![]() Gaplessness is only an issue with non-gapless formats like MP3 and such, but still, if you are using a newer LAME version to encode with and a player supporting to parse and make use of the LAME tag, then you will still get gappless playback from MP3s also.Īpart from the "hidden track in track 01's pause area" issue(often called 'HTOA'), then you will not gain anything by making images instead of track files with cuesheets, and in the end it simply comes down to personal preference of whatever you like the best. However, keep in mind that not all drives supports ripping these possitions from CDs. Then if you later on want's to write the rip back to a CD-R, then you will have to manually edit the cuesheet to make the hidden track be placed into the correct place on the written CD-R.Īctually, there is a ripping method in EAC which will always rip hidden tracks from track 01's pause area if they exist and add them correctly to the cuesheets, but that isn't something that most people do, because it will give you an awkvard playback situation. If you rip with EAC, then the first track will be highlighted in red if there is such a track and then you can select to extract the hidden track additionally. The only thing you can risk missing, is hidden tracks stored into track 01's pause area, since ussually, then ripping apps will not rip that part from CDs automatically. ![]() If you make a cuesheet to your FLAC track files, then you will retain everything in most cases. Am I going to risk/lose anything by doing this in the long run (problems with gapless playback or burning to a CD )? Is it safer to do a single-FLAC file and sacrifice placyback options ? Thoughts? espeicaly tracks that require gapless playback. My concern with individual FLAC files is the seperating of tracks. This would give me more space on my iPod and better quality at home - instead of trying to get them both out of the same format. Originally I had thought I would just archive my CD collection to single FLAC files and rip MP3s from them for every day listening - but the more I think about it (and in preperation for getting a SqueezeBox) I wonder if I shouldn't be using my FLAC files for home listening and rip smaller MP3 files for my iPod (headphone and car usage). But ripping to individual track-by-track files seems to provide more options in terms of playback and tagging. Ripping to a single file seems to make the most sense for archiving/backup purposes - I can easily recreate the CD and encode to other formats as needed later. I am trying to decide if I would rather rip my CDs to a single FLAC file w/embedded cuesheet or to individual FLAC files (track-by-track).
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