Gapless ripping of CDs to MP3 (flash, Windows, audio, appears)

[jimdc58]

I've been trying to figure out a way to rip CDs such that when I play them back on my car's USB player, they don't have gaps between songs that are not meant to be there. By this I mean, when playing an "album" that is live (crowd noises carry over between tracks) or an "album" that blends the songs together (such as Black Sabbath's Sabotage), there should not be a pause when it switches tracks/files.

Is there a way to do this using any of the common programs for ripping CDs? (Such as VLC, the old Windows Media Player, or others that are easy to acquire.)

[Paul_G]

It appears that part of the issue may be related to the capabilities of the system in your vehicle.

Some reading:
https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthr...riginal-tracks (This is from the forum for their products - https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ )

https://www.reddit.com/r/CarAV/comme...mment/gzro0lr/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidAuto...yback_gapless/

https://www.avsforum.com/threads/gap...yback.1345714/

[Peregrine]

If you're serious about ripping CD's you need a program that is serious about ripping CD's. A program built to do it. A true misc management program. I highly recommend Media Monkey: https://www.mediamonkey.com/
CD's are ripped gapless by default.

[jimdc58]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

If you're serious about ripping CD's you need a program that is serious about ripping CD's. A program built to do it. A true misc management program. I highly recommend Media Monkey: https://www.mediamonkey.com/
CD's are ripped gapless by default.

Does it rip in a format that I can use on my USB (flash drive) in my car? I'm assuming that it would have to be MP3, but I may be wrong.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by jimdc58

Does it rip in a format that I can use on my USB (flash drive) in my car? I'm assuming that it would have to be MP3, but I may be wrong.

From Peregrine's link:

Convert
Convert audio and video formats so that all your content can play on any of your devices.

[Peregrine]

Yes, it can rip to MP3. Pretty sure that's the default.