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so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

hi,

currently im ripping some cds in EAC. i rip the whole cd as multiple flac tracks and let EAC create a cue sheet. in this cuesheet, i replace every .wav with .flac, so it should be working. but when i drop this cue file now into fb2k, i dont see the tracks and the console says

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could not enumerate tracks (Error parsing cuesheet: invalid index list (line 22)) on:
C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\04 - Barenboim - Ravel\Boléro - La Valse - Pavane pour une Infante défunte - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2.cue

and the cue file looks like this
Code: [Select]
REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 1982
REM DISCID 400D1706
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
CATALOG 0028947783817
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
TITLE "Boléro - La Valse - Pavane pour une Infante défunte - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite..."
FILE "01 - Boléro.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
	TITLE "Boléro"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100910
	PREGAP 00:00:33
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
	TITLE "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100920
	INDEX 00 17:30:34
FILE "02 - Pavane pour une infante défunte.flac" WAVE
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
	TITLE "La Valse"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100930
	INDEX 00 07:40:47
FILE "03 - La Valse.flac" WAVE
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
	TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 1. Lever du jour"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100941
	INDEX 00 13:14:06
FILE "04 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 1. Lever du jour.flac" WAVE
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 2. Pantomime.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
	TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 2. Pantomime"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100942
	INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 3. Danse générale.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
	TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 3. Danse générale"
	PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
	ISRC <cM@38100943
	INDEX 01 00:00:00

when i open the cue file in mediveal cue splitter, i got also an error, but its possible to open it:

Code: [Select]
No track was specified for previous "FILE" command.
in line 36

so, what do i have to change in each CUE file, so i can use it in foobar? and whats the best program to burn those files again (with cue-sheet)? nero with CUE support?
i already found out that EAC has a copy function, but when i dropped the cue file into EAC, it says, that flac isnt supported.


seeya

edit: just another quick question: i use test&copy, but often i dont get a 100% log. the cd is new, only played thrice. so why do i get so often only 99,9%. and is it accurate ripped then?
Code: [Select]
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 16. January 2010, 15:04

Gustav Mahler / Symphonie No. 5

Used drive  : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M   Adapter: 0  ID: 1

Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : No
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction                      : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : No
Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track

Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 768 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Programme\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d


TOC of the extracted CD

     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector 
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 | 12:41.65 |         0    |    57139   
        2  | 12:41.65 | 14:27.13 |     57140    |   122177   
        3  | 27:09.03 | 17:21.24 |    122178    |   200276   
        4  | 44:30.27 | 10:45.72 |    200277    |   248723   
        5  | 55:16.24 | 14:08.57 |    248724    |   312380   


Track  1

     Filename C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\11 - Dudamel - Mahler 5\01 - 1. Trauermarsch (In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt - Plötzlich schneller. Leidenschaftlich. Wild - Tempo I).wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00

     Peak level 99.9 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 135FDC58
     Copy CRC 135FDC58
     Accurately ripped (confidence 17)  [84C77F39]
     Copy OK

Track  2

     Filename C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\11 - Dudamel - Mahler 5\02 - 2. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit größter Vehemenz - Bedeutend langsamer - Tempo I subito.wav

     Peak level 99.9 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC D1502788
     Copy CRC D1502788
     Accurately ripped (confidence 17)  [1DB601F3]
     Copy OK

Track  3

     Filename C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\11 - Dudamel - Mahler 5\03 - 3. Scherzo (Kräftig, nicht zu schnell).wav

     Peak level 97.1 %
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 124291EA
     Copy CRC 124291EA
     Accurately ripped (confidence 17)  [EA16F645]
     Copy OK

Track  4

     Filename C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\11 - Dudamel - Mahler 5\04 - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam).wav

     Peak level 33.4 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC C5BBC3E8
     Copy CRC C5BBC3E8
     Accurately ripped (confidence 17)  [B88BE1D0]
     Copy OK

Track  5

     Filename C:\Rips\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\11 - Dudamel - Mahler 5\05 - 5. Rondo-Finale (Allegro).wav

     Peak level 99.9 %
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 6420A84E
     Copy CRC 6420A84E
     Accurately ripped (confidence 17)  [4AA01B45]
     Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

End of status report

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #1 –
You don't have to worry about track quality if the rip is accurate.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #2 –
Don't use medieval cue splitter, last time I tried it (looong ago), it created a huge header in front of the cue sheet which makes it not compatible with F2K.

Use the cuetools "correct filename" function to batch rename .wav to .flac, it's faster, you cannot make misstake & if the .cue is not compliant, like those with a header generated with medieval cue splitter, it will warn you.

