General Info - Cue Files
Friday, 26. January 2007, 14:35:35
Here is an exchange in the comments that just occured and I hope this will explain the issue once and for all to those who wonder about such things.
dax writes:
i just wanna say thank you for this amazing mix. but i have a question and pardon my ignorance when i extracted the rar file i found "crime jazz.cue", what is it for?
dax, No problem at all. The attached .cue file is there to id the track times. If you look in the side bar under tools you will see the word Burrrn. This is a free program that you can dl and use it to create audio cd's using .cue files. Once you have the program installed, drag the .cue file from any of the mixes right into the program, insert a cd and click Burrn and bingo you will have a cd with the tracks seperated out instead of just one big file.
I have tried to find a way of providing the seperated tracks up front but the quality of the mix suffers too much without doing it with .cue files. Yes you have to do some of the work here but it is easy and I have, believe me, done the hard part. I think the result doing it this way and having a "MiXed" offering is far superior sounding than me just throwing up .mp3 files in a folder. The bit rate is altered and the volume or gain is evened out to the best of my ability to give a professional sounding MiX of a particular genre or theme of around 80 minutes. Some folks have complained about not getting the individual .mp3 files...and I don't want to sound pretenious but, I consider what is done here as "art". Timborado Da Vinci I am! Ha Ha Ha
I have included a .cue file in each of the downloads and be sure that you keep all of the files in the same folder and named exactly like they are or the process will not work. These .cue files are only for the MiXes. Not needed for the album rips.
If you want to see what a .cue file looks like change the .cue to .txt and have a peek. But make sure you change it back to .cue to use and above all don't change anything in the file.
In the early stages I did not know about .cue files and have included them in the tools section under guess what Cue Files. It is a small package and has all of the missing files up to the point I started including them.
One last thing. Some players and programs use .cue files. If you want more detailed info on this go here.
Wikepedia info on .cue sheets
dax writes:
i just wanna say thank you for this amazing mix. but i have a question and pardon my ignorance when i extracted the rar file i found "crime jazz.cue", what is it for?
dax, No problem at all. The attached .cue file is there to id the track times. If you look in the side bar under tools you will see the word Burrrn. This is a free program that you can dl and use it to create audio cd's using .cue files. Once you have the program installed, drag the .cue file from any of the mixes right into the program, insert a cd and click Burrn and bingo you will have a cd with the tracks seperated out instead of just one big file.
I have tried to find a way of providing the seperated tracks up front but the quality of the mix suffers too much without doing it with .cue files. Yes you have to do some of the work here but it is easy and I have, believe me, done the hard part. I think the result doing it this way and having a "MiXed" offering is far superior sounding than me just throwing up .mp3 files in a folder. The bit rate is altered and the volume or gain is evened out to the best of my ability to give a professional sounding MiX of a particular genre or theme of around 80 minutes. Some folks have complained about not getting the individual .mp3 files...and I don't want to sound pretenious but, I consider what is done here as "art". Timborado Da Vinci I am! Ha Ha Ha
I have included a .cue file in each of the downloads and be sure that you keep all of the files in the same folder and named exactly like they are or the process will not work. These .cue files are only for the MiXes. Not needed for the album rips.
If you want to see what a .cue file looks like change the .cue to .txt and have a peek. But make sure you change it back to .cue to use and above all don't change anything in the file.
In the early stages I did not know about .cue files and have included them in the tools section under guess what Cue Files. It is a small package and has all of the missing files up to the point I started including them.
One last thing. Some players and programs use .cue files. If you want more detailed info on this go here.
Wikepedia info on .cue sheets
I have just tried to use the Burrrn program, when I drag the cue file into Burrrn it brings up all the titles and times but when I hit BURRRN I get a processing box with elapsed/remaining time that is stuck at 0% and won't do anything???
Is it me??
By anonymous user, # 3. February 2007, 14:41:15
By Licorice Pizza, # 3. February 2007, 15:12:15
It's Burrrning OK but I'm getting a jump in between tracks
Is there something I have to do?
By anonymous user, # 3. February 2007, 21:26:03
Make sure of a few things and try again with a different disc. Make sure you set the writing speed to 52. It will automatically choose the right er a write speed on burrn. Also check in the settings under decoders to ensure that this is what is in the mp3 line
lame.exe --decode %s %d
If you don't have a lame.exe let me know and I will send.
And don't use the Replay gain feature as I have done that prior to posting.
And if you want you can e-mail me at atasteofvinyl@gmail.com
T
By Licorice Pizza, # 3. February 2007, 22:30:17
Did your crime jazz vol1 come with a .cue file? I can't remember if it did or if I will need to dl the .cue makeup file you posted.
Very cool stuff. Thanks for your devotion to the music and to us listeners!
By anonymous user, # 27. February 2007, 22:18:28
By Licorice Pizza, # 27. February 2007, 22:56:28