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why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Hi there

Almost every cue file I download seems to refer to a .wav file and not a .ape file, so I have to open in notepad and edit this each time. Is there a reason for this, and is there a programme to burn disks from these cue files without having to edit it first?

Thanks,
Mark.

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #1 –
http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Cuesheet

What are you using to create your cue sheets?
Do you mean WAVE at the end of the FILE line?  This is harmless and can be left as-is even when your file is .ape.  The cue sheet does however need to reference the filename (in parentheses) with correct extension.

FILE "myfile.ape" WAVE

Burrrn is an excellent program for burning cue + image discs.

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #2 –
I believe that the creator intended that the APE file must be decompressed prior to writing the CD. APE files, especially with Extra High compression require too much CPU power for decoding to be reliably writen at medium to high speeds. It is possible that at the time your download was first seeded, this was more of an issue.

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #3 –
Quote from: j7n on
I believe that the creator intended that the APE file must be decompressed prior to writing the CD. APE files, especially with Extra High compression require too much CPU power for decoding to be reliably writen at medium to high speeds. It is possible that at the time your download was first seeded, this was more of an issue.



Hi Guys,
thanks for the response.
All the cue files I have are downloaded. When I buy CD's I do not have a need to encode them to anything, so all the cue/ape files are from the net... here is an example of what I mean:

PERFORMER "The Doors"
TITLE "L.A. Woman"
FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Changeling"
    PERFORMER "The Doors"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Love her Madly"
    PERFORMER "The Doors"
    INDEX 00 04:21:07
    INDEX 01 04:22:57
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Been Down So Long"
    PERFORMER "The Doors"
    INDEX 00 07:42:10
    INDEX 01 07:45:47


In this case, the .rar file I downloaded has a .cue and a .ape file, so the CDImage.wav in the text above has to be changed to CDImage.ape for it to work. I use burrn to make the CD and it does take about 5 mins before the burn begins. Nero starts immediately but seems a bit quirky with ape, crashes sometimes.

Thanks again,
Mark.

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #4 –
The simple answer is that WAV is the format most supported by drive emulation software. So if you want to mount the CUE, you make it refer to WAVs, not lossless files.
EAC>1)fb2k>LAME3.99 -V 0 --vbr-new>WMP12 2)MAC-Extra High

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #5 –
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I use burrn to make the CD and it does take about 5 mins before the burn begins.


So it appears that Burrn also decompresses the file before writing.


But it is very easy to alter just 3 or 4 bytes in the CUE file, compared to the time it takes to download (via emule I think). Just create button of Notepad somewhere in your file manager and drag the cue over it to open quickly.

why does the .cue file refer to .wav and not .ape?

Reply #6 –
It is not acceptable to discuss the process of downloading copyright material on this board.

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