Pre-gaps ripped in EAC?
Reply #12 – 2002-10-25 22:09:36
Pregaps are used by hardware cd players. If you directly select a track to play in a harware cd player, the track will start playing at index 1 of that track skipping any index 0 gap (if present) in the track. From what I understand the cd's table of contents lists all tracks and their index 1 positions. If you play a cd continuously you will here the index 0 gaps. If tracks are not played back continuously you will not here any index 0 gap (if present). Track7 --------------- No index 0 -------------- track 3 -------------- No index 0 -------------- track 8 -------------- index0 played -------------- track 9 -------------- index 0 played -------------- track 10 -------------- No index 0 played -------------- track 12 So, because winamp doesn't recongnize if index 0 is appended to a track, it will not leave out the index0 gap in non-continuous tracks like a hardware cd player would. This only becomes annoying with certain cd's such as Tool's Lateralus, assuming I append gap to previous track, as is default for all cd rippers. track 12 Triad + 2min (track 13 index0) gap consisting of silence is appended. This means everytime I play Triad I hear 2 minutes of silence at the end of the track. I should only hear 2 minutes of silence if track 13 (Faipp De Oiad) is played directly after track 12 (Triad) I hope this makes sense, pregaps and offsets aren't my native tounge either