[Tfug] CD Ripping

[Don Freeman]

The standard gap is 2 seconds. Most ripping software will give you the
option of whether or not to insert the gaps. Its usually also an option in
the burning software if you are burning a disc. If yours doesn't, Google
Exact Audio Copy (EAC) its my favorite ripping software. 

-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Bexley Hall
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:03 PM
To: tfug at tfug.org
Subject: [Tfug] CD Ripping

Hi,

I carry a rescued MP3 player around on my daily (nightly?) walks -- since
walking is *so* boring!  :<

In general, I don't update the music on it very often.
It's just more hassle than its worth and whatever is there is usually "good
enough" to serve as a distraction.

Recently, I *did* start changing the music.  And, noticed something that,
had I thought about it ahead of time, I should have been wary of!

The ripping software treats each "cut" on the CD as a separate "song".  I
suspect the player deliberately inserts some fixed amount of dead space
*between* songs during playback -- even if the songs were originally
temporally contiguous.

Note that vinyl, tape and even CD's are able to play their entire contents
*without* gaps between songs.  I suppose the MP3 player *could* have been
designed to NOT insert this gap (though how it would "separate" songs by
different artists would be an issue).

While this is mildly annoying on my walks, it would be
*crippling* if all ripping/playback software had a similar problem!  I
surely don't want to start digitizing my music collection only to find all
my live recordings, etc.
"broken up" into an arbitrary set of disjointed "cuts"!

<frown>

So, is this *just* an implementation issue that I am facing?
Is it more likely in the *player* or *ripper*?  How do other tools/utilities
deal with slicing "sides" of albums into discrete "cuts"?


      

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