Hey folks,I thought I might try to go through my iTunes library, and cut out the big empty spaces on the last track of a bunch of my CDs. [1] My songs are saved as .m4a (aac) files.
I've found the method of stopping playback early or starting playback late (select song, File->Get Info, select the options tab),. This isn't the right solution, because it requires 2 full copies of the song to cut out the dead air in the middle of the song. A big waste of space when the songs are put on an iPod nano.
I've also tried a suggestion from an old macosxhints page [2] which involved using Advanced->Convert Selection to AAC, but this converts the entire song, not just the part that should be played. (It looks like something that may have once worked in older versions of iTunes, because macosxhints refers to the menu item as Advanced->Convert Selection to AAC... and the ... mean a dialog box of some sort will open.)
Most other suggestions found on the web consist of using an intermediate file format (like mp3). This is not a good solution, because it degrades the sound. (I believe that using Garage Band to split a track and then rejoin it goes through this double conversion, because it changes the color of the track from orange (recording) to purple (real instrument), and then warns about a loss of quality when saving to aac.)
Does anyone have any hints? Bill[1] <rant>I cannot understand why this was ever considered something that anybody buying the CD would ever want. I suppose it could be considered an Easter Egg, but only in the sense that an uncooked egg was dipped in manure and then left to sit out in the sun for 40 days.</ rant>
[2] http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-46340.html
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