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Topic: [EAC] files in m3u playlist and cue file are in .wav format (Read 1227 times) previous topic - next topic
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[EAC] files in m3u playlist and cue file are in .wav format

Hello,

First of all, English is not my primary language so sorry for some grammar errors.

I wanted to rip my CD's to my computer with Exact audio copy, in flac format.
I have never done this, this is new for me.

The ripping of the CD's went good, but when I want to open the cue file and the m3u playlist, I am getting an error.
When I open the cue file and the m3u file in notepad, I see that all the files are listed in the .wav extension, but I ripped them in flac.
Now I have to manually edit the cue file and m3u playlist, and change all the files to the flac extension.

I have searched for this problem, but I can't find anything about this.
I am on Windows 10, and have all the setting like this guide: https://captainrookie.com/how-to-setup-exact-audio-copy-for-flac-ripping/

How can I get the cue file and m3u playlist to list the files in flac format?
Thank you in advance for your answer.



Re: [EAC] files in m3u playlist and cue file are in .wav format

Reply #1
I haven't duplicated your issue with .m3u files in EAC 1.6. I'm getting the correct extension.

With regard to the .cue file,
I don't see an issue with the primary External Compression while ripping to Image + CUE sheet in EAC 1.6. You do need to do some editing for the Additional External Compression to create a .cue file.
EAC doesn't have an option to create a .cue file while ripping tracks. You have to create the .cue separately and EAC by default creates a .cue for .wav files. There's no option to specify the extension.
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You can manually edit the extension in notepad or can load the .cue into CUETools*
Action > Correct filenames > Change extension > flac
to change all the extensions (the Overwrite option will do this in place, otherwise a new .flac.cue file will be created.)
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* note: there may be other .cue editing/creation tools that can also do this.
korth

 

Re: [EAC] files in m3u playlist and cue file are in .wav format

Reply #2
Thank you for your answer.
I will edit the cue files with CUEtools, and I think I am going to create the playlists also with another program.