Using EAC To Make Images Of Audio CDs

[EpheMeroN]

I decided to make cd images using the latest Exact Audio Copy to have the truest 1:1 backups of these discs.

Now that I have these, does anyone know if I can take the information from the .cue that EAC makes to split up the single, big .wav file so that I can archive these later on as .mp3 files?

[squid_80]

Do you have Daemon Tools installed? It can mount the .cue file as an audio cd, then you could rip the tracks from that to mp3 files. It's not the most direct way but at least it doesn't require a calculator and binary file splitting programs.

[EpheMeroN]

Oh really? That's really interesting.

So all I have to do is mount it with the .cue in Daemon Tools, and then re-rip it to separate files using EAC?

[Gambit]

Just load the CUE in foobar2000 and encode to whatever you like. Can't get easier than that.

[Moitah]

EAC can do it, Tools menu > Split WAV By CUE Sheet.

CUE Tools (http://www.moitah.net/) can as well:

http://www.moitah.net/CUETools.png

[daphy]

try the CUE Splitter (http://www.enfis.it/downloads.php?cat_id=1), besides the foobar methode this might be the best solution :rolleyes:

[EpheMeroN]

I had no idea there was that many different options for doing this. That's great!

On a quick side note, can I edit the .cue files in NotePad without damaging the files? When I ripped the images in EAC I didn't have any internet access so freedb was not working. Therefore, all the images were ripped using "Unknown Artist" and "Unknown Title" cd-text information. I'd like to fill in those unknowns with the proper cd-text info and then burn it using EAC like normal.

[Moitah]

Yes, it's perfectly safe to edit cuesheets in Notepad. Make sure to leave the quotes around the artist and titles.

[jmac698]

Mount the image in daemon tools, run EAC again, and import metadata from freedb. Next time back up to lossless format like separate FLAC files, this way you get the metainfo, the bitexact file, can easily reencode, and it's smaller to store.
Don't know exactly how this is done but I thought EAC supported another format ?