[Jenn]

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vlad wrote:

On Jul 22, 5:44 pm, "ScottW" wrote:
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In article .com,
vlad wrote:

I am trying to put my CD library into my new shiny iPod. On the
surface it looks easy: - start iTunes, put CD in CD-ROM, rip.

It is iTunes on Windows.

1) I have two CD readers, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. iTunes recognizes only
on of them, the slowest one.

2) many tracks when I am listening them on iPod have skips in them
(fraction of the second pauses in a middle of the track). Few tracks
even have missing pieces, repeated fragments, etc.

First I thought my iPod is faulty, then I noticed that that same
defects are in tracks on PC in iTunes data files. I listened them
side by side (PC and iPod), they are identical.

So, from there skips are coming? Original CD's are in perfect order. I
assume that iTunes reads digital file from CD, converts it to MP3

Maybe, maybe not. It depends on your preference settings.

in
digital domain and writes on HD.

Does anybody know how to avoid these skips?

If I rip CD tracks using WinAmp and then import them in iTunes,
everything works fine. But iTunes places these tracks in most
unexpected
places in hierarchy, making it unusable.

Thanks in advance for your help.

vlad

I've never had that problem. One guess might be a corrupted copy of
iTunes? iTunes for Windows is pretty buggy. Have you downloaded the
latest version, as well as the latest software for iPod? You might try
updating both, as they were recently updated.



As well as all your PC drivers. Sounds to me like a buffer underrun
sort of issue since ripping with WinAmp works.

It seems like a reasonable explanation. Do you have any idea where
buffer overran can happen? Any resonable advice will save me time.

Are you trying to convert straight off the CD?

Yes.

You might create a wav file on your HD and then convert to
MP3 with Itunes from there to see
if you get the same problem.

Already tried it. WinAmp converts files perfectly and iTunes
imports them fine (no skipping). However most of text information
like, album, artist track name is either lost of corrupted. Too much
work to retype it.

Can you see it trying to contact the database when you select "Get CD
Track Names"?

Just checking; is this your procedure?
In iTunes, insert CD
Get CD track names
create a playlist if not already done
select all of the tracks of the CD
drag the tracks into your playlist
update your iPod