Mp3 faq - CD without gaps between the tracks

How do I burn a CD without gaps between the tracks?

Using the "disk at once" option which is available in most good burner programs will get rid of the major gaps between tracks. I would recommend *always* using this option when burning audio CDs, since CDs burned this way will play better in audio CD players (which can find the tracks better - with "track at once" disks an audio player will often not be able to locate individual tracks upon request). In Easy CD Creator, for example, after you've clicked "Create Disk" and before you click OK on the pop-up, there is an Advanced tab that allows you to choose the "Disk at once" burning method. To get really smooth joins though you will probably still need to decode the MP3 files to WAV and edit each WAV file (using an editor such as Goldwave, from www.goldwave.com), since when you decode MP3 files small amounts of silence tend to get added, especially at the end of the file.

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