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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: jmz93 on July 31, 2009, 01:28:04 PM

Title: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: jmz93 on July 31, 2009, 01:28:04 PM

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. 

Title: Re: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: Terps on August 01, 2009, 09:11:44 PM

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

Title: Re: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: jmz93 on August 05, 2009, 04:54:53 PM

Quote from: SunDog's Magic Brain on August 01, 2009, 09:11:44 PM

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.

Title: Re: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: jerryfreak on August 12, 2009, 11:10:35 PM

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!

Title: Re: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: Brian Emerick on August 13, 2009, 11:11:24 AM

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

Title: Re: No Gapless Playback on iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen.
Post by: Bernd Out on August 19, 2009, 05:11:04 PM

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"      ;D