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Topic: Problem converting FLAC to WAV + Cue (Read 2099 times) previous topic - next topic
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Problem converting FLAC to WAV + Cue

I want to convert albums that I have stored as FLAC files with embedded Cue sheet to uncompressed WAV files with external Cue sheet.
I drag the FLAC file into foobar, all tracks are displayed right and can be played. I select them all, right click on them, and choose convert. I pick WAV as output format and multi-track files as destination.

After the writing of the file has finished, foobar gives me an error message like this:
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1 out of 1 tracks converted with major problems.

Source: "C:\source.flac"
  Track converted successfully.
  Could not write chapter information: Error parsing cuesheet: unknown cuesheet item (line 1)


The resultng WAV file is glitch-free, but has no accompanying Cue sheet.

Here is an exampe Cue sheet:
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REM GENRE Progressive Metal
REM DATE 2011
REM DISCID 4D056706
REM COMMENT ExactAudioCopy v1.0b3
CATALOG 0822603123623
PERFORMER "Cynic"
TITLE "Carbon-based Anatomy"
REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN -6.46 dB
REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK 0.999969
FILE "Carbon-Based Anatomy.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Amidst the Coals"
    ISRC FR33T1023601
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -0.25 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.687714
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Carbon-based Anatomy"
    ISRC FR33T1023602
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -7.01 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.899658
    INDEX 01 02:11:31
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Bija!"
    ISRC FR33T1023603
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -2.74 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.999969
    INDEX 01 08:35:56
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Box up my Bones"
    ISRC FR33T1023604
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -7.15 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.976044
    INDEX 01 11:03:11
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Elves beam out"
    ISRC FR33T1023605
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -8.41 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.979218
    INDEX 01 16:35:71
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Hieroglyph"
    ISRC FR33T1023606
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN +0.82 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.654663
    INDEX 01 20:35:20

Problem converting FLAC to WAV + Cue

Reply #1 –
1. Why WAV? FLAC is smaller and better supports metadata and embedded cue sheets.
2. This is what CUETools was made for. It might be a bit much for fb2k.

Problem converting FLAC to WAV + Cue

Reply #2 –
I took WAV as the simplest possible example. The problem isn't limited to WAV, it happens as well when I try to convert FLAC with embedded Cue to a new FLAC file with embedded Cue. The resulting FLAC file appears healthy and the tracks can be accessed properly, but foobar reports an error regarding writing chapters.
Maybe foobar tries to write chapters in a way that is not compatible with the output format?