Splitting FLAC from .cue

[sirt]

Hi,

I'm looking for a tool which would allow me to split FLAC from a .cue file. Actually I tried Medieval CUE Splitter which apparently works well but it adds a tag to splitted FLAC, visible with MediaInfo :


NOTES : Medieval CUE Splitter (www.medieval.it)


Is there anything simple that would cut the .cue into FLAC without adding tags ?

[AVIL]

Hi Sirt

Try mp3splt:
http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php

I use the Linux version

Good Luck

[Midzuki]

foobar2000 can do the trick as well.

[sebus]

Use cuetools as per this (http://losslessma.net/how-to-split-and-convert-single-file-flac-album-into-tracks/)

[sirt]

Well thanks for your help. I tried cuetools ; it works well but it seems it add even more tags :

Comment : ExactAudioCopy v1.0b6

and :

Writing library : CUETools 2.1.5


I didn't try the other mp3cut but it seems it doesn't recognize chapters form the cue and I have to set myself how to split (?).

[sebus]

So remove the comment if you do not need it! That does not change anything at all. In Windows 10 you can do it en mass with file properties

[SeeMoreDigital]

You could also use LameXP LameXP v4.14 Final · Build #1934 (2016-11-19) (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=157726). Just remember to 'uncheck' the 'Write meta information to encoded files' option ;)

[AVIL]

I didn't try the other mp3cut but it seems it doesn't recognize chapters form the cue and I have to set myself how to split (?)

Mp3splt can import split-points from a cue file generated by CUETOOLS. It runs fine.

Also it can import split-points from TrackType.org. I didn't tried this feature, though,

[sirt]

It seems to work with Mp3spl ; I tried TrackType.org split point and searched for my album. I found some correct split points. But with my own .cue, it doesn't work (only one split point, song 01, is recognized). Perhaps, is there a format to respect for .cue ?

Regarding LameXP, it can't even open my .cue ! Here is the .cue I tried to use with both, I don't see anything supect.

REM GENRE "Hip-Hop"
REM DATE 2001
REM DISCID B80DF30D
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b6"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
TITLE "Supernova"
FILE "01. Life Is Like A Park (feat. Carl Thomas).flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Life Is Like A Park (feat. Carl Thomas)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02. Hot!.flac" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Hot!"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03. The Block Party.flac" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "The Block Party"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04. Let Me Live.flac" WAVE
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Let Me Live"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05. Jenny (feat. Jazze Pha).flac" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Jenny (feat. Jazze Pha)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06. I Believe In Me.flac" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "I Believe In Me"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "07. Rags To Riches (feat. Andre Rison).flac" WAVE
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Rags To Riches (feat. Andre Rison)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "08. True Confessions (feat. Angela Hunte).flac" WAVE
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "True Confessions (feat. Angela Hunte)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "09. Untouchable (feat. Tupac Shakur).flac" WAVE
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Untouchable (feat. Tupac Shakur)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "10. Head To The Sky (feat. Blaque).flac" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Head To The Sky (feat. Blaque)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "11. The Universal Quest (feat. Esthero).flac" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "The Universal Quest (feat. Esthero)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "12. A New Star Is Born (feat. Tangi Forman).flac" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "A New Star Is Born (feat. Tangi Forman)"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "13. Breathe.flac" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "Breathe"
PERFORMER "Lisa Left Eye Lopes"
INDEX 01 00:00:00

[AVIL]

IMHO your cue file belongs to a set of flac files (i.e. after splitting). The cue for a single flac album contains only one "FILE" entry. An example:

TITLE "Sinfonía Nro 9 'Del nuevo Mundo' + 5 danzas eslavas"
REM DISCNUMBER 1
REM TOTALDISCS 1
FILE "Antonín Dvorák - Sinfonía Nro 9 'Del nuevo Mundo' + 5 danzas eslavas.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Symphonie No. 9 e-Moll, Op. 95 'Aus der Neuen Welt': I. Adagio - Allegro molto"
PERFORMER "Antonín Dvorák"
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:33
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Symphonie No. 9 e-Moll, Op. 95 'Aus der Neuen Welt': II. Largo"
PERFORMER "Antonín Dvorák"


So, LAME XP processes only one FILE entry, the very first.

