Hi EggyToast!
[01/30/2002 at 16:34:58] you wrote:
??>>> Does anyone know how to configure Winamp so that it
??>>> doesn't insert a
??>>> silent gap between tracks when playing CDs?
E> Well, the easy answer (that isn't really an answer) is to get an
E> adjustable crossfader plugin and set the crossfade times to something
E> quite small. Unfortunately, I have *no* idea how it would work with a
E> cd, but it works with mp3's just fine.
That crossfading plug-in (like plug-in by SqrSoft - rulez) begin to
function in this situation, needed to use another alternative plug-in for
playing cdaudio - CD Reader for Winamp by Vladimir Kopjov - instead of lame
internal in_cdda.dll
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What is CD Reader plugin?
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CD Reader is a freeware WinAmp plugin to play music CDs with
exceptional quality.
Why CD Reader better than standard WinAmp CD plugin ?
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Here is why:
1. Improved read quality, much closer to 100%.
2. Ability to use quality DAC of your audiocard. (Many CD-ROMs have only
12-bit DAC)
About 1st clause. All players play CDs by reading data sectors once, one
by one, continuously. No any reread on defect sectors occurs. This caused
by many reasons. Method of playing CDs was born when maximum available
reading speed was 1x. It's a very hard to find CDDA sector to reread
it, because of poor CDDA navigation system (original guaranteed precision
is about 0.5 sec). Computer program using good 6x CD drive can
eliminate these obstacles. So, read quality can approach to 100%. You can
ask: "How about my Data-CDs? It's all read fine on my CD-ROM. And how
CD-ROM reread sectors on my Data-CDs?" That's true. But thanks to
improved Data-CD navigation system and additional error correction layer.
Difference is huge, here is about 100Mb of efficient data payoff.
How is it work ?
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CD Reader plugin uses RAW_READ function (also known as 'read long') to
extract digital audio data from CD. So, your CD-ROM drive must have
such capability. CD Reader plugin can use two low level interfaces to
perform this function - ASPI and Win32. ASPI is Windows 95/98 embedded
interface. Windows NT have not this interface installed by default.
However, you can install it separately. From other hand Windows NT
have naitive low level interface - Win32, you can use it without
installing any additional software. But, some CD-ROMs does not support
RAW_READ function thru Win32 and do well it thru ASPI.
No any position de-jittering performed. All code relies on modern
CD-ROM drives and drivers. Because, most of old CD-ROM drives which able
to read raw data from media, unable to do it on sufficient (real
time, 1x at least) speed.
CDDB
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In this version of CD Reader plugin is able to read information about CD
in drive from CDDB Internet server which contain song names and other
stuff for wide variety of CD's. Click on CDDB tab to make CDDB settings.
CD Reader plugin is able to cache CD information. To enable this
feature click 'Use local CDDB' checkbox. Cached information will be
kept in cdplayer.ini file which located in main Windows folder.
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Try to search by filename "wacdr191.exe" or send e-mail to V. Kopjov
copah@parad.ru or goto Copah's homepage
http://www.url.ru/~copah/ and try to
navigate/download on/from russian web-site ;-)
Make abilities of your Winamp much better! Excellent sound without annoying
gaps!
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WBR,
Ruslan Avtokhutdinov
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