Somewhere I read an iPod battery saver tip that said to keep each file under 32MB. I have also found my iPod give me short periods with no sound when I play very large files. The large sizes must play havoc with the buffering software. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: iTunesList [mailto:iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On > Behalf Of Brooks Graham > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:49 PM > To: iTunesList > Subject: [iTunes] Re: playing a cd > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I just did the same thing, and found that if I did a "Join CD Tracks" > from the Advanced Menu, the whole CD is ripped as a single track. I > makes it less granular, but helps when you have titles like the Harry > Potter books (book 4 was 17 CDs and book 5 is 23 CDs)! > > HTH > > - -bdg >