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Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

I am preparing a release that is one unbroken mix two hours in length. Usually I would write out a cue file so listeners can skip from track to track within their audio player but the CUE format seems limited to 100 minutes. Is there any way around this or should I take a different approach and just break it down into 40 individual songs?

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #1 –
Er, where are you getting the 100 minute limit from?  What player?

I've made dozens of 200-400 minute CUEs (radio streams) that play perfectly in foobar2000.
"Not sure what the question is, but the answer is probably no."

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #2 –
I'm drafting the cue sheet in notepad and testing with fb2k, where I see this error anytime I go over the 99 minute mark:

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Unable to open item for playback (invalid INDEX time syntax)


I did a bit of reading and it seems like the standard was never meant for more... but I gather this might be a matter of varying compatibility on different platforms and with different players. The tough thing is I need something the works for most people since I am prepping this album for release, not just my own personal use.

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #3 –
I don't think the standard was ever drafted with the intention that it would be used as a playlist in a media player.

What's wrong with using an actual playlist?
 

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #4 –
Hmm, interesting - for example, here's the last entry in a .cue file for a 65-song track:

Code: [Select]
TRACK 65 AUDIO
    TITLE "Cobblestoned Waltz"
    PERFORMER "Alias & Ehren"
    INDEX 01 281:20:00

The full .cue loads and plays just fine in fb2k v1.1.

I haven't tested in any other players, but it does make sense that something like triple-digit minute entries would throw other/most players for a loop.
"Not sure what the question is, but the answer is probably no."

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: greynol on
What's wrong with using an actual playlist?
Can a playlist do time indexing to create virtual "tracks" from a single source track? Does it depend what playlist format you use?

(I don't know - that's why I'm asking!)

Cheers,
David.

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #6 –
I don't know either.

I think a playlist should be able to pick songs from different single-file images in addition to everything else one would expect them to do.  I doubt a CUE sheet will ever be able to do that, nor do I think it should since CUE sheets are not playlists.

Cue sheets for 100+ minute album?

Reply #7 –
This is tiresome for me and probably all people who have to read this answer from me in every CUE-thread, but...

What's wrong with using MKV with chapters?
It's only audiophile if it's inconvenient.