decoder. This is one of the biggest deficit of MP3 compared with e.g. MusePack.
Have a look in this forum...LINK (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=12011&)

[NeTo]

Hi,

Generally, the gap between these two ripped MP3 files depends on the MP3 decoder. This is one of the biggest deficit of MP3 compared with e.g. MusePack.
Have a look in this forum...LINK (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=12011&)

Maybe it's related to the fact that mp3s are encoded in frames as the time unit, instead of seconds. If the encoder uses too few frames, the last one will have some empty sapce (because you can't have half of a frame). That for example, explains the inaccuracy of mp3 cutters.

[inspix]

Hi,

Generally, the gap between these two ripped MP3 files depends on the MP3 decoder. This is one of the biggest deficit of MP3 compared with e.g. MusePack.
Have a look in this forum...LINK (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=12011&)

Thanks for the link...
But how do I use the LAME encoder or Foobar2000 to encode mp3s that transist smoothly?

[trinix]

Hi,
Maybe it's related to the fact that mp3s are encoded in frames as the time unit, instead of seconds. If the encoder uses too few frames, the last one will have some empty sapce (because you can't have half of a frame). That for example, explains the inaccuracy of mp3 cutters.
MP3s are encoded in frames. But I think the right information of a gapless MP3 file is written in the header of the file and unfortunately foobar 2000 is the only player which can read that data.

[trinix]

Hi,Thanks for the link...
But how do I use the LAME encoder or Foobar2000 to encode mp3s that transist smoothly? LAME (http://lame.sourceforge.net/) is the encoder and foobar2k (http://www.foobar2000.org/index.html) the player.
I use the lame encoder connected with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/), but you can also try the EasyLAME (http://easylame.audiohq.de/index_en.html) version, maybe it is a bit more easy.
:here: (http://www.ping.be/satcp/tutorials.htm) tutorial for EAC

[NeTo]

Hi,

MP3s are encoded in frames. But I think the right information of a gapless MP3 file is written in the header of the file and unfortunately foobar 2000 is the only player which can read that data.

Uhm, that means the gapless free mp3s will have gaps in the iAudio?

[trinix]

Hi,
Uhm, that means the gapless free mp3s will have gaps in the iAudio?...or in MediaPlayer or in WinAmp.

[NeTo]

Hi,
...or in MediaPlayer or in WinAmp.

Thanx for clarifying my doubt!