Hi!
I have downloaded a .APE file of about 400mb with the related cue.
What to use to split it in different traks?

Normally I use EAC to rip mi cds but i did not found an option to manage this problem.

What do you suggest?

Thanks

Giorgio

I'm going to assume that this was a legal download.

I would suggest foobar2000, or ACDIR or CueProc for the commandline.

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...sheet#Splitting

yes it is

thanks

foobar2000 can split it for you by loading the cue sheet (not the APE file) and converting the tracks to another format (such as APE or FLAC, whatever). If you use foobar2000 you don't actually need to split it though since it can just play each track using the cue sheet.

Interesting. I have foobar2000 (basic without add-on) but I did not found the option for splitting.
I'll try again.

Thanks

foobar does not need any additional components to deal with cuesheets; however it does to deal with APE files. Download foo_input_monkey and put it in the /components folder.

Open the cuesheet in Notepad and ensure that the FILE statement correctly references your APE file.

Drag the cuesheet into a foobar playlist - foobar should list all tracks on the album.

To convert, select all tracks and choose "Convert" > "Convert To..." from the context (right-click) menu.

You can set up new Converter profiles in Preferences. If you check the wiki I expect there are guides to help you. You may be OK using one of the defaults though.

NB: If you are converting to MP3 tracks ensure you have LAME in your foobar folder, or a folder in PATH.

You are great!
Everyone in this forum...
Thanks again

foo_input_monkey was already in the folder. Infact I play normally .ape files.
The Cuesheet has this description and should be ok:
PERFORMER "Various Artists"
TITLE "Café Del Mar Vol.1"
FILE "CDImage.ape" APE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Agua"
PERFORMER "Jose Padilla"
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:33
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "The Story Of Light"
PERFORMER "William Orbit (Strange Cargo)"
INDEX 00 07:37:38
INDEX 01 07:39:48
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)"
PERFORMER "Sabres Of Paradise"
INDEX 00 13:55:15
INDEX 01 13:57:20
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Music For A Found Harmonium"
PERFORMER "Penguin Cafe Orchestra"
INDEX 00 18:13:18
INDEX 01 18:14:63
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Sundance"
PERFORMER "Sun Electric"
INDEX 00 21:12:10
INDEX 01 21:13:53
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Fanfare Of Life"
PERFORMER "Leftfield"
INDEX 00 25:40:23
INDEX 01 25:42:03
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "The Hypnotist"
PERFORMER "Sisterlove"
INDEX 00 31:47:18
INDEX 01 31:49:33
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Second Hand"
PERFORMER "Underworld"
INDEX 00 40:48:70
INDEX 01 40:50:63
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Crazy Ivan"
PERFORMER "Ver Vlads"
INDEX 00 49:51:30
INDEX 01 49:52:33
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Estelle"
PERFORMER "A Man Called Adam"
INDEX 00 56:26:43
INDEX 01 56:28:15
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "On The Rocks"
PERFORMER "Obiman"
INDEX 00 63:14:28
INDEX 01 63:16:20
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Sunset At The Cafe Del Mar"
PERFORMER "Tabula Rasa"
INDEX 00 69:39:63
INDEX 01 69:41:65

Dragging the cue file into a foobar playlist the list of all tracks appears ....

But at this moment I would like simply to split the file and not to convert it in another format. It is necessary in any case to use the .APE encoder during conversion? Strange...
I see that in the perferences/tools/converter are listed some default encoders. Where are they stored in the foobar dir/folders?


Thanks

Whatever format you want - even if it's APE - you will need to re-encode to split the file. If you want APE files then, yes, you will need to use MAC.EXE in a Converter profile. foobar will look for the default profile encoders in the foobar folder (or a folder in PATH); however if you set up a custom profile to convert to APE you can specify the path to the encoder.

Great album by the way, the best of the Cafe del Mar discs. I lost interest after #6 or so.

I didn't find Café Del Mar CDs sold as downloadable product on their official site. I'd be interested in buying a lossless downloadable version of this album as well. Where can it be found?

Lossless? I don't know. Maybe lossy, but I've never looked.

I bought the first 8 Cafe Del Mar discs during trips to England and Scandinavia. I found out later that some of the European discs have an extra track or two over the US versions. (except for #8 which has 1 fewer, weird).

Hi!
I started my job using foobar.
At this time I would like to split only (input=.ape output=.ape) with the cue file
I added (as suggested) into the converter parameter as custom converter MAC.exe. I have foobar v0.9.4.3
1) In the command line enconder settings map I defined:
extension of the new file = .ape

Parameers = -q 0.60 -ignorelength -if - -of %d
This is a presetting of MP4(nero). I do not understand the meaning. Anyone can explain?

Then I selected:
Format = Loosless

Highest BPS mode supported = 32 (??)

2) The I select "convert to the same directory", APE encoder and I have this error:

Error writing to file (Encoder has terminated prematurely with code -1; please re-check parameters)
: file://F:\My Music\MP3\COMPILATIONS\Cafè del Mar Vol. 1\Various Artists - Café Del Mar Vol.1 - Jose Padilla - Agua.ape


3) In the converter parameters I selected in the "output file name" the following format:
Various Artists - %album% - [%artist% - %title%]....the same that I have in the input file

What is the meaning of the other parameters:
Album Images:
Previews:

Some other suggestion for parameters?
I would like to convert a unique .ape file with cue to spiltted .ape files with the same filename format and the same quality.

Other question is about foobar playlist. Is seems that they are not updated after file tagging modification. I have to delete the items from the playlist and then load again with add directory or files....
Some add on missing (I have the basic version) ?

Thanks

Use the "..." button to point foobar to the location of MAC.EXE on your machine (or leave as is and put it in the foobar directory).

Bear in mind the following table when considering the -cXXXX switch:


foobar should tell you what setting the source file was created with in the Properties dialogue.