I have a song that has an annoying minute long silence at the end. Can I get rid of it?

October 19, 2003 10:14 am UTC
by Dennis Lloyd

Yes. Well not get rid of it, but you can fool iTunes into skipping over the silence and onto the next song. While playing the track in iTunes make a note of the point you want the song to end by watching the Elapsed Time progress bar. Press the Command-i which will open the song info window. Select the options tab and select enable stop time, then edit the time to the point you wish the track to finish. Click OK. When you next play the track, iTunes will stop at the new time. Although the whole track will be copied to your iPod it is smart enough to end the track at the time point you have selected.

Dennis Lloyd

I'm a passionate, long-time lover of Apple products, and was a civil draftsman and graphic designer before creating the iLounge web site. My prior projects include work for The Los Angeles Times' LATimes.com, and the company Creative Domain, where I developed websites for clients including Columbia Pictures, Disney, Fox Studios, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers. As the Publisher of iLounge, I direct the site's community forums, photo galleries, iPod User Group, and general business affairs, which have grown under my watch to over sixteen million page views every month. I'm happily married with one daughter, one dog (Rocket the Wonderdog), one cat (Ferris), many iPods, iPhones, iPads, and two turntables.

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