Subject:Extra silence during MP3 conversion?

Posted by: talkshow

Date:11/5/2009 3:39:39 PM

I'm running into a quite annoying problem.

I rip tracks from a CD, which I mixed, in Sound Forge. Then I convert them to .MP3 files. The problem is: micro-seconds of silence are added to the beginning and end of each track. I'm a DJ and the files should contain no silence at the beginning of end of a track as I made a continuous mix.

So, the files rip okay from the CD in Sound Forge (no silence) -- it's when I save them as .MP3s the tiny bits of silence are created. Then I try to re-burn the MP3s without a pause between tracks, and I keep getting a little "skip" of silence between tracks.

I tried ripping the audio from Windows Media Player but am running into the same problem. Even if I trim out the silence in the MP3 files, when I open them again in Sound Forge, the micro-silence is back! AARRRRGGHHH!

How can I prevent that from happening?

Thanks.

P.S. My goal is to rip a continuous mix CD and convert it into MP3 files so I can put it on my website so people can burn it to a CD.

Subject:RE: Extra silence during MP3 conversion?

Reply by: rraud

Date:11/5/2009 5:18:55 PM

The MP3 encoding process adds that silence. This happens with all MP3 encoders and is not an issue specific to SF. This has driven many folks insane long before you, trying to loop MP3s in SF and Acid. Try a different data compression format such as FLAC or a single MP3 file containing multiple songs.