Gap between songs

[radish]

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.

Please take your trolling elsewhere.

[autopilot]

How to do it right? That sounds like a right fudge compared to the elegant solution the SB3 provides, Well for start, using the headphone socket will result in poor sound quality through a HiFi. You need a proper line out.

Anyway, my SB3 plays my music gaplessly perfectly. I have about 50 CD's that require gapless playback, which is why i bought a SB3. Not Slimdevices fault MP3 is flawed, but there are work arounds. In fact, a gapless DJ mix CD that i ripped years ago with MP3 played back gaplessly very nicely yesterday. But now i rip to FLAC and OGG for perfect gapless playback. If i have to use MP3, i would use a CUE sheet (although there is a bug in the current slimserver verion regarding CUE's).

"All they did was not function as described" - What exactly did not function for you?

But if you are happy, then its all good. I personally can't aford a laptop over a SB3, but would not want to anyway. For a start, pluging it all in all the time would get very annoying.

[slimdemage]

No trolling intended, and I apologize if the message came across that way. Yes, the laptop is big and bulky compared to a Slim Device. However, it works very well playing my albums gapless without ever losing wireless connection. It is a shame the Squeezebox did not function as described (the ability to reliably play music over the wireless connection), but after claiming my wireless access point is incompatible (WAP54G) Slim Devices then blamed this on a "bad" wireless card. I would say it wasn't "bad" as in "dead", it just worked very poorly, crashing and losing connection the way others describe on these forums. So, I was a victim of manufacturing defect according to S.D. At some point in the future I plan to try again, and I really hope it works. Knocking on wood, crossing fingers.

[Kurt]

"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."

Well, I've tried almost every type of arrangement possible for playing MP3s, Flac, whatever, and this is the best. And the sound quality? I'm somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to the extremes in the audiophile world, but the difference between hooking up a laptop to a stereo vs. using this device is like the difference between AM radio and a CD.

But if you're happy with your setup, you da man! That's all that counts.

[MartinP]

I too experienced gaps in playback using Softsqueeze, even version 2.3, and even streaming AIFF files. So I was a bit nervous when I ordered an SB3. But I've had no problems with it. The wireless connection is fine, with no dropouts. Playback is gapless, with CDs ripped to ALAC and converted on the fly to FLAC by Slimserver before being streamed. So in answer to your original question, Softsqueeze is not a complete parallel to an actual Squeezebox - the Squeezebox is much better.

[tern]

I cannot get my FLAC files to play back Gapless.

I have a wireless Squeezebox (Squeezebox 1) and am using Slimserver 6.2.1
(SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252)

I have FLAC files which play back gapless perfectly in foobar2000, but when I play them on my Squeezebox there is a distinct gap between each track.

Thanks for any help,
Robin.

[Phil Leigh]

My gapless FLACS are perfectly gapless - The Wall has NO gaps... I've no idea why anyone is having a "gap" problem. I certainly don't. Clearly this is not an inherent problem in the SB - sounds like a rip problem. As for using a laptop - I tried it - it sounds horrible - dig the noise (hum, rustling etc) for a start...

[AndreasG]

Hi!

I cannot contribute to this thread much with technical details and background information -- but you might be interested in my experience:

My library is encoded in Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) on a Mac, it contains many albums for which gapless playback is essential. This works fine in iTunes if you set crossfade to 0 seconds. Before buying a SqueezeBox I played around with SoftSqueeze a lot and to my dissapointment, I had exactly the same problems like you: I never got gapless playback to work and almost abandoned the idea of getting a SqueezBox.

Now the good news: all my files play fine without gaps on my SB3, it was just SoftSqueeze that made the problems. I am transcoding ALAC to FLAC, streaming wirelessly.

Bottom line: if your files are ripped and encoded correctly, there's a good chance that playback will be gapless on your SqueezeBox. Maybe you can find some way to test this before buying?

Andreas

[radish]

I cannot get my FLAC files to play back Gapless.

I have a wireless Squeezebox (Squeezebox 1) and am using Slimserver 6.2.1
(SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252)

I have FLAC files which play back gapless perfectly in foobar2000, but when I play them on my Squeezebox there is a distinct gap between each track.

Thanks for any help,
Robin.

The SB1 doesn't play FLAC native, so what are you transcoding to? If it's mp3, that will cause your problem as mp3 is not gapless. Transcode to, and stream as, WAV and you should be good - I know my SB1 works fine that way.