Edit:
Your cue sheet doesn't have that header & I haven't digged to find the problem, but anyway nowadays you'd better use cuetools. I remember that when I manually deleted the header, the cue sheet still wouldn't load in F2K ... I recall medieval cue splitter lasted no more than 5 min on my HDD

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #3 –
i just use mediveal cue splitter to split cue files, not to create ones  or to try some cues that dont work

i used the normal editor (used the replace .wav with .flac "tool") to edit the cue files, but ill try if your trick will work out

seeya

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #4 –
still the same error in foobar

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #5 –
Cuetools is the best way to split CDImage.

Track quality has nothing to do with audio quality, 100% Track quality only means that there was no re-read needed when ripping.

Edit:
Well if you modified the original cue sheet with medieval cue cue splitter, it may be too late for cuetools.
You should directly use the EAC cue sheet & split with cuetools.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #6 –
There seems to be a problem with FILE "04 which has no TRACK but I am not sure.

It seems to me that you've made a bad copy/paste somewhere.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #7 –
none of the cue sheets worked ive created so far. only used the editor to modify the cue files, only with replace-tool.

ill try if a "virgin" cue file wont have the problems when i edit them in cuetools

seeya

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #8 –
I assumed line 22 would be a good place to start looking, and from that it seems your cue sheet was created with the option "Append gaps to previous track" enabled. Perhaps someone can confirm whether or not foobar2000 supports this; if not, there's your explanation.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #9 –
nope, still the problem:

fb2k says:
Quote
could not enumerate tracks (Error parsing cuesheet: invalid index list (line 28)) on:
C:\Downloads\111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon (55 CD)\18 - Gardiner - Monteverdi - Vespers - Part 1\Vespro della Beata Vergine - Vespers of the Blessed Virgin - Marien-Vesper - Magnificat II - Part 1.flac.cue

and heres the cue file:
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REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 1990
REM DISCID 900C820A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
CATALOG 0028947783961
PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
TITLE "Vespro della Beata Vergine - Vespers of the Blessed Virgin - Marien-Vesper - ..."
FILE "01 - Domine ad adiuvandum a 6.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Domine ad adiuvandum a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930601
    PREGAP 00:00:33
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - Dixit Dominus a 6.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Dixit Dominus a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930602
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nigra sum a 1"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930603
    INDEX 00 07:12:56
FILE "03 - Nigra sum a 1.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930604
    INDEX 00 03:47:00
FILE "04 - Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Pulchra es a 2"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930605
    INDEX 00 05:40:45
FILE "05 - Pulchra es a 2.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Laetatus sum a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930606
    INDEX 00 03:56:48
FILE "06 - Laetatus sum a 6.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Duo seraphim a 3"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930607
    INDEX 00 06:31:16
FILE "07 - Duo seraphim a 3.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nisi Dominus a 10"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930608
    INDEX 00 06:42:72
FILE "08 - Nisi Dominus a 10.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Audi coelum a 8"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930609
    INDEX 00 04:35:50
FILE "09 - Audi coelum a 8.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Lauda Jerusalem a 7"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930610
    INDEX 00 08:35:37
FILE "10 - Lauda Jerusalem a 7.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

seeya

edit: @dv1989: it seems youre right. i followed an EAC tutorial and there stand, you should use "Multiple Wav files with Gaps", but when i used multiple wav files with corrected gaps it works. so, can anybody tell me exaclty, whats the difference? is the one thing better?
heres the corrected gaps cue file (corrected with cuetools):
Code: [Select]
REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 1990
REM DISCID 900C820A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
CATALOG 0028947783961
PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
TITLE "Vespro della Beata Vergine - Vespers of the Blessed Virgin - Marien-Vesper - ..."
FILE "01 - Domine ad adiuvandum a 6.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Domine ad adiuvandum a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930601
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:00:33
FILE "02 - Dixit Dominus a 6.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Dixit Dominus a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930602
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - Nigra sum a 1.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nigra sum a 1"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930603
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:54
FILE "04 - Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930604
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:01:17
FILE "05 - Pulchra es a 2.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Pulchra es a 2"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930605
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:01:40
FILE "06 - Laetatus sum a 6.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Laetatus sum a 6"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930606
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:01:45
FILE "07 - Duo seraphim a 3.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Duo seraphim a 3"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930607
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:03:49
FILE "08 - Nisi Dominus a 10.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nisi Dominus a 10"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930608
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:01:70
FILE "09 - Audi coelum a 8.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Audi coelum a 8"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930609
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:03:48
FILE "10 - Lauda Jerusalem a 7.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Lauda Jerusalem a 7"
    PERFORMER "Claudio Monteverdi"
    ISRC <cM@38930610
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:73

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #10 –
I have tried to put the things that seemed mixed up to me in the right order.

