Can't burn CDs in K3b using CUE files (EAC-created)
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Can't burn CDs in K3b using CUE files (EAC-created)
Hi there.
I always get an error message when trying to burn an EAC-ripped CD (WAVE files + CUE sheet). The k3b program always generate message
Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format:
You may manually convert these audio files to wave using another application supporting the audio format and then add the wave files to the K3b project.
K3b burns without problems anything I pop into it, wav, flac, you name it - it only doesn't read the CUE files. Since EAC created CUE files are the only one I have, I can't compare with other CUE files, created by other application. Anyway, I'm giving you a listing of a typical EAC-generated CUE file so if you know what kind of CUE-input, k3b reads - maybe you could help me out to modify my CUE-files so k3b reads them properly.
REM GENRE "Punk Rock"
REM DATE 2003
REM DISCID EE0ABF13
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b4"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
TITLE "A Tribute To Ramones"
FILE "01 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair.wav" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Red Hot Chili Peppers - Havana Affair"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - Rob Zombie - Blitzkrieg Bop.wav" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Rob Zombie - Blitzkrieg Bop"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - Eddy Vedder and Zeke - I Believe In Miracles.wav" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Eddy Vedder and Zeke - I Believe In Miracles"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 - Metallica - 53 Rd and 3 Rd.wav" WAVE
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Metallica - 53 Rd and 3 Rd"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 - U2 - Beat On The Brat.wav" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "U2 - Beat On The Brat"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06 - Kiss - Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio.wav" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Kiss - Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "07 - Marilyn Manson - The Kkk Took My Baby Away.wav" WAVE
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Marilyn Manson - The Kkk Took My Baby Away"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "08 - Garbage - I Just Wanna Have Something To Do.wav" WAVE
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Garbage - I Just Wanna Have Something To Do"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "09 - Green Day - Outsider.wav" WAVE
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Green Day - Outsider"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "10 - The Pretenders - Something To Believe In.wav" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "The Pretenders - Something To Believe In"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "11 - Rancid - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker.wav" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "Rancid - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "12 - Pete Yorn - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.wav" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Pete Yorn - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "13 - The Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated.wav" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "The Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "14 - Rooney - Here Today,Gone Tomorrow.wav" WAVE
TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "Rooney - Here Today,Gone Tomorrow"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "15 - Tom Waits - Return Of Jackie and Judy.wav" WAVE
TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Tom Waits - Return Of Jackie and Judy"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 16 AUDIO
TITLE "silence"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 00 03:28:48
FILE "16 - silence.wav" WAVE
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "17 - silence.wav" WAVE
TRACK 17 AUDIO
TITLE "silence"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "18 - silence.wav" WAVE
TRACK 18 AUDIO
TITLE "silence"
PERFORMER "We're A Happy Family"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "19 - John Frusciante - Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World.wav" WAVE
TRACK 19 AUDIO
TITLE "John Frusciante - Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World"
Distribution: Slackware64 14.2 and current, SlackwareARM current
Posts: 1,646
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Maybe a silly question, but why don't you just drag the wav files over manually - from what I see the cue file doesn't give you many extra info that might be necessary and they are properly numbered, so that they should appear in the right order right after dragging them!?
Maybe a silly question, but why don't you just drag the wav files over manually - from what I see the cue file doesn't give you many extra info that might be necessary and they are properly numbered, so that they should appear in the right order right after dragging them!?
Well, that always works...but sometimes (perhaps the CUE I posted above ain't a good example) some (original) CDs are made in a certain way. They have sometimes a bit strange set of track-indexes that cannot really be re-created manually. I guess it's always easy to add stuff manually when it comes to no gaps vs. 2 sec gaps. That, I have no problem with adding on my own. But there are actually some weird track indexes. I've seen / heard long, 20 seconds gaps between the tracks containing sound instead of typical gap-silence, the voice of the singer talking to the audience before the next track. Probably the best example is live album, "Decade of Agression", by SLAYER. Burning a CD like this one, without proper CUE sheet, would make the mentioned 20-sec gap go into the previous track instead of being "hidden" between two tracks. So anyway, to make my story short, the reason I want to make CUE work in k3b is cause I want IDENTICAL copies of the original recording, with proper track indexing, simple as that. If I don't solve this, I'll only use k3b for burning of personal collections, while original CDs I'll keep burning in EAC, which, unfortunately, forces me to boot into Windows.
Distribution: Slackware64 14.2 and current, SlackwareARM current
Posts: 1,646
Rep:
It works okay if you use one big file with cue sheet (tested it some minutes ago with a .wav and a .flac file). Single files like you used it give me the same error. I hope that's a solution for you at least for the few live CDs where you need the gapless recording.
Nota bene: I did not test if the burned CD was gapless and an exact copy, but only if k3b accepts the cue files properly.
Last edited by titopoquito; 09-16-2007 at 05:05 PM.
Reason: clarification of the test I made (and made not)
It works okay if you use one big file with cue sheet (tested it some minutes ago with a .wav and a .flac file). Single files like you used it give me the same error. I hope that's a solution for you at least for the few live CDs where you need the gapless recording.
Nota bene: I did not test if the burned CD was gapless and an exact copy, but only if k3b accepts the cue files properly.
I don't think you understand what the problem is...
Gapless has never been an issue...
Nevermind...but thanks anyway...
I think I'll just stick to EAC for exact audio copies (just like the name says). I wish this would show up in Linux (or at least work properly in Wine)...
you could work around the problem by just splitting the track with the voice (right click -> split) at the point the music starts (or wherever you want) and then remove the 2 seconds gap (right click -> properties -> post gap). This will not be 'exact' as it will make the 'gap-speeches' a track on their own, but it gives you the index you want.
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