Posted by NRen2k5 on 07/06/07 11:02

brigstockedavid@yahoo.com wrote:
> I've been ripping some classical CDs using Exact Audio Copy (I'm a
> beginner and most of its features are a mystery to me), and LAME.
>
> One problem is that some of these CDs have 'tracks' that aren't
> really separate tracks - the music is continuous, and the track
> number is really just a way of letting you get to that part of the
> symphony or whatever.
>
> EAC treats these as separate tracks, however, and the result is that
> a fraction of a second of the music is missing at the beginning of
> each track. It even sometimes misses a bit off the beginning of a
> track that really *is* a separate track.
>
> One solution would be to have it rip the whole CD as if it were one
> big track, but I can't see how to do this.
>
> Is there a way?

Yes. “Action” → “Copy range”

By the way, it isn’t EAC that’s missing a bit of music at the beginning
of each track. Either your CD drive isn’t ripping the CD audio properly,
or your MP3 player isn’t playing the MP3s properly. EAC is a very good
ripper, and LAME MP3s contain metadata that allows them to be played
back completely and without gaps.

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