Max does not understand CUE file

[germ]

This is actually a repost from Jan of this year. The problem still has not been solved.....
The CD rip came with 4 .CUE files, called XYZ.flac Image.cue, XYZ.flac Noncompliant.cue, and the same with wav instead of flac. When opened with Max, only the .flac Noncompliant one generates a list of tracks. However, the times are screwed up, and it generates files that report a wrong file size, and iTunes does not advance the time marker while playing them.

This is really annoying. It would be great if Max could understand those file. Alternatively, perhaps the files are not formatted correctly. Is there some documentation about how a .cue file must be formatted?

Thanks.

Here is an example of CUE file that generates bogus file lengths.

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REM GENRE Classical
REM DATE 2001
REM DISCID 8D0FD50A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b3"
PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
TITLE "Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert - I"
FILE "01 - [D568] - I. Allegro moderato.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D568] - I. Allegro moderato"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - [D568] - II. Andante molto.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D568] - II. Andante molto"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - [D568] - III.  Menuetto - Allegretto.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D568] - III.  Menuetto : Allegretto"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 - [D568] - IV. Allegro moderato.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D568] - IV. Allegro moderato"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 1 in C major : Moderato"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 00 09:13:65
FILE "05 - [D780] - No. 1 in C major - Moderato.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06 - [D780] - No. 2 in A flat major - Andantino.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 2 in A flat major : Andantino"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "07 - [D780] - No. 3 in F minor - Allegro moderato.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 3 in F minor : Allegro moderato"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "08 - [D780] - No. 4 in C sharp minor - Moderato.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 4 in C sharp minor : Moderato"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "09 - [D780] - No. 5 in F minor - Allegro vivace.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 5 in F minor : Allegro vivace"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "10 - [D780] - No. 6 in A flat major - Allegretto.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "[D780] - No. 6 in A flat major : Allegretto"
    PERFORMER "Franz Schubert"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

[lykose]

me sadly either having problems with all cue-files that have "INDEX 00" AND "INDEX 01" (guess it´s for pre-gap.) max always cuts the songs wrong from such cue-files.

[sbooth]

I always I understood the cue sheet spec (http://digitalx.org/cuesheetsyntax.php) to say that all tracks must contain an INDEX 01 for the track start. INDEX 00 is reserved for the pre-gap, and is optional. But, after looking again, I'm not so sure. In any case, since that cue sheet doesn't contain an INDEX 01 for some tracks, Max won't understand it. I assume you expect tracks with INDEX 00 00:00:00 to have no pregap and contain an implied INDEX 01 of 00:00:00?

[germ]

I am not sure. I have not studied the .CUE specification.
As I understand it, there are 10 tracks in this CD, each with its own .flac file. Therefore, each entry in the .cue file simply specifies

INDEX 01 00:00:00

which I take it to mean that the track actually starts at the beginning of the .flac file with no gap.

The problem is with track 5, the only place where there is a 15s gap. Max reports the length of track 5 to be 15 s (which is the gap) instead of the track length.

Can you tell me what would be the proper .cue format for this?

[hugo]

I have a problem with cue file for wavpack. I made a such cue file :

PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
TITLE "Prowokator"
FILE "Prowokator.wv" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Tatry"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Kazalnica"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 02:07:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Ave Maria"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 06:25:00
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Giewont"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 09:32:00
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Dolina Bialego"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 13:16:00
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Niebieska Turnia"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 16:24:00
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Czarny Staw"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 18:55:00
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Koscielec"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 21:22:00
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Zawrat"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 25:22:00
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Dolina Chocholowska"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 28:41:00
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "Ave Maria (instrumentalnie)"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 34:43:00
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Mnich"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 37:59:00
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "Liptowskie Mury"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 40:25:00
TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "Ciemnosmerszynska Turnia"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 43:07:00
TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Rysy"
PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
INDEX 01 46:40:00
TRACK 16 AUDIO
TITLE "O sobie samym"
PERFORMER "Robert Gawlinski"
INDEX 01 47:22:00
TRACK 17 AUDIO
TITLE "Dialog filmowy"
PERFORMER "Boguslaw Linda"
INDEX 01 50:27:00
TRACK 18 AUDIO
TITLE "About Me Alone"
PERFORMER "Robert Gawlinski"
INDEX 01 51:10:00

When I tried to open .cue in Max (Macintosh Audio for OS X) it answered:

"The document “Prowokator.cue” could not be opened. Unable to open the input file."

But .wv file alone works fine with Max.

Any ideas?

[sbooth]

Does the file "Prowokator.wv" exist in the same directory as the cue file?

[hugo]

Yes, i even tried to put whole directory in <FILE> but it didn't work.

[RonaldPR]

Yes, i even tried to put whole directory in <FILE> but it didn't work.

What do you mean with that? Where did you put the directory?

[hugo]

cue file looked like that:

PERFORMER "Michal Lorenc"
TITLE "Prowokator"
FILE "/Users/hugo/Documents/aMule\ Downloads/\ Prowokator.wv" WAVE
...

[stgeorge88]

I had this problem once. I added a blank line at the end of the .cue file and it worked (MAX opens it).

[gunso]

I had this problem once. I added a blank line at the end of the .cue file and it worked (MAX opens it).

Brilliant! I have been struggling with this for some time, comparing two .cue files, one working and one not, never thought to look for that. You have saved the day - and my hair that I was pulling out.

Horribly annoying bug.