TMO Quick Tip - Fixing Compilation and Gapless Settings in iTunes 7

by , 7:30 AM EDT, September 13th, 2006 - Digg This

iTunes 7 is the sleek, new version of iTunes that Apple released on Tuesday. For the most part, it looks like a nice upgrade to the already powerful music and video management application, but it doesn't seem to be correctly tagging some albums as compilations or as albums that should play each track without a gap when updating your iTunes 6 library.

For this example, I'll use the sound track from High Fidelity. In iTunes 6, it properly displayed as an album. In iTunes 7, each track appears as its own unique album.


iTunes 7 doesn't catch many compilation albums.

iTunes will update the tracks in your selected album so they appear and play correctly. Now the songs in the High Fidelity sound track all appear together, just as they should.


The same album, but correctly tagged.

Terminology check: What's a gapless album? A gapless album is one where each track plays back to back without any break between songs. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is a perfect example of a gapless album.


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