RE: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-21 Thread Mathew Hendry
From: Frank Klemm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gaps at the start and end are always removable by the encoder. Only if you act stupid, the gap is unavoidable. ... For that lame must encode a collection of files at once. In that case you haven't avoided the gap: you've simply filled it with a

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-18 Thread Frank Klemm
:: From: "DataFlow" [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: then why do all encoders add this gap? :: anyone knows this? :: :: Check the archives of the list: Mark Taylor wrote quite a lengthy :: explanation a while back. Maybe it's on the web site too. :: :: IIRC, the delay at the beginning can

RE: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-17 Thread David Brown
| I don't think disk space is a problem these days. | The (big) advantage of one large mp3file containing the entire album (like | AiD suggests) is that players like winamp don't delay playback when a track | ends and another begins. When using seperate files, Winamp checks playtime, | ID3-TAG

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-17 Thread Ivo
This gap is a pain in the arse and is THE thing I hate most about MP3. When this problem has been sorted in LAME i will be happy. Personnaly i feel a 'fix' to this problem is long overdue. Haven't made a study of the subject, but surely there is a purpose to this gap, other than that the

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-17 Thread Frank Klemm
:: This gap is a pain in the arse and is THE thing I hate most about MP3. When :: this problem has been sorted in LAME i will be happy. Personnaly i feel a :: 'fix' to this problem is long overdue. :: :: Haven't made a study of the subject, but surely there is a purpose to this gap, ::

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-17 Thread Mathew Hendry
From: "DataFlow" [EMAIL PROTECTED] then why do all encoders add this gap? anyone knows this? Check the archives of the list: Mark Taylor wrote quite a lengthy explanation a while back. Maybe it's on the web site too. IIRC, the delay at the beginning can be removed, but would result in

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-16 Thread DataFlow
* A lot of people don't understand the gap problem, so the right coding must be done unintentionally. Otherwise a lot of MP3 life recording or MP3 classic music files are broken. It is not enough that *we* are know how to code unbroken files. Every stupid lame user must do it without

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-16 Thread Steve Lhomme
I don't think disk space is a problem these days. The (big) advantage of one large mp3file containing the entire album (like AiD suggests) is that players like winamp don't delay playback when a track ends and another begins. When using seperate files, Winamp checks playtime, ID3-TAG and

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-16 Thread Abe Corrie
If you're using Winamp there's a crossfading plugin available on their site, SqrSoft® Advanced Crossfading v1.5b, that works fine on Pink Floyd tracks, totally eliminating the gap. Regards, Abe Corrie --- DataFlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * A lot of people don't understand the gap problem,

RE: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Mathew Hendry
From: Frank Klemm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I know there is a project to avoid pauses between tracks by extending the MP3 format with additional tags. But I don't understand why this is necessary and AFAIS the handling is a little bit difficult. [snip suggested support for multiple

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Frank Klemm
:: :: I know there is a project to avoid pauses between tracks by :: extending the :: MP3 format with additional tags. But I don't understand why :: this is necessary and :: AFAIS the handling is a little bit difficult. :: :: [snip suggested support for multiple filenames] ::

Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Multi PCM file coding and decoding

2000-08-14 Thread Ross Levis
It would be easier/better to add multiple file support to LAME. It has been previously mentioned that BladeEnc has this solved the gap problem with an option to internally join all selected WAVs for the encoding process. Ross. Mathew Hendry wrote: From: Frank Klemm [mailto:[EMAIL