Pause in playing after track

[pratherj]

I did it, but I don't know how. For some reason my otherwise good first effort pauses after the first track when I play the CD back on my computer. I have to click Track 2 on my player to get it to continue. It will then continue to play each track in succession to the end of the CD.

I don't remember doing anything different with the first or second track. How did I do it? More importantly, how can I fix the problem in the project?

Thanks,

Jerry

[steve]

Is this an audio CD? Does it play on a CD player?

[pratherj]

Yes, and yes. The audio CD plays just fine in any CD player except for the anomaly mentioned.

Jerry

[steve]

The problem is most likely with the CD. Either you have a long section of silence at the end of track 1, or there is a small defect on the CD that is making it difficult for the CD player to automatically move onto the next track.

Check the file that track 1 came from, and if that is OK, try burning another CD, preferably on a different brand of CDR.

(note that for compatibility you should not use rewritable CDs).

[pratherj]

A reburning on another CD-R gave me the same results. I've evidently done something wrong on either the first track or the second. Any more ideas available?

Thanks in advance,
Jerry

[steve]

Try ripping tracks one and two (C-Dex is a good, free CD ripper), then open the ripped tracks in Audacity. That will probably give you a good clue as to where the problem is.

[pratherj]

Found the problem!

Somehow when I split the first track from the rest of the tracks, there was an open (but empty) segment left all the way to the end of the LP and beyond. I moved the cursor on track 1 to where track 2 started, selected "Cursor to end", and hit "Delete".Now everything burns and plays properly.

Thanks for your help,
Jerry