Gap between songs

[BigMax]

Thanks, but where do I get Softsqueeze 2.3 from please?

[autopilot]

Bigmax, a have many CD's that require gapless playback (DJ sets mainly) and i rip to FLAC. The SB3 plays them back gaplessly perfectly 99.999999% of the time (the odd time that a gap apears, which very rare, is down to limitations of my slow wifi network).

As for CUE's or Ripping without padding frames, its not really a fiddle - EAC (the best CD ripper app) can be setup for this with ease, then pop a CD and let it go. But that said, CUE support is a bit flakey in the current slimserver but will hopefully be sorted in later versions.

[BigMax]

Hi Dangerous

Thanks. What do you use to rip to FLAC please?

[chrisal]

http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/

go to the downloads link....

[radish]

Thanks for your reply. I have now downloaded the free DBpower AMP music converter and ripped a CD (The wall ) into FLAC and rather frustratingly it still has gaps. Don't you have gaps, if so you must find it annoying surely - or is it just me? Its OK if the original music CD had gaps, but when you are listening to a live recording where there is a seamless transistion from one track to another with maybe the sound from the crowd, or listening to club music with the same gradual transistion is very frustrating. Any further suggestions would be great. Thankyou

No, I don't have gaps, but then I'm using a squeezebox not softsqueeze. I thought your original question was about whether a squeezebox can be gapless, to which the answer is yes, rather than softsqueeze, which I have very little expertise in.

[BigMax]

Hi Radish,

I was trying to find out how the softsqueeze experience is compared to the SB3.

[autopilot]

Hi Dangerous

Thanks. What do you use to rip to FLAC please?

EAC (Exact Audio Copy), which is pretty much accepted as the gold standard for audio rippers.

[BigMax]

Hi Dangerous

I thought EAC was only for MP3 or WAV? I thought about going down the FLAC path. Please advise

I haev now bought my SB3 and although I can only get it to work in WEP 64 I love it.

Best Rgds

[ceejay]

Hi Dangerous

I thought EAC was only for MP3 or WAV? I thought about going down the FLAC path. Please advise

I haev now bought my SB3 and although I can only get it to work in WEP 64 I love it.

Best Rgds

You can get EAC to produce anything you like - it has the idea of an external compressor program, so you just set that up to point to flac.exe or whatever. Or, if you want several types all at once, us a front end program eg MAREO which pretends to be a compressor but which actually fronts several others.

Ceejay

[slimdemage]

I returned my defective SB3 for a refund. Today I tried installing Softsqueeze to see if it can play gapless, and it failed (using Slimserver 6.2.1). It inserts skips and gaps between tracks that play flawlessly on Foobar or Winamp. So, after all this frustration, I created a wireless network music solution using my laptop! I am thrilled to admit that it works really well. It stays connected via wireless, and plays my MP3's (EAC LAME VBR) with complete precision, and no gaps in between songs. I can finally listen to a full album in the living room without it stopping or skipping, all over wireless!!!

Here's how I created a working solution:

1.) Buy a laptop with wireless capabilities and a decent headphone jack. (I use a cheap Toshiba). Connect the audio output to your stereo.

2.) From your desktop computer, share your music folder (via windows file sharing). Be mindful of security precautions, young Jedi.

3.) On the laptop, map a network drive to the shared music folder.

4.) Using Winamp or Foobar, access your music folder directly and playback some tunes! Throw on a full color visualizer and pump it through the TV!


I really wish the Squeezebox or Softsqueeze would have worked, but they didn't. All they did was not function as described and waste my time. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.