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File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Hello everyone,

Several of my flac files (along with cue sheet in a separate file) have their file names in an order which i wish to change so that i can have uniformity among all the .flac files. And i even wish to edit the Flac tags in foobar so that the files are abundant with metadata.

  Q1.)  Will this action of mine have any impact on these accurately ripped files? i.e will it make the files in accurate?(this may sound stupid but getting things cleared beforehand is better than repenting later)

  Q2.)  Now that the file metadate have changed including the file names should i change the original .cue sheet to make it compatible with the new files? If yes then how and what all changes?

  Q3.) then again there is the log file _a proof of accurate rip results_ is it necessary to change even this especially the file names.
   
  Q4.) Does foobar2000 and mp3tag tag editing have the same effects on the final file? And of these 2 which one is better in terms of reliability?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Reply #1
Renaming files doesn't change the accuracy of the rip.

Retagging files doesn't change the accuracy of the rip.

Cuetools will modify the cue sheet to reflect the changed file names.

Editing the log file makes no material difference.

foobar2000 and MP3Tag both do the same thing if you configure them in the same way. There may be some obscure tasks that one achieves but the other can't, but for mainstream renaming and retagging there is no material difference. However, IIRC foobar2000 defaults to ID3v2.4 tags, which aren't universally read, so you may want to manually set it to ID3v2.3.

File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Reply #2
Thanks ouroboros

can u please tell me in a little detail the procedure for this
"Cuetools will modify the cue sheet to reflect the changed file names."
I have the software already installed but no luck using it ;(

File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Reply #3
Pick the cue sheet and select "Correct Filenames", then "Go"


File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Reply #5
Sorry about that. One of the downfalls of foobar2000 releases being so reliable and well tested, and of automatic updating being so easy, is that you get out of the habit of checking release notes... I just update automatically these days, and that change completely passed me by.

 

File names and Cue Sheet CONNECTION in flac?

Reply #6
I did as you had told. Cuetools > Correct filenames. It's good and it worked, However i think i only reflects to changes in the filenames and not on the flac tags. i.e if you have changed the individual tracks metadata that won't be seen in the cue sheet. Is there any way to do so.
Now i did the changes using the correct filenames option and it corrected the filenames and extensions, but when i tried playing that in foobar2000 i got this error
"Unable to open item for playback (Error parsing cuesheet: invalid index list (line 55)):
"E:\...\Pocahontas\Pocahontas Soundtrack.flac.cue"" Here's the new cue sheet generated by cuetools. Please let me know the problem.

Code: [Select]
REM GENRE Soundtrack
REM DATE 1995
REM DISCID 930D381C
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "Various"
TITLE "Pocahontas Soundtrack"
FILE "Pocahontas - 01 - The Virginia Company.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "The Virginia Company"
PERFORMER "Chorus"
PREGAP 00:00:32
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 02 - Ship At Sea (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Ship At Sea"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 03 - The Virginia Company (Reprise).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "The Virginia Company (Reprise)"
PERFORMER "Chorus and Mel Gibson"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 04 - Steady As The Beating Drum (Main Title).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Steady As The Beating Drum (Main Title)"
PERFORMER "Chorus"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 05 - Steady As The Beating Drum (Reprise).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Steady As The Beating Drum (Reprise)"
PERFORMER "Jim Cummings"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 06 - Just Around The Riverbend.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Just Around The Riverbend"
PERFORMER "Judy Kuhn"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 07 - Grandmother Willow.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Grandmother Willow"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 08 - Listen With Your Heart I.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Listen With Your Heart I"
PERFORMER "Linda Hunt and Bobbi Page"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Mine, Mine, Mine"
PERFORMER "David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson, and Chorus"
INDEX 00 01:07:72
FILE "Pocahontas - 09 - Mine, Mine, Mine.flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 10 - Listen With Your Heart II.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Listen With Your Heart II"
PERFORMER "Linda Hunt and Bobbi Page"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "Colors Of The Wind"
PERFORMER "Judy Kuhn"
INDEX 00 02:45:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 11 - Colors Of The Wind.flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Savages (Part I)"
PERFORMER "David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, and Chorus"
INDEX 00 03:33:42
FILE "Pocahontas - 12 - Savages (Part 1).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 13 - Savages (Part 2).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "Savages (Part 2)"
PERFORMER "Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, and Chorus"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "I'll Never See Him Again"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 00 02:15:07
FILE "Pocahontas - 14 - I'll Never See Him Again (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Pocahontas"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 00 01:54:05
FILE "Pocahontas - 15 - Pocahontas (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 16 - Council Meeting (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
TITLE "Council Meeting"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 17 - Percy's Bath (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 17 AUDIO
TITLE "Percy's Bath"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 18 - River's Edge (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 18 AUDIO
TITLE "River's Edge"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 19 - Skirmish (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 19 AUDIO
TITLE "Skirmish"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 20 AUDIO
TITLE "Getting Aquainted"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 00 02:02:25
FILE "Pocahontas - 20 - Getting Aquainted (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 21 - Ratcliffe's Plan (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 21 AUDIO
TITLE "Ratcliffe's Plan"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 22 AUDIO
TITLE "Picking Corn"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 00 01:46:52
FILE "Pocahontas - 22 - Picking Corn (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 23 - The Warriors Arrive (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 23 AUDIO
TITLE "The Warriors Arrive"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 24 AUDIO
TITLE "John Smith Sneaks Out"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 00 01:22:43
FILE "Pocahontas - 24 - John Smith Sneaks Out (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 25 - Execution (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 25 AUDIO
TITLE "Execution"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 26 - Farewell (Instrumental).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 26 AUDIO
TITLE "Farewell"
PERFORMER "Instrumental"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 27 AUDIO
TITLE "Colors Of The Wind (End Title)"
PERFORMER "Vanessa Williams"
INDEX 00 04:45:73
FILE "Pocahontas - 27 - Colors Of The Wind (End Title).flac" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Pocahontas - 28 - If I Never Knew You (Love Theme From POCAHONTAS).flac" WAVE
  TRACK 28 AUDIO
TITLE "If I Never Knew You (Love Theme From Pocahontas)"
PERFORMER "Jon Secada and Shanice"
INDEX 01 00:00:00