Make sure Live Updating is checked at the bottom of the window. Gapless playback is a feature of iTunes and the iOS Music app that plays tracks meant to flow into each other with no pause or gap between them. But this is also the case with many other rock albums, most operas, and lots of electronic or ambient music. At one time there was a Gapless Album tag , which you could enable to tell iTunes to also respect full song lengths when you use Crossfade, but this is no longer available.
I think the only solution is to hope that Apple fixes the issue. Another "improvement". Just got back to listening older live and concept albums. Neither type is a good listening experience with gaps or crossfade.
Oh well My normal setting for listening to iTunes is with a six second crossfade. This is a global setting in iTunes. Designating gapless playback for individual albums was a great way to create "exceptions" to that global preference, without having to keep turning it on and off. Apr 5, AM in response to hhgttg27 In response to hhgttg My sources for live albums and "concept" albums ex. Dark Side of the Moon do not have gaps that I'm trying to eliminate.
My main objective was the one you described at the end: defeating crossfade on selected albums. If you search your iTunes Library. Apr 5, PM in response to hhgttg27 In response to hhgttg I just spot-checked several live albums and both DSotM and Wish You Were Here - even with crossfade enabled and set to 6 seconds, playback was continuous, as it should be.
Shuffling from a playlist abhorrent as that is did crossfade between songs. I'm on Windows not Mac, so maybe someone using I'm still wondering, though, what you're hearing is a result of a different setting of the gapless property within your library, It may be worth deleting the album from your library and then re-importing it to see if that sets the gapless property correctly.
Apr 5, PM. I'm not keen on changing any internal iTunes file settings. Have enough issues as it is, especially with Podcasts see my other posts. Most of my live and concept albums have been ripped from my old DJ-days collection, so perhaps that's the reason.
You don't need to change any internal settings. As I said, it may be worth deleting and re-adding one of the albums affected, as follows:. Doing this will lose any ratings or playcounts associated with the albums songs, and you'll need to add it to any playlists that it was previously part of, but you will at least determine whether this is an effective resolution to the issue you've encountered. Community Bot 1. Right-click on the song title. In the drop down list choose "Create MP3 version" After iTunes makes the copy my experience is that the new one is shorter , delete the original song.
Anthony Hilsdon Anthony Hilsdon 1. Simply turn off 'Gapless Playback' alltogether in iTunes preferences. Rowan Kaag Rowan Kaag 96 7 7 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.
Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Explaining the semiconductor shortage, and how it might end. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Featured on Meta. Any way to burn a mixed playlist to a disc and keep gapless only between the songs that are gapless i.
It works fine in iTunes, but not show much when burnt to disc. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. If you select a number of tracks in iTunes, then choose Get Info, and click on the Options tab, you see this: And if you choose a single track, you see this: That tag at the bottom of the first screenshot, Gapless Album, or at the bottom of the second, Part of a Gapless Album thanks for being consistent, Apple , has one, and only one usage.
So, unless you use Crossfade Songs, you never need to worry about this tag. Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window. Does this also affect if you have your burn settings set to put a gap between tracks? I will try a store bought cd to confirm and let you all know. I repeat — do NOT upgrade to iTunes 11, you will be severely disappointed.
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