Cue Sheet Blues revisited...

[benitox]

After much frustration trying to get Max to open/interpret a cue sheet/ape file combo a few months ago I gave up.
Today whilst tidying up my hard disk I playfully double-clicked the cue sheet and lo-and-behold all the tracks showed up ready for conversion! Then the dialog offering the Max update to 8.0 came up over the top, so I enthusiastically accepted.
On re-launch of the new version, the cue sheet is no longer usable - there are no tracks listed where there were before, only the Artist and Album fields at the top of the window have data.

It makes no difference whether I open the file by clicking or from the File>Open menu as advised on this forum (why would it?)...

As an aside, I noticed the 'file modified' date on the cue sheet has changed although I didn't change anything, only attempted to open and then closed the file. If Max changes data, shouldn't it ask before saving?

I find Max very useful for downsampling mp3 files to fit on my basic mp3 player, but this Flac/ape cue sheet bizzo is driving me insane!

[sbooth]

Max doesn't modify cue sheets; at least, it shouldn't. Can you send me the problematic cue sheet so I can take a look? Also, are there any error messages printed to the console?

[benitox]

cue sheet attached...

You mean error messages in Max's log?
Nothing there, just "Max successfully launched"...
I must admit I know nothing about using the Terminal app is that's where you mean.

Thanks for looking at this.

[sbooth]

I actually mean in Console, which is an application in your Utilities folder. Any error messages from Max should show up there.

[sbooth]

Does the wave file (CDImage.wav) exist in the same directory as the cue?

[benitox]

Does the wave file (CDImage.wav) exist in the same directory as the cue?

Yes, with the same name except it is an ape file: "CDImage.ape"

Console Log reports:
2008-04-09 15:47:34.103 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.103 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.103 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.103 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.104 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.104 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.104 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.104 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.104 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.105 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.105 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.105 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.109 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.109 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.109 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.110 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.110 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.110 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.110 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.110 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.111 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.111 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’
2008-04-09 15:47:34.112 Max[710] *** Assertion failure in -[CoreAudioDecoder initWithFilename:], /tmp/Max-0.8/Decoders/CoreAudioDecoder.m:35
2008-04-09 15:47:34.113 Max[710] Caught an exception: FSPathMakeRef failed: ˇˇˇ’

[sbooth]

Yes, with the same name except it is an ape file: "CDImage.ape"

Well, that's the problem then- the file name is wrong in the cue sheet.

This line in the cue sheet:

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FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE

tells Max to look for a file named "CDImage.wav". Since that file doesn't exist there is no way Max can find it. If you change that line to

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FILE "CDImage.ape" WAVE

things should work.

[benitox]

Yes it is working now.
Thanks for helping me sort that out!
I do wonder why the cue-sheet tracks were displayed the first time i opened it and how the modification occurred...
thanks again.