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Permanently Stopping "Gapless Playback" in ITunes

#1

Hi Paul,
I found one topic http://www.jthink.net/jaikozforum/posts/list/50.page on this so it seems like you know quite a bit about the COMM section of ITunes and how gapless playback works with it.

Like a bazillion other people, I have a problem where ITunes begins “Determining Gapless Playback Information…” every time I open ITunes on a different computer (I have two: A PPC and an Intel). I use Chronosync to sync the entire ITunes folders but I keep my actual music files on a NAS. For some reason, whenever I sync ITunes to my other computer and open up ITunes, it begins this resource-hogging “Determining Gapless Playback” business.

I would like to use Jaikoz to change all the COMM fields in my library (I have 2TB of music) so that ITunes stops “Determining…” every time I open ITunes on another computer.

Can Jaikoz help fix this problem and if so, what do I need to do? Thanks for the great app.

#2

I’d also like to add that if possible, I’d like to keep Gapless Playback for those albums that currently have it. In other words, I don’t wish to get rid of this ITunes feature, just to fix the “problem” files.

#3

I just bought newest and best MBP money can buy with core i7, 8GB RAM and a very fast SSD.

To my astounishment, iTunes doesn’t work well at all. iTunes has used over 20 hours to determine the gapless playback and retrieve cover art. I estimate it will take at least another 20 hours to finish this. And this is just the beginning, as I have put only half of my library there.

My librarary is in the server and I don’t let iTunes to manage the files etc. Server is pretty powerful, and my MBP is connected via LAN to it.

I have used Jaikoz to fix the tags etc. I have to say that Jaikoz rocks! I can’t imagine living without it.

Just as an idea, is it possible to use Jaikoz and iTunes integration to disable the gapless playback and retrieval of cover art.