It's not working correctly for me. I just updated my 60Gig 5G iPod to the latest firmware (1.2), initialized it with the latest version of MC (build 93 at this moment), and did a full sync, and the gapless playback isn't working correctly. The "gap" is gone, but so is just a little bit of the song -- i.e. it's removing a little too much at the seam such that you can hear it jump forward just a bit when the seam goes by. It's not a "lot," but it's clearly noticeable on songs that you're familiar with, or on songs where there is a continuous beat accross the seam.
I didn't try versions earlier than build 93, so I'm not sure if this just started or not. I do know that when I play the same songs in MC, the gapless playback DOES work perfectly. It's only on the iPod that this issue is occuring. ALL the songs were encoded with a fairly recent version of MC using VBR "High."
Has anyone else noticed this? It's definitely different than what I heard with Rockbox recently (which definitely did NOT have this problem with gapless playback), or what I hear when I play the same songs in MC directly.
How does MC accomplish gapless playback on the iPod? If it's using the LAME information encoded in the metadata, then it must be miscalculating something since it's definitely not accurate.
Thanks for any feedback on this,
Larry