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Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Hello all,

I have downloaded a compilation mix CD. The CD has seperate MP3 tracks. I want to merge the MP3's to one file (without re-encoding) en automaticly make a cuesheet for this file.

I have used Google to find software to do bus and tried servel programs but didn't find any that could do this. The closest program to do this is XRecorde II. It has an merge/CUE option but it also convert the files.

Is there any way to do this with Foobar or does anyone know any software that does this?

Thanks!

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #1 –
Why do you need to merge the mp3's in to one mp3 file and cue sheet?

Maybe there is a better way of getting the result you need.
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Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #2 –
AFAIK, this is not really possible. First, the mp3s need to have tags which deal with encoder and decoder delay and I can't really see how to accomplish this.

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #3 –
Read this: http://vault-tec.info/post/59588020538/los...heet-generation

It seems there's a tool that can do this; however, it's been abandoned and googling points to some "issues." Also looks to be for XP and earlier. Use at your own risk!

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #4 –
Thanks for your replys... Another question, is it possible to merge mp3's from mix cds without gaps?

When I play them in Foobar the track go smooth, but when I merge them with mp3directcut they have gaps.

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #5 –
No, not really possible. I can think of one scenario where it is, but it doesn't apply to you and isn't worth explaining.

The best you can do, if you can't rip the entire disc (or whatever tracks you want merged) to a single file and MP3-encode that, is to use foobar2000's converter: select the tracks you want in the playlist, right-click, convert, and in the converter settings, under Destination, choose to "merge all tracks into one output file". The output will be as gapless as it was when you played the files in fb2k, but will either take up way more space (if you save to a lossless format) or will be of degraded quality (if you save to a lossy format). It'd be good practice to name the file in a way that indicates it was transcoded from MP3.

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #6 –
Quote from: JW82 on
Thanks for your replys... Another question, is it possible to merge mp3's from mix cds without gaps?

When I play them in Foobar the track go smooth, but when I merge them with mp3directcut they have gaps.


That is because the individual files have headers that tell the player to skip from "the middle of" the last frame (where the song actually ends). When you merge these tracks that gap is no longer at the end of the file. Not that I'm an expert on this, but I would assume that the only way to get a direct cut here is to remove the last frame, cutting off a little bit of the music.

I still don't understand what you need a single mp3 for - can't you just use a folder and a playlist?

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #7 –
Quote from: JW82 on
I have downloaded a compilation mix CD. The CD has seperate MP3 tracks. I want to merge the MP3's to one file (without re-encoding) en automaticly make a cuesheet for this file.


This http://www.mergemp3.com/ does not make cuesheet but merge the MP3's to one file without re-encoding if you need.

Merge MP3 and create CUE without re-encoding

Reply #8 –
Quote from: newman079 on
Quote from: JW82 on
I have downloaded a compilation mix CD. The CD has seperate MP3 tracks. I want to merge the MP3's to one file (without re-encoding) en automaticly make a cuesheet for this file.


This http://www.mergemp3.com/ does not make cuesheet but merge the MP3's to one file without re-encoding if you need.


I'm not familar with mergemp3, so don't know how it performs.

I used to use two methods to merge MP3 files:

Method one:  Mix MP3s from the Command line.

By utilizing this method, only one line of code is needed to join multiple mp3 files:
copy /b *filename1.mp3 c:\joinedfile.mp3.
The “*filename1.mp3” part defines the source directory of your files. Replacing “filename1.mp3” with the right url path of your files. This will combine all mp3 files in the file alphanumerically. If you only want to join files starting with a letter a, simply add an “a” before “*”, so that’s a*filename1.mp3.
c:\joinedfilename.mp3 defines the target directory for joined files. You can also replace it with any filename you want here.

Method two: Merge MP3 files w/o re-encoding

Since the above method would take longer time to get MP3 files merged, I dig out an easier and faster way to merge MP3 files into one. It is a real timesaver.

The only drawback is you need to register to remove the limitation.