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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>i’m not part of the FLAC project, but i have a question regarding FLAC and Gapless support… I hope, I get an answer from some of you ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are currently try to add Gapless support on our device… If we rip an CD with our device, we can find out, that one track follow after another so we can<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>recognize, that the tracks are gapless or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>But how can we find that out on already existing FLAC files (or other formats). Is there a marker inside the file, who tell me, that this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>File is a gapless file? Also gapless make only sense, if you have the follow up file also…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track 1 not gapless<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track2 Gapless<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track 3 Gapless<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track 4 not gapless<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If I rip now all 4 titles and play them later the player must know, that Song 1 is not gapless but Song2 and 3 “Fit” together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What will happen, if I delete Song3…. Is the player playing now from Song2 to Song4 gapless, which is not correct…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Anybody a good description for me, how this is solved on FLAC?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Richard Schülein<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>