Fixing "determining gapless playback information" problem
I've noticed others having the same problem as me: every time I open the Music app, or do something like import new music (e.g., Import a CD, Import some purchased ALAC files), the application starts the ""determining gapless playback information" process. Other than causing CPU load, it also messes with the GUI (if I browse in the songs view, it keeps jumping back to where I started every time it analyzes a new file).
I have tried everything I've seen suggested: I've looked for corrupted files with third party tools, I've re-imported everything as a fresh library, I've made sure to disable gapless things in the preferences. I am at a loss to fix this, and it's extremely annoying.
I'm running Music 1.2.2.40 on Monterey 12.2.1 on an M1 MacBook Air. I've had this problem for years across OS versions and machines, back to my previous Intel MacBooks.
Any tips? I'd even be happy to let an Apple engineer who works on the Music app remote into my machine to see if they can figure out what is causing it.
MacBook Air (2020 or later)