Burning FLACs; and what is AuCDTect
October 15th, 2018
It also came with various other files:
.cue file
.aucdtect.txt file
.log file
What is the best way to burn this to CD? And is it possible to use the other files to make sure I am able to skip through the songs?
To burn it, just use Imgburn and load up the .cue file..as it will contain all of the necessary info on where the burning program needs to split each track.
You can also use a free program called Cuesplitter to split the tracks into individual song tracks for you[in case you want to play individual tracks from your pc].
Take a look:
What software should I use to burn FLAC/CUE images?
http://club.myce.com/f59/what-software-should-i-use-burn-flac-cue-images-203862/
If you want to split the tracks, i’ve seen people recommend CUETools for doing this.
CUETools
http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page
Medieval CUE Splitter is pretty easy to use if you want to split the tracks. It always pisses me off when people rip albums as one large file
.flac file
.cue file .aucdtect.txt file .log file Perfectly normal. This format is widely used and downloaded by Audiophiles, people who demand high quality CD rips. The flac file is the exact mirror image of entire CD (encoded into lossles flac), unadulterated, nothing added, nothing taken away. Think of it like an ISO file used in a software CD or DVD. Once you start downloading and listening to music in this crystal clear format, you’ll get spoiled like I did and avoid music in mp3 whenever possible.
The cue file contains the breakdown of the seperate tracks, as well as artist info, album name, etc. that correlates to the flac file.
aucdtec file is generated by a program called TAO AuCDtect which checks that it was ripped and encoded from a actual CD and not bogus (some people foolishly take MP3s and encode them into flac and try to pass off that off as lossless).
Finally and most important, the log file which is generated by a program called Exact Audio Copy (EAC), the premier app to rip CDs. The log file contains the proof that the CD was accurately ripped. Note: all this applies to ape files as well. Some people prefer flac and others like ape but flac is generally better supported in various media players. Regardless, music encoded into ape and flac which are both lossles, sound exactly like the CD.
To extract the flac/cue into seperate tracks, use a program called CUETools. http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/Main_Page
CUETools can even extract and encode to MP3 tracks at the same time if you insist on MP3. To burn to a CD, use CUETools to extract into wav tracks instead and burn those to a CD using your favorite burning software.
Me personally, I prefer to use a Winamp plugin called CuePlayer 0.57c. Once installed, you can just double click the cue file and it will play the individual tracks and list them on the play list. Foobar is supposed to play cue files directly too but I don’t use it.
To edit the cue file such as to edit artist name, song names, CD title, genre, etc., use a program called CDRCue, the finest cue editor.