[SOLVED] cdrdao: first few seconds of every track missing.

stf92 · 04-22-2012, 07:19 PM

Kernel 2.6.21.5, Slackware 12.0

Hi:
What is bad in this cue file?

Code:

$ cat mio3.cue
REM DISCID 00113A10
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b3"
TITLE "Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 25. 28. 29. & 35 'Haffner' - Walter"
FILE "01 Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - I - Allegro con brio_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - I - Allegro con brio"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:04:00
FILE "02 Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - II - Andante_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - II - Andante"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "03 Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - III - Menuetto-Trio_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - III - Menuetto-Trio"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "04 Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - IV - Allegro_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.25 in G Minor K.183 - IV - Allegro"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "05 Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - I - Allegro spiritoso_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - I - Allegro spiritoso"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:04:00
FILE "06 Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - II - Andante_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - II - Andante"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "07 Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - III - Menuetto, Allegretto-Trio_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - III - Menuetto, Allegretto-Trio"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "08 Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - IV - Presto_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.28 in C Major K.200 - IV - Presto"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "09 Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - I - Allegro moderato_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - I - Allegro moderato"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:04:00
FILE "10 Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - II - Andante_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - II - Andante"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "11 Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - III - Menuetto-Trio_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - III - Menuetto-Trio"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "12 Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - IV - Allegro spirito_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.29 in A Major K.201 - IV - Allegro spirito"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "13 Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - I - Allegro con spirito_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - I - Allegro con spirito"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:04:00
FILE "14 Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - II - Andante_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - II - Andante"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "15 Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - III - Menuetto-Trio_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - III - Menuetto-Trio"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00
FILE "16 Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - IV - Finale - Presto_2.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony No.35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385 - IV - Finale - Presto"
    FLAGS DCP
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:02:00

I run

Code:

$ cue2toc -o mio3.toc mio3.cue
$ cdrdao write --speed 4 --device /dev/hdc mio3.toc

and then, in the CD, the first few seconds of every track are missing. Any hint?

business_kid · 04-23-2012, 02:05 PM

Have you tried cdrecord, and gone the man page route? BTW his paranoid warnings about libc and make are unfounded.

jefro · 04-23-2012, 03:29 PM

I kind of agree. Making a .cue file and then using cue2toc to convert it makes no sense. Anything would be better than what you have. Worse is the choice of format uses, .wav is unlikely to run in many devices.

stf92 · 04-23-2012, 05:22 PM

These are a set of .flac files comprising six symphonies, each symphony comprising four files, each for each movement. They came with a .cue file. As the flacs were mono, I had first to convert them to stereo. But the .cue file, converted to .toc by cue2toc, produced errors when I ran cdrdao. So I had to edit the .cue.

Anyway, I need a means to control the gap sizes, because, between movements of the same symphony, I want a normal gap, and between a symphony and the first movement of the following I want a larger gap. Only way I know of doing this is with cdrdao. With cdrecord all the gaps will have the same duration.

EDIT: what was bad in my cue file is that there is no gap in the .wav itself. So
INDEX 0 00:00:00
INDEX 1 00:02:00
misses the first 2 seconds.

SharpyWarpy · 04-24-2012, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

These are a set of .flac files comprising six symphonies, each symphony comprising four files, each for each movement. They came with a .cue file. As the flacs were mono, I had first to convert them to stereo. But the .cue file, converted to .toc by cue2toc, produced errors when I ran cdrdao. So I had to edit the .cue.

Anyway, I need a means to control the gap sizes, because, between movements of the same symphony, I want a normal gap, and between a symphony and the first movement of the following I want a larger gap. Only way I know of doing this is with cdrdao. With cdrecord all the gaps will have the same duration.

EDIT: what was bad in my cue file is that there is no gap in the .wav itself. So
INDEX 0 00:00:00
INDEX 1 00:02:00
misses the first 2 seconds.

See the cdrecord manual and look at the padsize= option.

stf92 · 04-24-2012, 03:26 PM

Thanks, SharpyWarpy. I was using cdrdao with the PREGAP XX:XX:XX instruction to write audio but will now use cdrecord, which I trust better, with padsize=.