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Originally posted by butty
i have mate but ive never dabbled in em |
Get invloved, they make burning so much easier.
Here's a FAQ from another BBS...
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Okay this is just in case some people don't know what cue files are and how to use them (or make them).
Right, you know how you get really long mixes? Well these cue files are used to tell the computer where one track finishes and another begins. They're really small text files and if you open it up with notepad or something similar you'll see all the information for each of the tracks.
Now you might ask why not just encode them as tracks but when you listen to the mp3's as track you always get gaps between tracks (even if you use some of the tweaks for winamp) while the computer laods up the next track. In addition it makes it really easy to burn the mp3 to CD and provides cd-text as well.
Listening to mp3's with cue files.
Firstly get a hold of a copy of winamp (Use this to listen to mp3's). http://www.winamp.com/download/ (there are other players, and windows media player will do, but I think this is one of the best). Now download the cue plugin for winamp so that it can use cue files. Get it here http://www.guerillasoft.com/mp3cue/mp3cue0.94.zip
Burning CDs using cue files.
Most of the ajor cd burning programs now support cue files but my preference is to use CDRWin. This is available as free download from here http://www.goldenhawk.com but is restricted to single speed burning. You'll need a crack or a cracked version for multi speed burning.
Once you've got it installed, open it and click on the top left icon (Record Disk). Once that is opened then "Load Cuesheet". Then that's you sorted. As an extra bonus if the cue file has the tracks names etc., CDRWin will burn that extra info as cd-text so if you've got a cd player that supports cd-text it'll display the track names while the cd is playing. Sweet.
Creating cue files.
You can either code them by hand or get a program to make them (let's take the easy option). If you're ripping anything from CD for a start you should be using Exact Audio Copy. It's the best program available for doing this and makes the best copy. It's freeware, very small, and easy to use. Get it here http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su0165/eac09b3.exe or go to the website for other versions http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/eac6.html
First you'll need to configure the program so do the followingl
Select "EAC" from the pull-down menu"
Then choose "Drive Options"
Click the tab at the top left that says "Extraction Method"
Click on "Detect Read Features"
Now click on the tab called "Drive"
Click on "Autodetect Read Command Now"
Now click OK
You can choose to create a cue file seperately or when you rip a cd.
If you want to rip a mix cd as one single file with a cue file do the following;
Select "Action" from the pull-down menu
Then "Copy image and create CUE sheet"
Then choose uncompressed or compressed as required (I do uncompressed then use RazorLame to encode it)
If you want to just create a cue sheet on it's own do this;
Select "Action" from the pull-down menu
Then "Create CUE Sheet"
Then select "Single wav file"
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