I have a pretty simple question that I've been unable to find the answer to. I understand that if I rip a CD that has no gaps between certain tracks, such as on the second side of Abbey Road, and use a lossless format such as FLAC, then sequential playback of those tracks by SBS will be gapless. This is automatic; I don't have to do anything special -- no special settings either in the ripper or in SBS -- to bring this about. This seems to mean that the FLAC file is ripped with no silence at either end of the file, and SBS adds no gaps of its own.
My question is, what puts in the gaps between tracks the rest of the time? Most tracks on most CDs do have gaps, and these are somehow reproduced when the tracks have been ripped and get played back by SBS. Is there something in the file, such as some header information, that tells SBS to add a gap? Or do rippers add silence to the beginning/end of tracks that have gaps on the CD? The former would seem to be the better way, but I strongly suspect that the latter is what happens. However, I've been unable to find a source that will tell me either way. Does anyone here know? Is there some convenient place to learn about this? -- dpotts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpotts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77714 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
