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Try using Foobar to encode your files in AAC with the Nero encoder. I discovered it does gapless on accident, thought others might have already of known this.

Here is my ripping "procedure".

I use EAC with iTunes Encode to rip my cds as Apple Lossless. I know this forum greatly endorses FLAC, but I've never tried it, so I don't know if it'll get you the same result. I use ALAC in the hopes that one day there will be a 500gb or greater iPod and I can just carry all my music as Apple Lossless on my iPod.

I then drag the ALAC songs into foobar and convert to Nero AAC. No gaps in iTunes or iPod.

Hope this helps.

MetalMessiah78, thanks for your feedback!
Foobar2000 uses neroaacenc CLI for encoding. Thus, unfortunately, gaps still persists even with foobar encoding.

I wonder why they are added at the beginning of the file and not at the end? Maybe it's a trick to make it impossible to use oneroaacenc-encoded files in video and use Recode instead?

I tried MainConcept encoder at AAC MainProfile and AAC LC. Both work a way worst than NeroAAC, but they do not add gaps.