I was wondering if someone could assist me with a problem of mine. Namely - I have an ape music file and I want to convert it into mp3s.

The real problem, however, is that the ape file I have does not have a cue file. In addition, the ape file includes multiple tracks.

Whats the best way to convert this ape file into mp3 tracks? Whats the best way to split the file up without a cue file? I know the basics about the cd, is there anyway I can split the ape file up without the original cue file?

Sorry if I've made any etiquette mistakes in this post - I'm a newb to the board, and I'm just learnin' the ropes.

Thanks,
killias2.

I'm sure there are various ways that I wouln't bother with but that appeal more to other people. I would just decompress the .ape file, open it in an audio editor, cut where I wanted, and save separte files for each track. It is also possible to make a cue list within an editor. Various writing applications will use that to create separate CD tracks from the single WAV file.

I agree with AndyH-ha.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=365759
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=40740

You could also try Cuesheet Heaven to see if you can download the cuesheet.

Thanks for your replies!

I did manage to find the cue file on that website, but ape2cd doesn't seem to like the cue files I find. Perhaps I'm just doing it wrong, but I may have to divide it up manually.

Thanks guys.

Or, you could compress into the MP3 file and use MP3DirectCut to divine the silent parts between the tracks with "Pause Detection" and spilt the files out automatically.

You may need to edit the FILE command and ensure that it is referencing your file.

E.g.: if your APE file is called "CDImage.ape" ensure that it is in the same folder as your cuesheet and ensure that the line in the cuesheet is:

FILE "CDImage.ape" WAVE

I've never heard of ape2cd before so it's difficult to say.

NB: It may be doing things wrong; it may be worth trying:

FILE "CDImage.ape" APE

... if the above doesn't work. WAVE is correct though, only WAVE, AIFF and MP3 are actually valid values, but sometime other values are written.


Also, you could check out foobar. foobar will play these files, and burn to CD, convert to track MP3s, etc.

Well the simplest way is to use your Foobar2000 to do this

1, ensure that you got a recent version of Foobar
2, be sure that you have in your install directory(the "components") the file
"foo_converter.dll"

3, the last one is to be sure you got the Lame.exe, you can get it almost everywhere

4, open the APE file with your Foobar2000, right click on it, choose "Convert to"to build up your own rule: generally, a "standard"one will be already satisfying, but as you like it, you may configure it in some other way in order to have a MP3 file of higher quality...

good luck

There are various programs that will do tthat task without the destructive results of encoding to mp3s, WaveRepair for instance, if you are willing to accept what a program comes up with. In some cases it might even be close, if you're not too finicky, but these programs will often declare a new track anywhere the singer pauses slightly to take a deep breath.

SUCCESS!

I converted the APE to a WAV file using Monkey Audio. Then I imported a freedb cue sheet into WaveRepair, made sure the track points were right, then exported a new cue sheet. Finally, I mounted the new cue file in Daemon's Tools and used EAC to rip it.

Woot!!!

I'm sure there were easier ways, but I did it.

Much thanks to all involved. Together we have triumphed over the APE format and all of its lossless evil! :P

-killias2

I'm not sure there would be an easier way actually, not if you had to adapt the cuesheet. Goldwave will do the same as Wave Repair and works with some other formats, like MP3, but I very much doubt APE is on that list.

Way to listen.

You could have converted to wave and used foobar directly...

Good point. I totally missed the re-ripping bit!

I was only considering the process to get to a usable image+cue, for my sins.

Edit: To clarify killias2, once you had your WAVE and CUE you could have dragged the CUE into foobar, and then used the Converter component to split to tracks (be it WAVE, MP3, etc.). You could have also used a command line application called ACDIR.

Thanks Shade[ST].