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Prodoc

Sep 12 2005, 09:12

I've got a Flac file with an external cuesheet. When I open the cuesheet and look at the files info there's a tag called "CUESHEET" which I can't remove or alter in any way.

The initial cuesheet for the Flac file is nice and clean:

CODE

PERFORMER "Fear Factory"
TITLE "Digimortal"
FILE "CDImage.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "What Will Become"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Damaged"
INDEX 01 03:23:62
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Digimortal"
INDEX 01 06:26:17
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "No One"
INDEX 01 09:28:65
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Linchpin"
INDEX 00 13:04:47
INDEX 01 13:05:62
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies)"
INDEX 01 16:30:62
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Acres Of Skin"
INDEX 01 20:25:35
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Back The Fuck Up"
INDEX 01 24:21:00
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Byte Block"
INDEX 01 27:30:05
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Hurt Conveyor"
INDEX 01 32:50:45
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "(Memory Imprints) Never End"
INDEX 01 36:31:22
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Dead Man Walking"
INDEX 00 43:19:17
INDEX 01 43:21:25
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "Strain vs. Resistance"
INDEX 01 46:38:10
TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "Repentance"
INDEX 01 50:03:27
TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Full Metal Contact"
INDEX 01 52:43:60

The CUESHEET tag contains a different cuesheet again with identical track times:

CODE

REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN -9.61 dB
REM REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK 1.000000
FILE "DUMMY" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 01"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 02"
INDEX 01 03:23:62
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 03"
INDEX 01 06:26:17
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 04"
INDEX 01 09:28:65
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 05"
INDEX 00 13:04:47
INDEX 01 13:05:62
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 06"
INDEX 01 16:30:62
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 07"
INDEX 01 20:25:35
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 08"
INDEX 01 24:21:00
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 09"
INDEX 01 27:30:05
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 10"
INDEX 01 32:50:45
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 11"
INDEX 01 36:31:22
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 12"
INDEX 00 43:19:17
INDEX 01 43:21:25
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 13"
INDEX 01 46:38:10
TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 14"
INDEX 01 50:03:27
TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Track 15"
INDEX 01 52:43:60

I haven't been using lossless audio formats a lot yet, the same goes for cuesheets. Can someone explain a bit about the internal cuesheet? I can't just open the Flac file itself, I need to use the external cuesheet, so what's the point in having both?
Why am I not able to remove or alter the internal cuesheet? Is this normal or a foobar bug?

hunted

Sep 12 2005, 12:57

Try right clicking on one track in the album, and go to Utils->Edit Cue sheet->Enable embedded cue sheet on this file

Prodoc

Sep 12 2005, 14:06

QUOTE(hunted @ Sep 12 2005, 07:57 PM)

Try right clicking on one track in the album, and go to Utils->Edit Cue sheet->Enable embedded cue sheet on this file

Ah, so that's how it works, thank you!

...This makes me wonder, should the internal cuesheet be displayed as a tag when I load the external cuesheet? If you can't do anything with the cuesheet as a tag there's no real point in listing it. It would be better if the files get a different marking of some sort indicating that an internal cuesheet is available.
Is the internal cuesheet stored in the flac file as an actual tag? If yes, why doesn't it show up as a tag when I look at the file info of the flac tracks if I don't load the external cuesheet?

foosion

Sep 12 2005, 14:48

The internal cue sheet is automatically hidden when viewing one of the tracks directly. You tricked this mechanism by using the external cuesheet.

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