What are the issues with MP3 playback and QuickTime?
There are a few issues concerning MP3 and QuickTime… * Some MP3 over 5 minutes in length may have an audio drop-out (pause for 1 second) at a consistent time. This is due to a bug in QuickTime. It’s rare, and only downloaded MP3s are affected (some PC MP3 encoder out there is not fully compatible with QuickTime). If this effects an MP3s, you can use iTunes’ Advance Menu to re-encode the file into a fresh MP3, and that should fix the problem. * If a VBR MP3 file enters the Playlist’s NEXT position (after a segue for example), it may cause the audio to drop out for a second on Macs with slower hard drives… The problem is that QuickTime must perform extra processing of VBR MP3 files when opened, and during this process it may cause the audio to stop until finished. One solution is not use VBR type MP3 files. Another solution is to use QuickTime Player (Pro version) to save VBR MP3s into a self-contained Movie file. Or use iTunes’ Advance Menu to convert the files into standard MP3s. H
There are a few issues concerning MP3 and QuickTime… • Some VBR MP3 over 5 minutes in length may have an audio drop‐out (pause for 1 second) at a consistent time. This is due to a bug in QuickTime, but there is a patch in MegaSeg to fix the problem. However when you enable the “MP3 Patch” setting, all MP3 files will take a little longer to open. Only downloaded MP3s are affected, not ones encoded by iTunes. Also note this does not affect any other VBR‐based audio formats such as AAC (m4a, mp4). If this effects only a few of your MP3, instead of enabling the MP3 Patch setting, you can use iTunes’ Advance Menu to re‐encode the file into a fresh MP3 or AAC file, which will fix the problem. • If a VBR MP3 file enters the Playlist’s NEXT position (after a segue for example), it may cause the audio to drop out for a second on older Macs with slower hard drives. Note this does not affect any other VBR‐based audio formats such as AAC (m4a, mp4). The problem is QuickTime must perform extra pr
