Creating MP3 CDs with tracks that merge into each other

Jongi · #1 7th December 2006, 07:38 AM

I'm about to take a longish car journey and want to burn my CD collection to CD as MP3s. For the most part this is a simple exercise. Create folders for each album and use k3b to burn onto a CD. Viola, 6 or so albums on the CD.

Thing is, some of the songs merge into each other, ie there is no break say between tracks 7 and 8. The above mentioned process will leave a break no matter how short and disrupt the flow of the tracks. Is there a way in k3b to eliminate the gap between certain tracks (not all the tracks)?

If not k3b, is there some other software that I could use to create MP3 CDs like that?

giulix · #2 7th December 2006, 07:45 AM

What I do is concatenate the 2 or more MP3s in a single MP3. That has the drawback that you cannot position the player anywhere but at the beginning of the first track (i.e. you cannot start listening from track 2)

Code:

cat track1.mp3 track2.mp3 track3.mp3 > alltracks.mp3

Jongi · #3 7th December 2006, 08:02 AM

That will have to be the solution of last resort. Or I'll just have to stomach not have them merge into each other. The latter seems the better of two evils.

Jongi · #4 8th December 2006, 02:31 PM

Although giulix, would it be possible to add a "track number" where the two merge with a program like Audacity?

rick3878894 · #5 8th December 2006, 04:15 PM

I Don't think that there is any thing you can do about this. My experience with audio devices is that most insert a pause in between tracks. Some cd players do that and my mp3 player does that as well.

I have never heard of a bookmarking ability with mp3, for inserting a track for the player to jump to.

If you do find a way please post it I would love to know how to do it.

Jongi · #6 8th December 2006, 05:07 PM

I'm sure I've seen in a windows program that specified that there must be no pause between tracks. I can't remember the utility nor whether that option was for all tracks or if you could specify certain tracks.

rick3878894 · #7 8th December 2006, 05:08 PM

I think thats just for cds.

Jongi · #8 8th December 2006, 06:31 PM

Bugger you are right

rick3878894 · #9 8th December 2006, 06:44 PM

Are you just give me that to shut me up.

Any way try other codecs, there might by one out there that does what you need.

New idea, get one of those mini headphone jack to tape deck converters or a mini straight through if your cars deck has a mini input plug on it. just plug you laptop in an have a play list ready. Laptops go for a while if you keep the lid closed.

JoeyJoJoe · #10 8th December 2006, 07:49 PM

Gapless playback is really hard to get, even if the CD you have has no gaps in it (which is what you're going for on those certain songs) then whatever you're playing it on will probably put gaps in there anyway, even if this is unintentional.

Basically I'd say the problem could be pretty much unsolvable...

Of course you can get mp3 players which don't have gaps at all, but thats a lot of expense - how much does it annoy you?

Jongi · #11 8th December 2006, 08:22 PM

I can live with it

giulix · #12 9th December 2006, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jongi

Although giulix, would it be possible to add a "track number" where the two merge with a program like Audacity?

I don't know...