iPods / mix compilation CDs

[eastlondonseagull]

I'm having tonnes of trouble trying to work out whether it's possible successfully import mix albums on to iTunes. I've got tonnes of decent house DJ mix albums and I want to transfer them onto my iPod.

When I stick the CD in the PC it plays normally, the tracks are listed properly, and there's no pause when the individual tracks run into each other.

BUT, when I import a mix CD into iTunes and then play it back, a half-second gap is inserted between the tracks, totally cocking up the whole purpose of having a mix CD. If, as iTunes help says, I select 'join CD tracks', it merges all 15 tracks into one bumper one and you then lose all the individual track details. Which is a real pain in the arse.

Is there a way around this? Or are Apple just not down with the kids?

Thanks in advance anyone who can help

 

[Cian]

No idea about when they play on the iPod, but you should be able tp play around with the Preferences->Playback menu to change that gap between tracks

Or use a better media player.

 

[Grendel]

I've got no idea about how iTunes works whatsoever...do you have to rip tracks off the CD and then use iTunes to play them?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

http://www.pretentiousname.com/mp3players/

oh and it's because iTunes is crap

 

[Wozza]

I rip mixes as a single track.

Obviously you can skip through mixes, but who wants their MP3 collections littered with obscure (dance) acts anyway?

 

[Faldo]

Aha - i think I know this one!

go to the options menu (Edit > Options I think).

You can deselect a box somewhere that says gap between songs, and that should do it (you may have change the gap to zero)... Hopefully that should do it....

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I rip mixes as a single track.

Obviously you can skip through mixes, but who wants their MP3 collections littered with obscure (dance) acts anyway?

You know you love it really, Wozza

 

[Cian]

http://www.pretentiousname.com/mp3players/

oh and it's because iTunes is crap

As is the iPod, based off those figures

Wahey, a third thing showing their audio quality is craptastic, after the PortalPlayer decoder chip sucking at mp3 and the general audio problems.

 

[Wozza]

I'm serious though.

I've ripped compliations as single tracks - that's bad enough.

First 10 acts which show up...

000d
0d404
1 giant leap
10 sui
10000 spoons
101
1200 techniques
16b
18 wheeler
187 lockdown

Who are these people!?

BTW, I'm up to 17,444 songs and mixes. Would take me nearly 3 months to listen to everything.

 

[DJ Leon]

18 wheeler! That brings back memories.

 

[Wozza]

Did you once get run-over by a big lorry?

 

[eastlondonseagull]

http://www.pretentiousname.com/mp3players/

oh and it's because iTunes is crap

Bloody hell, this Rio Karma thingie sounds really good. My new iPod sounds doomed already

 

[eastlondonseagull]

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000d
0d404
1 giant leap
10 sui
10000 spoons
101
1200 techniques
16b
18 wheeler
187 lockdown

Thought that was a recipe at first Wozza

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Should have asked the experts...

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Should have asked the experts...

My mates have been clubbing together to buy me an iPod for my birthday, and I've just discovered that they've not yet bought it!!

Looking at user comments of the Rio Karma on the internet, there are far more poor reports than positive ones, saying that it breaks easily, hard drive crashes etc etc.

I trust you Barnet (not sure why ) so seeimg as nearly every gizmo I buy breaks within a month, should I go for the trusty iPod and it's gaps or switch to the gapless Rio?

Incidentally, none of the reviews mention that. Surely that's the Rio's biggest USP?

 

[Cian]

Theres far more negative reports about the iPod than positive ones too. Its not 'trusty', its a load of shite, hardware wise and software support wise.

They've had serious battery issues, slightly less serious hard drive issues, they all scratch like craxy (as does the iBook and the iMac and indeed anything made of white tough polycarbonate).

Electronics wise, the PortalPlayer processor used is -very, very- poor quality, the OS isn't great, and is missing some useful features - such as being able to mark hard drive sectors as bad, meaning that if you get even a very, very minor hard drive failure the unit is useless.

However, theres a bigger problem with the Rio. They don't exist anymore. Denon have pulled the plug on the line, as its never made money.

The Rio predated the iPod and was not a copycat attempt, btw.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Theres far more negative reports about the iPod than positive ones too. Its not 'trusty', its a load of shite, hardware wise and software support wise.

They've had serious battery issues, slightly less serious hard drive issues, they all scratch like craxy (as does the iBook and the iMac and indeed anything made of white tough polycarbonate).

Electronics wise, the PortalPlayer processor used is -very, very- poor quality, the OS isn't great, and is missing some useful features - such as being able to mark hard drive sectors as bad, meaning that if you get even a very, very minor hard drive failure the unit is useless.

However, theres a bigger problem with the Rio. They don't exist anymore. Denon have pulled the plug on the line, as its never made money.

The Rio predated the iPod and was not a copycat attempt, btw.

You can buy them online for £120, everywhere, so there seems to be a huge surplus. All the 'geek' websites do say it's the best player for music, and that's what i'd want it for, so I am tempted. And it is cheaper.

 

[Cian]

You can buy them online for £120, everywhere, so there seems to be a huge surplus. All the 'geek' websites do say it's the best player for music, and that's what i'd want it for, so I am tempted. And it is cheaper.

You don't actually look at 'geek' websites then, just audiowanker websites.

The geek-player-of-choice is an iRiver, by a country mile.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

You don't actually look at 'geek' websites then, just audiowanker websites.

The geek-player-of-choice is an iRiver, by a country mile.

Bit harsh

Yeah, the iRiver, too.

 

[DJ Leon]

Did you once get run-over by a big lorry?

Hehehe. 18 Wheeler were a pretty shite early nineties indie band. They were dreary, but I was into them at the time.