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TheProgtologist 
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 14:36 |
 Big Ears wrote:
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I detest WMP,it isn't very user friendly.Winamp is the best player out there imo. |
I had WinAmp and, as with Google Chrome, deleted it because I couldn't get on with it. I'll have to give it another go. |
I have never had a problem with Winamp.It's very easy to use and it plays a lot of different formats.
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 13:45 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
I detest WMP,it isn't very user friendly.Winamp is the best player out there imo. |
I had WinAmp and, as with Google Chrome, deleted it because I couldn't get on with it. I'll have to give it another go.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 11:57 |
Dean wrote:
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Maybe you're just hiding the toolbars?
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I cannot find them, except as drop-downs on the buttons or by switching to the Classic menus which only makes Tools for the viualisations more obvious. |
Right-click on the tool bar and the "classic" File/Tools/Play/View/Help menu appears - the last option is "Show Classic Menu" select that and the classic menu tool bar is always visible.
Media Player 11 adds 2 second gaps between tracks and this cannot be turned off.
Disc-at-once is a burn option and is not related to the gaps between tracks - even with this option enabled there will be 2 second gaps between tracks.
Apparently you can achieve gapless playback of using media player if you rip the CD in Lossless format - however this does not affect CD burning.
The only solution is not to use Media Player to burn CDs. |
Disc-at-once is only an option for doing direct copies of CD's. If there are no gaps on the original then so it will be with the copy. MP3 to Cd conversion you need to tick the "no gaps" option.
He should download a free burning software. Bound to be loads out there.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 11:42 |
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I detest WMP,it isn't very user friendly.Winamp is the best player out there imo.
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 10:23 |
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Disc-at-once is a burn option and is not related to the gaps between tracks - even with this option enabled there will be 2 second gaps between tracks.
The only solution is not to use Media Player to burn CDs. [/QUOTE]
Thanks Dean that clears most things up. The 'disk-at-once' option is followed by (no gaps) in brackets, although you can hear the gaps. If it is just a burn option, what is it doing to the files? Does it reduce the bitrate of some tracks?
I do use different Media Players for different purposes, but I am suspicious that they either interfere with each other, or Windows updates affect them.
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Dean
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 03:44 |
Big Ears wrote:
Maybe you're just hiding the toolbars?
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I cannot find them, except as drop-downs on the buttons or by switching to the Classic menus which only makes Tools for the viualisations more obvious. |
Right-click on the tool bar and the "classic" File/Tools/Play/View/Help menu appears - the last option is "Show Classic Menu" select that and the classic menu tool bar is always visible.
Media Player 11 adds 2 second gaps between tracks and this cannot be turned off.
Disc-at-once is a burn option and is not related to the gaps between tracks - even with this option enabled there will be 2 second gaps between tracks.
Apparently you can achieve gapless playback of using media player if you rip the CD in Lossless format - however this does not affect CD burning.
The only solution is not to use Media Player to burn CDs.
Edited by Dean - November 17 2010 at 03:44
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 01:34 |
[/QUOTE] Maybe you're just hiding the toolbars?
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I cannot find them, except as drop-downs on the buttons or by switching to the Classic menus which only makes Tools for the viualisations more obvious.
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Posted: November 17 2010 at 01:21 |
[/QUOTE] I wasn't aware there was a version 11. Does anyone else distrust the way they keep sneaking in updates on your machine. I always have this sneaking suspicion they are just doing things to make your computer not work as well so you'll upgrade.  [/QUOTE]
Yes, why isn't there a version 12 for XP?
Edited by Big Ears - November 17 2010 at 01:22
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 18:15 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Just checked and couldn't find a way to remove the gaps in my XP version. Version 11
11.0.5721.5145 |
I wasn't aware there was a version 11. Does anyone else distrust the way they keep sneaking in updates on your machine. I always have this sneaking suspicion they are just doing things to make your computer not work as well so you'll upgrade.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 16:45 |
Just checked and couldn't find a way to remove the gaps in my XP version. Version 11
11.0.5721.5145
Edited by Snow Dog - November 16 2010 at 16:47
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 16:38 |
Big Ears wrote:
I couldn't find Tools on my version (it could be there somewhere), but it does have a Rip button, within this is Format and MP3. Selecting the latter allows you to select 320 Kbps from Bit Rate. Thanks chopper, you're a marvel. As usual, I could not see what was under my nose all the time.
The two second space between tracks is still a mystery.
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Maybe you're just hiding the toolbars? Anyway, Snowy says there is an option to remove the gaps but maybe it's just in version 12?
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 14:38 |
I couldn't find Tools on my version (it could be there somewhere), but it does have a Rip button, within this is Format and MP3. Selecting the latter allows you to select 320 Kbps from Bit Rate. Thanks chopper, you're a marvel. As usual, I could not see what was under my nose all the time.
The two second space between tracks is still a mystery.
Edited by Big Ears - November 16 2010 at 14:44
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 13:08 |
Big Ears wrote:
Version 11.0.5721.5280 is the latest for XP as far as I am aware. I cannot find how you rip at 320 kbps or how you burn without gaps. I am fairly sure that you could with earlier versions. |
Tools.Options.Rip Music tab. Set rip format to MP3 and move the slider to the right. This sets it to 320kbps. Can't see a burn without gaps option.
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 12:56 |
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Thanks for your persistence Snow Dog.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:05 |
Big Ears wrote:
I think Windows Media Player version 12 is for Windows 7, I have XP. |
I have Xp on another Pc. I will check later.
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Big Ears
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 10:46 |
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I think Windows Media Player version 12 is for Windows 7, I have XP.
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 10:38 |
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Yes you can and it's pretty easy to do it... Shame that I use that version in my old computer and now I have the windows 7 version, which I have used to burn CDs but I didn't tried to rip in 320kbps... But I'm sure you can do it...
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 09:28 |
Just checked on my WMP and you can burn without gaps.
(version 12)
Edited by Snow Dog - November 16 2010 at 09:29
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 09:14 |
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I have never gotten WMP to burn a cd without gaps. Have not tried with latest version, but I doubt much has been put into cd creation capability.
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Posted: November 16 2010 at 08:55 |
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Have you considered an alternative, like Winamp, Foobar, or similar ? Just a question
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