Hi Guys, Please forgive what probably seems to you a dumbass question...

How do I extract the mp3's contained in one single long mix using the cue sheet?

Ive just started using fb2k.

Thanks in advance.

If you use foobar you will need to decode and re-encode the MP3 data, which loses quality. If this is not an issue then it should be a case of dragging the cuesheet into foobar, selecting all tracks, right-clicking, and choosing "Convert". My guide here may help. It details splitting an APE file with embedded cuesheet, but if you drag the CUE into foobar rather than an APE the rest is the same.

Note that the guide is for foobar 0.8.3. Are you using 0.8.3 or 0.9?

If you want to split the file without having to re-encode then I would suggest pcutmp3, although I must admit I've never used it. An alternative is musiCutter I believe, but pcutmp3 was written to improve upon musicCutter.

Thanks for the tips. Ive just found exactly what I was looking for...

http://freeware.filehungry.com/english/pro...ls/cue_splitter

Simple to use and basically extracts all files without any reencoding.

Beware.

I'd strongly advise against using this "cue splitter" program. It breaks gapless playback, which makes the whole operation kind of pointless.

Use pcutmp3 instead for much better results, as SyntheticSoul suggested.

Can anyone explain how to use pcutmp3. I cant seem to open the jar file for it. Do I need to load that into fb2k or what?

Thanks.

Download pcutmp3.jar from the thread I linked to, and put it in the same folder as your cuesheet and MP3 (I tried putting mine in a PATH folder and it didn't work, maybe there's a Java folder you can dump these things in?).

From the command line (Start Menu > Run) navigate to the folder in which the files are located, then simply run the command, e.g.:

java -jar pcutmp3.jar --cue "Ben Folds Five.mp3.cue" "Ben Folds Five.mp3"

If you are unfamiliar with navigating folders from the command line I would suggest installing Clickie. This really handy application gives you the ability to right click on a folder in windows and open a command line (DOS) window starting in that folder. I use it all the time, and the "copy path to clipboard" command as well.

Many thanks synthetic Soul for the help. Ive got it working now and that little clickie program came in real handy also.

However, Ive used both pcutmp3 and Cue Splitter to split the same file. When cut the both results leave slight but audible gaps between tracks. Also Cue Splitter seems to retain the original ID Tags where pcutmp3 does not. Its a dance mix so I would love to have it without any small gaps between tracks at all.

I havn;t bunred the files to CD yet. When burned do these gaps still remain?

Have you tried the files in foobar 0.9?

I think pcutmp3 will copy ID3v1 tags, but not ID3v2.

I can only assume a normal burner would still have the gaps. However, according to this post in the pcutmp3 thread, if you burn with foobar (presumably the hacked 0.8.3 version or 0.9) it will be gapless. foo_burninate requires Nero 6 last time I heard.

That said, if you want to burn to CD, you may as well use the MP3 image with cuesheet. Burrrn can do that for you.

In foobar 0.9 they'll play gaplessly, in foobar 0.8.3 you'll need to edit a DLL so that LAME encoder delays longer than a frame are supported. See post 5 in the pcutmp3 thread for instructions on how to do this.

There are no dumb questions, friend.

mp3DirectCut from http://www.mpesch3.de/ does this without re-encoding.

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Pootle