[sirt]

Actually the cue I opened is the one above with several tracks. So I load the single FLAC and the cue. But mp3spl only recognize the first track and not the other one, I don't undersand why ? LameXP doesn't even want to load it.

Then, my question : is there a problem with that cue ? Actually it should be loaded (it doesn't depend on the FLAC I load I think)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Actually the cue I opened is the one above with several tracks. So I load the single FLAC and the cue. But mp3spl only recognize the first track and not the other one, I don't undersand why ? LameXP doesn't even want to load it.

Then, my question : is there a problem with that cue ? Actually it should be loaded (it doesn't depend on the FLAC I load I think)Yes there's a problem with your '.cue' file because it does not contain any 'track timing' information (ie: the progressive run-time duration of the separate tracks). Every track says '00:00:00' :eek:

[hello_hello]

Actually the cue I opened is the one above with several tracks. So I load the single FLAC and the cue. But mp3spl only recognize the first track and not the other one, I don't undersand why ? LameXP doesn't even want to load it.

Then, my question : is there a problem with that cue ? Actually it should be loaded (it doesn't depend on the FLAC I load I think)

As AVIL said, the cue file you posted isn't for a single flac file containing multiple segments/titles. If it was, there'd only be one "FILE" listed, and each track would have a unique index (split point).

REM DATE 1975
PERFORMER "Alice Cooper"
TITLE "Welcome To My Nightmare"
FILE "Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Welcome To My Nightmare"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Devil's Food"
INDEX 01 05:20:48
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Black Widow, The"
INDEX 01 08:56:03


Whereas for flac files that are already individual files there'd be a "FILE" entry for each track and they'd all probably have the same index (split point).

REM DATE 1975
PERFORMER "Alice Cooper"
FILE "Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare - Welcome To My Nightmare.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Welcome To My Nightmare"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare - Devil's Food.flac" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Devil's Food"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare - Black Widow, The.flac" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Black Widow, The"
INDEX 01 00:00:00


Your cue is for loading a single file but the individual tracks all have the same index (split point), which isn't possible.

When you have a working cue sheet it's very easy to split the tracks into individual files with foobar2000. You'd load the cue sheet into it's playlist and each track would display as though they were individual tracks. From there you can convert them individually to FLAC or another format. Converting to individual FLAC files would be the same as splitting as it's lossless.

There's also a Cue Sheet Creator (http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components_0.9#Playlist_tools) plugin for creating and editing cue sheets and embedding them into multitrack files. When you save the cue sheet the playlist is updated accordingly. Much better than separate cue sheets and audio files, IMHO.

https://s28.postimg.org/3rpyvaqg9/cue_sheet.gif (https://postimg.org/image/3rpyvaqg9/)

[sirt]

Okay, I understand now, the cue is for the single FLAC but individual tracks have the same index and that is why it can't be used to actually cut that FLAC (only first track will be recognized because of these wring split points). It is then somehow weird. Whatever, as I said I managed to cut that FLAC by using another .cue loaded in mp3spl, then it is fine.

I didn't try Foobar solution as it is, I guess, similar to what I did with mp3spl.

Regarding Cue Sheet Creator, I didn't try but it seems you meant it is intended to edit .cue (like my 'weird' .cue).

[hello_hello]

Regarding Cue Sheet Creator, I didn't try but it seems you meant it is intended to edit .cue (like my 'weird' .cue).

Yeah, you could open the multitrack flac file, then open the Cue Sheet Creator. It'll load an existing cue file. If it's not correct, you can edit it manually and save it. It's not saved as a cue file though, it's embedded in the flac file itself.

If you want a separate cue file though, once you've saved the cue sheet to the flac file with the Cue Sheet Creator, foobar200 can create a separate .cue file for you.

By the way, I saw your EAC thread. Did the statements of the obvious in reply help at all? ;)
I don't know the answer, but if you can disable the AccurateRip option in EAC and you have foobar2000 installed, you can load the ripped CD or cue sheet into a foobar2000 playlist and it should be able to do the AccurateRip checking for you. It can also rip CDs and has a couple of "secure' ripping modes.

[Ghitulescu]

I endorse the foobar solution.