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splitting files
Hi,
it's been a while. I just downloaded a cd as a single ape file. I notice this kind of thing is offered fairly often. I've been told the file can be split up using foobar. Here is where I am: I downloaded foobar. In foobar, I opened the .cue file for the corresponding ape file. The indexing for the individual tracks appeared in the Foobar window. I then selected the whole lot and right clicked. A menu appeared with the option "convert" at the bottom. I selected "convert" and sure enough I was asked what new format I wanted to change the files to and where to store them. I presume the new version will be in the form of the subfiles/tracks as listed. But I only presume because I haven'te done yet. That is because when I opted to convert to .flac, a flag came up advising me that although I was converting from a lossy format to a lossless format, the quality wouldn't improve, the files would merely take up more space. .......But the original master file for the cd was ape, which I understand to be lossless. Is this flag merely a glitch in present version of Foobar, or am I missing something? thanks for allways being THE place to go when I'm confused. No members have liked this post.
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Re: splitting files
ape is lossless, dunno much about foobar so hopefully someone else can address that "issue"
if splittin it via foobar doesn't work, you can always decode the .ape file to .wav, and then use Audacity to split the tracks, and then use Traders Little Helper to fix any SBEs and convert to flac: Quote:
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Re: splitting files
Just as an aside to the above post: That's exactly how I track my shows, and sort the SBE's. I've always wondered though, is using TLH to fix any SBE's acceptable enough? I'm assuming that there's no quality loss doing it this way otherwise you guys wouldn't suggest it surely, but the term "Fix" to me always implies there was a problem with the original files which needs sorting.
I don't think I've explained that very well, but I hope you get what I mean... No members have liked this post.
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Re: splitting files
no, there's no problem with "fixing" any SBE's as opposed to cutting each track exactly on sector boundaries
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Re: splitting files
Yeah, that's what I meant. Thanks.
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Re: splitting files
This has me thinking.
When I split my own recordings I just toss the cut wavs in TLH then encode to flac 8 Should I click the 'Align on sector boundries' box? I never have before and have never had someone complain about my flacs- however I would like to keep it that way!
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Re: splitting files
you probably have SBEs on all of your shows then... try running a "len" check on one of your shows this way, it will tell you if there are SBEs or not. (TLH analyze tab)
never does any harm to check the 'align on sector boundaries' box, enable that for sure SBEs aren't a problem for a computer, but if the show is burned to audio cdr you will get microgaps except nero which will delete out some of the samples (!!)
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Re: splitting files
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Re: splitting files
That explains it- I use CD Wave.
I think I'll check it anyway just to be safe. What shift type should I use? Also I use usually use nero for burning audio- sometimes I use EAC, should I just use EAC from now on? I don't like the way 'delete out some of the samples' sounds!
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Re: splitting files
shift type doesn't matter much... backward is default and fine in 99.99% of cases
disregard my previous comment... with cdwave you're golden when it comes to burning audio cdrs EAC is best because it can burn with correct offsets if you configure it properly (see link in my signature). when you get it spot-on it is actually possible to burn to audio cdr, re-extract and maintain exact matching fingerprints! normally there is not a hope in hell of doing such a thing. before you burn anything you should run a len check to test for SBEs just in case. or if you use foobar2000 as your player here's a nifty trick: Quote:
if you just want to burn audio cdrs quickly burrrn freeware can do it directly from FLAC files ... of course your checksums will be ruined by not using EAC, but only by your drive's offset, the rest will be sample-accurate (so long as there's no SBEs). for DATA CDRs/DVD-R/DVD+R etc I love imgburn freeware ... essential imo!! there is no advantage to Nero these days, its bloatware to the max!!
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Re: splitting files
Jamie:
I've tested - burned with Nero, then extracted that CDR with EAC, and the checksums match. I think you are slagging Nero needlessly. Then again, I never upgraded past Nero 6.
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Re: splitting files
I'm still using NERO 6 as well. Sound Forge 6 too.
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Re: splitting files
Dennis I'm shocked... could it be that your write offset = zero?? what model burner is that? :hmm
I burned a set using burrrn a month or two ago and re-extracted with EAC secure (offsets correct) and the samples were all pushed over from the burner's offset as expected. you can actually count the samples and match it to the accuraterip database. mr rspencer could I bother you to try this out with your copy of Nero 6? I need to go get some cdrs and burn some coasters soon myself, if the checksums remain the same I'll be a monkey's uncle!
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Re: splitting files
I'm using a Sony DRU-800A, offset setting is +12 (per the EAC data base).
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