From: P.G. R. <p.g...@ph...> - 2010-05-21 22:29:37
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> Hey, > > P.G. Richardson wrote: >> So if it cannot be set by the user, how would it be set in the first >> place? >> >> "I wish to turn on gapless playback for these tracks. I do what?" > > You need to encode the mp3 with the Lame encoder (anything not ancient > will do). Lame adds the information needed for gtkpod to extract and > calculate gapless data for the iTunesDB. > > The code to do this is at: > > http://gtkpod.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gtkpod/gtkpod;a=blob;f=src/mp3file.c;hb=HEAD#l2697 > > The Mp3 Info Tag which lame inserts is described in detail at: > > http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/mp3infotag.html > > The bottom line here is that gtkpod can currently only calculate > gapless data for mp3 tracks encoded with lame. Support for other file > types and non-lame encoded mp3's would require time and code. :) Thanks for the explanation. Cheers PGR |