foobar2000 1.4 beta has been released

Re: foobar2000 1.4 beta has been released

Reply #25 – 2018-01-16 23:50:43

REM DATE 1978
REM DISCID 85084809
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.3"
PERFORMER "The Cars"
TITLE "The Cars [UDSACD 2162]"
REM COMPOSER " "
FILE "The Cars - The Cars [UDSACD 2162].flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Good Times Roll"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "My Best Friend's Girl"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 03:46:21
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Just What I Needed"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 07:30:52
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "I'm In Touch With Your World"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 11:14:58
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Don't Cha Stop"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 00 14:45:69
    INDEX 01 14:47:04
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "You're All I've Got Tonight"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 17:50:67
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Bye Bye Love"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 22:05:02
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Moving In Stereo"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek;Greg Hawkes"
    INDEX 01 26:17:73
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "All Mixed Up"
    PERFORMER "The Cars"
    REM COMPOSER "Ric Ocasek"
    INDEX 01 31:02:33

Removed REM from composer but then the CUE didn't read.

Re: foobar2000 1.4 beta has been released

Reply #26 – 2018-01-17 01:50:13

"REM COMPOSER" is valid. "COMPOSER" is not. "REM" is a comment, remark, or something that's to be ignored by the burning application itself. The reason it fails to load after "REM" is removed is that's no longer a valid cuesheet.

You can change "REM COMPOSER" to "SONGWRITER" and the cuesheet will still load, but foobar2000 won't map it to composer.

"PERFORMER" is treated the same as track artist (or album artist if it's before the album title) by foobar2000 when it's reading cuesheets. It will always show the track artist if the field is filled in. A workaround is put the composer in the artist field but if this already filled, it may require some re-wording of the value itself.

How foobar2000 shows "artist" metadata by default ">" means that the field before it is empty so it goes to the next one.
Normal file: Track Artist > Album Artist > Composer > Performer > ?
Cuesheet: Track Performer > Album Performer > ?