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Reassemble original CD image from individual tracks

Hi, If anyone can answer this one for me, i'd appreciate it as i have now spent days trying different approaches with no luck.

Basically I have CDs with individual FLAC files and Cue sheets as that's how i originally ripped them. I'd quite like to convert these to single flac files and then embed the cue sheet in them, while preserving the ability to completely restore the original CD if required.

I originally created the Cue sheets using EAC and they look like this: (Well originally they were flac files, but i converted them to Wav for these tests and modified the Cue accordingly.)
REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 2002
REM DISCID 490CC187
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "xyz"
TITLE "xyz - CD"
FILE "01 - Track1.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Track1"
    PERFORMER "xyz"
    FLAGS DCP
    PREGAP 00:01:00
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Track2"
    PERFORMER "xyz"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 11:57:33
...etc.

The closest I have come is using xrecodeII which created the required single FLAC file and the following cue sheet:
REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 2002
TITLE "xyz - CD"
FILE "cd 1.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Track1"
    PERFORMER "xyz"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Track2"
    PERFORMER "xyz"
    INDEX 01 11:59:61

As you can see the DiscID is missing (not such a problem as i can manually add it). More seriously the Index info is completely different.

Using EAC I can recreate the original CD as things stand, then rerip it, but this is annoyingly long-winded and costs blank-media.

Ideally, I'm looking for something that can understand the existing CUE sheet, which both EAC and xrecodeII can, but then combine the tracks using that information into a single flac/wave file on the hard-drive with the correct cue sheet.
Worst case scenario is I find something that can write an image of the original cd to hard-drive, which I can then rerip, but so far, i have been unable to find any software that allows me to do even that.

Does anyone know of any software that will allow me to do this?

Many thanks,

Tony







 

Reassemble original CD image from individual tracks

Reply #1 –
Doh

Amazing how often this happens, but having searched for 2 days, I find the answer, 5 mins after asking the question.

CueTools ftw.

\o/

Reassemble original CD image from individual tracks

Reply #2 –
Just to confirm: most people here would have said "CueTools".  At least you are now sorted.
I'm on a horse.

Reassemble original CD image from individual tracks

Reply #3 –


Why do you think you can't completely restore the original CD from a tracks rip and tracks cue file?

Reassemble original CD image from individual tracks

Reply #4 –
I think you misunderstood the post, as I don't think Tony said or implied that. In fact, they made two statements to the contrary.