Copy paste your cue & try fixing the order of FILE & TRACK like this (but without the ####)
Keep the original cauz I am not sure of myself. Don't use the following as is because the formatting is not good, I lost the spacing when copy pasting your original.

Edit:
Deleted obviously bad fix trial.
See better trial below.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #11 –
That'll mess up indices, and may confuse programs even more. If my suspicion is correct, the user needs to rip INDEX 00s to the beginning of their tracks, not the end of the previous tracks. Until they confirm which option they have used to create these cue sheets, we won't know either way.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #12 –
dv1989 is right my INDEX 0 & INDEX 1 are mixed up, but if it's due to a bad copy paste it's gonna be hard to fix, ... it's a real mess.

Try this: It's the same with better INDEX 0 & 1 order.

Code: [Select]
REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 1982
REM DISCID 400D1706
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
CATALOG 0028947783817
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
TITLE "Boléro - La Valse - Pavane pour une Infante défunte - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite..."
##############################################
FILE "01 - Boléro.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Boléro"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100910
PREGAP 00:00:33
INDEX 01 00:00:00
##############################################
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Pavane pour une infante défunte"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100920
INDEX 00 17:30:34
FILE "02 - Pavane pour une infante défunte.flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
##############################################
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "La Valse"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100930
INDEX 00 07:40:47
FILE "03 - La Valse.flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
##############################################
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 1. Lever du jour"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100941
INDEX 00 13:14:06
FILE "04 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 1. Lever du jour.flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
##############################################
FILE "05 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 2. Pantomime.flac" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 2. Pantomime"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100942
INDEX 01 00:00:00
##############################################
FILE "06 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 3. Danse générale.flac" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 3. Danse générale"
PERFORMER "Maurice Ravel"
ISRC <cM@38100943
INDEX 01 00:00:00



About Cue Sheets & Gaps, Read this:
Cue Sheets 1
Cue Sheets 2
Cue Sheets 3

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #13 –
sauvage78, it doesn't look like you changed anything; what's the difference?

Quote
edit: @dv1989: it seems youre right. i followed an EAC tutorial and there stand, you should use "Multiple Wav files with Gaps", but when i used multiple wav files with corrected gaps it works. so, can anybody tell me exaclty, whats the difference? is the one thing better?
heres the corrected gaps cue file (corrected with cuetools):

If you just altered the cue sheet without re-ripping the tracks, I suspect the indices will be wrong. I think that, to have an accurate cue sheet, you'll need to rip again using EAC's other gap option. But I'm getting confused--mainly because it's been ages since I used EAC, cue sheets, etc.--so I can't say for sure.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #14 –
INDEX 1 was before INDEX 0 within some tracks, other than that I didn't change anything.

PS: If you have the CD, IMHO don't get a headache trying to fix it just re-rip with non-compliant gap setting.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #15 –
i dont have to change anything on the gap settings, i just have to change the way to write the cue file. i always save the cue file after the rip, so it shouldnt have anything to do with the rip at all (i still use the same settings for the drive)

seeya

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #16 –
Wow, let's just start over since you guys seem to be pretty confused about some things...

First off, foobar2000 does not accept noncompliant CUE sheets.  A noncompliant CUE sheet is (but likely not just limited to) one where a new track is called out before a new file.  If you rip a disc using the standard method of placing gaps at the end of the previous track (which is what happens if you don't detect them prior to ripping as well) and there are in fact gaps, then the appropriate CUE sheet for this method of gap handling will always be noncompliant.  Some people get around this by using a CUE sheet with corrected gaps since they are compliant.  While they do work, they are not the appropriate sheet for burning.  Using such a sheet to burn will change the starting points of your tracks from the way they originally were.  This may result in tracks beginning somewhere into the track.  The thing is that CUE sheets are not playlists and were never intended to be used as playlists.  Considering there are other types of playlists that foobar2000 can handle that are intended to be used as playlists, I see no reason to (mis)use a CUE sheet.

Next, the problem with your cue sheet in your first post is that "    INDEX 01 00:00:00" is coming before "FILE "06 - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2 - 3. Danse générale.flac" WAVE".  I don't know how it happened and I certainly doubt that EAC created it this way, but it's wrong; they're reversed.  The INDEX 01 line must come after the FILE line.
EDIT: I was wrong, the INDEX 01 in question belongs to the previous track.  This part of your CUE sheet is correct.
EDIT2: I have to agree with others in suggesting that you avoid Medieval CUE Splitter and use some other program such as foobar2000, CUETools or EAC.  It seems that every time a Medieval CUE Splitter user comes here with a CUE-related problem, the program is to blame.  I'm guessing this is the case with your error, "No track was specified for previous "FILE" command," as well.

