Topic: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.

[jmz93]

I'm amazed that Apple overlooked this. Yes I know, it doesn't play 24-bit files, or flac files, but 4GB of space is still enough for me as a portable listening device, usually in noisy environments. 

Gapless playback can't happen currently on the latest iPod Shuffle, software version 1.1.  It talks, but it can't play a live album or DJ mix properly, as the artists intended?

If this bothers you as it does me, drop Apple a line at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodshuffle.html
and hopefully they can push a fix out in a firmware update. 

[Terps]

Nano 4G does it fine...  maybe the shuffle makes it less usefull?

[jmz93]

Nano 4G does it fine...  maybe the shuffle makes it less usefull?

Less useful? I have 4GB of space, more than enough for a few live shows, classical recordings, whatever.
Anyway yes, for the record, the other iPods, the iPhone, etc. do gapless playback fine. The problem is just with the Shuffle.

[jerryfreak]

i dont think they got gapless until the 5th or 6th gen of ipods. not sure how that correlates with the shuffle/nano series

riokarma4lyphe!

[Brian E.]

I'm sure it's the firmware space, they couldn't build in a buffer.  Maybe time to get a new shuffle.

[Chilly Brioschi]

Some of it happens in an iTunes calculation when copying to the device.. says so right on the screen

Can a Shuffle play an album straight-through or does it, uh, .."shuffle"