OFF: MP3 players

[William Duffy]

Hi again

Thanks for the info, but I am still none the wiser. When I play MP3 files
from CD on my computer some software has a habit of placing a gap between
tracks, yet others (such as Winamp) don't.

What I was wanting to know the answer to doesn't relate to playing MP3 files
on my PC, but on portable MP3-CD Players, as well as DVD Players that also
play MP3 files. I'm looking at possibly purchasing one, but don't like the
idea of hearing separate tracks that are linked together in some way with a
gap in the middle.

William


> Hi ya,
>
> > Can anyone tell me if any of the MP3-CD Players or DVD Players play
MP3's
> > without leaving gaps between tracks, as I've been considering the
purchase
> > of a player, but only if I know I can enjoy listening to the tracks
without
> > hearing a gap that should not always be there, such as where tracks are
> > either live or linked together?
>
> The answer is yes/no, if you mp3 encode one side of an album you will
> hear it the way it should be.
>
> mp3 is audio compression.  It is not like *.zip or *.tgz file
> compression however.
> When you decompress *.zip or *.tgz files you get exactly what you
> started with.
>
> When you decompress mp3 files you do not get exactly what you started
> with, you get something that will sound the same as what you started
> with, and it can be very good, at the sacrifice of file size you can get
> much better than cd quality from mp3.
>
> My guess is that there will always be a start and/or end gap on a track
> because with mp3 the aim is for good compression.
>
> The Mp3 players I've seen are very, very good.  If you encode a cd as
> one track you will hear it as one track.  If you encode a vynal album,
> and you have enougth memory on the player you can get much better than
> cd quality.  Which blows my mind because with mp3 you never get back
> what you put in, but if you want quality its there.
>
>
> Chris
> --
> There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the
> truth without lying.
>