Tutorials > How to extract MP3s from .CUE files

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#328615 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-10 00:20:12 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Someone requested that a tutorial about this should be written so that people would stop asking the same questions all over again. The reason some releases come with an .MP3 and a .CUE file is mainly because there's supposed to be no gap between the tracks on some CDs (mostly on compilation albums like Greatest Hits and similar), and the only way to achieve this is by using a .CUE file.

Required apps

CUE Splitter

Step 1: Installing the program

Once you've downloaded the .RAR archive, open it and extract all the files to any folder, no need for any "real" installation.

Step 2: Configuring the settings

Once you've unpacked the files, open Cue Splitter. On top there are 3 fields, the first is the path to BeSplit which should be automatically specified. In the second field, browse for the .CUE file you want to extract the MP3s from, and in the third field, specify the folder you want to save the extracted files in.

Below those fields there are 5 checkboxes. They are pretty self-explanatory so check the ones you want to, they mostly have to do with the naming of the files.

Below the checkboxes you can fill in the album name, comment, year and genre. This information will only be applied to the ID3v1 tag if the information is absent in the .CUE file.

Step 3: Pressing Split!

Now all you have to do is press the Split! button. The process is very fast, it takes less than 10 seconds, so there's pretty much nothing to complain about. I've tested this method and it works.

Note: If the .CUE file is screwed up the process won't work.
Testrelease: Asta_Kask-Live_at_Hultsfredsfestivalen_(19.06.2004)-Bootleg-2004-FFaCC
Another note: Please do not post alternative methods of doing this, it's totally unnecessary.

Last edited by negge at 2005-08-10 00:22:10

#349090 by Komp (Power User) at 2005-08-23 09:49:52 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Good tute, but do you know a way to split the mp3s without a resulting gap in playback?

#349283 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-23 13:56:26 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Komp wrote:

Good tute, but do you know a way to split the mp3s without a resulting gap in playback?

The files are cut without any gaps but no player I've tried can play MP3 files without making a little stop between the songs.

#349505 by unknown[101288] at 2005-08-23 16:56:03 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Winamp can with that crossfade plugin.

#349603 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-23 18:09:31 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Yeah but that's crossfading, that's something different. Every app can make songs blend in to each other using crossfade effects.

#349840 by BASSiE (Power User) at 2005-08-23 21:07:51 (7 years ago) - [Report]

tnx been looking for this along time this is really a nice program and very easy tnx!

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#350307 by crazytigger Donor

(Power User) at 2005-08-24 01:23:50 (7 years ago) - [Report]

XmmS on Linux doesn't stop between files.. im sure back in my windoze days i got winamp not to lag between choons too.. isnt' there summut in the options? .. if not .. change your media player..? lol

#350533 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-24 06:10:52 (7 years ago) - [Report]

crazytigger wrote:

XmmS on Linux doesn't stop between files.. im sure back in my windoze days i got winamp not to lag between choons too.. isnt' there summut in the options? .. if not .. change your media player..? lol

Okay maybe software players are capable of playing them without stopping, but atleast if you burn the songs to a CD there will be a stop except if all the tracks come from one file and just have track break points inserted. It's like DVD chapters, it's a part of a big file and there's no gap between them.

#350584 by unknown[4289] at 2005-08-24 07:28:01 (7 years ago) - [Report]

I use MP3DirectCut. Excellent.

#350618 by pois0n (User) at 2005-08-24 08:22:28 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Thank you soooo much negge!!!! :w00t:

Been wanting to split one file for a looong time but never knew how.

#351340 by unknown[91604] at 2005-08-24 17:49:22 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Yes!! Awesome! Thx! :banana:

#351906 by Komp (Power User) at 2005-08-24 23:34:14 (7 years ago) - [Report]

negge wrote:

Komp wrote:

Good tute, but do you know a way to split the mp3s without a resulting gap in playback?

The files are cut without any gaps but no player I've tried can play MP3 files without making a little stop between the songs.

Foobar2000 can do it perfectly, with most of my albums in mp3 format. So can my hardware mp3 player.

I'll give mp3 direct cut a go.

Last edited by Komp at 2005-08-24 23:34:47

#352250 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-25 07:01:40 (7 years ago) - [Report]

Komp wrote:

negge wrote:

Komp wrote:

Good tute, but do you know a way to split the mp3s without a resulting gap in playback?

The files are cut without any gaps but no player I've tried can play MP3 files without making a little stop between the songs.

Foobar2000 can do it perfectly, with most of my albums in mp3 format. So can my hardware mp3 player.

I'll give mp3 direct cut a go.

Weird, none of my players can do that

#352298 by unknown[1266] at 2005-08-25 08:39:36 (7 years ago) - [Report]

negge wrote:

Weird, none of my players can do that

lousy players... My foobar 0wnz0rz your players :smirk:

#352484 by negge (Power User) at 2005-08-25 12:36:49 (7 years ago) - [Report]

flyonthewall wrote:

negge wrote:

Weird, none of my players can do that

lousy players... My foobar 0wnz0rz your players :smirk:

Hehe

Probably 'cause I use Zoom Player for listening to music and that's mainly intended for video.

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