Why is there gap between tracks when playing back my seamless DJ mix (or classical) CD?
WMP7 (or newer) uses digital playback, which introduces this. Switching to use Analog Playback within WMP’s Tools:Options:Devices for that drive (this is under Tools:Options:CD Audio on older versions of WMP) menu will eliminate this for CD playback. This gapping issue is fixed for CDs in Media Player 8 for Windows XP. Gapping for other core file types is generally fixed for Windows Media Player 9 Series, which introduces cross-fading on Windows XP. Note that this addresses playback, and not burning CDs. If you want gapless CDs, that requires Disc-At-Once (DAO) or such, which WMP doesn’t natively support but other software does. For example, the Nero Fast CD-Burning Plug-in for Windows Media Player 9 Series allows you to burn gapless CDs. If that doesn’t meet your needs, use the stand-alone Nero or Roxio CD burning software, both of which support WMA and DAO. As regards CDText: WMP can not read CDText nor can it normally burn CDText. However, CDs burnt with the Nero Fast CD-Burning Plu
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