Third, I have a feeling that your ISRC data is botched.  EAC is not able to extract this data correctly with some drives (usually those made by Lite-On which typically have an offset correction of +6, which is true in your case).  I doubt it is causing you any trouble at this point, but if you try to burn a disc you will get an error (assuming this information is indeed botched).  My recommendation is not to have EAC retrieve UPC/ISRC data which is probably has no practical use to you anyway.

Hmm, what else?  EAC doesn't support decoding of flac files, so if you wish to burn flacs with EAC, you need to decode them first.  Simply changing .wav to .flac in the CUE sheet will not work with EAC.  It will work with other software like Burrrn, however.  The 99% track quality was already covered.  EAC feels that it must request re-reads at the end of some tracks resulting in a track quality less than 100% for what would appear to be no apparent reason.  This is normal.

Please let me know if I missed anything.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #17 –
oh, thanks for your long post

so, when i insert the disc, open EAC, tag the disc, detect gaps, test&rip the disc and create then a multiple-file wave cuesheet with gaps (non-complicant) its the best way? or am i wrong? (edit: and let cuetools rename the cue-file)

and these non-complicant cues are supported by normal burning programs, such as nero, burrn, toast etc.? (at least when they are converted back to wav?)

seeya

ps: i just use mediveal cue splitter for checking cues, not to create any

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #18 –
Quote from: mundschuss on
so, when i insert the disc, open EAC, tag the disc, detect gaps, test&rip the disc and create then a multiple-file wave cuesheet with gaps (non-complicant) its the best way?

I don't generally detect gaps since it makes no difference to the audio files if you put them at the end of the previous track which is the default and the standard way in which rippers do this.  All gap detection does for you in this case is allow the information to be shown in the log file.  I also don't bother with test and copy because I rely on AccurateRip.  If AR cannot verify because I have a different pressing then I use CUETools.  If I still can't get verification then I'll resort to generating test CRCs for comparison.  Other than this, yeah, that's what I do, though I don't think there's a "best" way.  Some people like single file images.  Some people like to put gaps at the beginning of the track.  Some people like to leave out gaps.  Each of these methods requires a different CUE sheet for burning copies that maintains the same timing as the original (yes, noncompliant is the proper type of sheet for gaps that are appended to the previous track).

Quote from: mundschuss on
and these non-complicant cues are supported by normal burning programs, such as nero, burrn, toast etc.?

Just EAC and Burrrn, as far as I know.  I do know that Nero doesn't support noncompliant sheets.

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ps: i just use mediveal cue splitter for checking cues, not to create any

Well I don't trust what it's telling you here.  Decompress your flacs back to wav and load the sheet into EAC (after changing the .flac back .wav) and see what it says.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #19 –
In post #15, I pointed you to "non-compliant" which is maybe a misstake depending on what you want to do, Greynol is maybe right, I forget that non-compliant wasn't supported by F2K, you should use "corrected gap" if you want F2K playback of your cue, as noted in the links I posted. (I should revisit them sometimes myself  )

It's either you use "non-compliant"+playlist which is natural but not supported or "corrected gap" without playlist which is un-natural but supported.

Anyway I am a CDImage+cue user, so "non-compliant" or "corrected gap" for me it doesn't matter much to me as long as you retain the gaps information. I use CDImage+cue exactly to avoid this kind of trouble.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #20 –
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Don't use medieval cue splitter, last time I tried it (looong ago), it created a huge header in front of the cue sheet which makes it not compatible with F2K.

I have never, ever, experienced this kind of issue. I've split dozens of image/cue rips using CUE Splitter and every single track has worked just fine.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #21 –
Quote from: Zarggg on
Quote from: sauvage78 on
Don't use medieval cue splitter, last time I tried it (looong ago), it created a huge header in front of the cue sheet which makes it not compatible with F2K.

I have never, ever, experienced this kind of issue. I've split dozens of image/cue rips using CUE Splitter and every single track has worked just fine.

See here, please.

so, what to do with EAC-cue files?

Reply #23 –
I would not use "corrected gaps" cue sheets just for foobar compatibility. That is basically trading one problem for another. If you use this type of cue with tracks that have gaps appended (default), then you will have playback problems as previously mentioned (tracks not starting from their true beginning). If you actually rip tracks with gaps prepended, then you occasionally have tracks that start with the end of the previous track.

I think it makes the most sense to either rip to an image, or multiple files with gaps appended (the default and standard method). If you choose multiple files, then make a noncompliant .cue for proper archiving and burning, along with a standard playlist file (like .m3u) or another .cue which is compatible with foobar. If for whatever reason you insist on using a .cue as a playlist file, you can use a "gaps left out" .cue, which foobar will accept (it will ignore the PREGAP statements, and play entire tracks as intended). Or you can use foo_cuesheet_creator which will similarly make cue files that disregard gaps and play tracks in a natural way.