CUETools

CUETools

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Developer(s)	Moitah,Greg Chudov
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	1.9.1
Preview release	1.9.3
Compatibility
Operating system	Windows
Additional information
Use	Encoder/Decoder
License	GNU GPL
Website	Hydrogenaudio

CUETools is a tool for lossless audio/CUE sheet format conversion. The goal is to make sure the album image is preserved accurately. Lossless disc image must be lossless not only in preserving contents of the audio tracks, but also in preserving gaps and CUE sheet contents. Many applications loose vital information upon conversion, and don't support all possible CUE sheet styles. For example, foobar2000 looses disc pre-gap information when converting an album image, and doesn't support gaps appended (noncompliant) CUE sheets.

Supported formats

Supports WAV, FLAC, APE and WavPack audio input/output. ALAC is supported for input only. Audio must be 16-bit, 44.1kHz samples stereo (i.e. CD PCM). Supports every imaginable CUE sheet style (embedded, single file, gaps appended/prepended/left out). It is also possible to process a set of audio files in a directory without a CUE sheet, or use a RAR archive as an input without unpacking it.

Use cases

• Convert a single file album image with CUE sheet to a file-per-track album image
• Convert a file-per-track album image with CUE sheet to a single file album image
• Convert a file-per-track album image without a CUE sheet to a single file album image with simple CUE sheet
• Convert an album image from one lossless codec to another, preserving CUE sheet style
• Verify a (possibly not offset-corrected) album image against AccurateRip database
• Apply offset correction to a rip, made without offset correction
• Prepare an album image for burning with software, which does not handle drive write offsets, by applying offset
• Extract an album image directly from a RAR archive without unpacking it, and save it in a different format

AccurateRip support

Since version 1.9.2, CUETools can verify album images using AccurateRip database. ARCue and TripleFLAC were an inspiration. The unique feature of CUETools AccurateRip verification is offset detection. Rip that was made without offset correction can still be verified against the database, offset can be found and corrected.

Sample log:

[Disc ID: 000d44e3-005781a4-6b09df03]
Track [ CRC ] Status
01 [4a3fc0dd] (00/118) No matches
02 [a9382641] (00/118) No matches
03 [ebf74add] (00/116) No matches
Offsetted by -738:
01 [fd79d20e] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
02 [a0b20dcc] (08/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
03 [44bacfd7] (08/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1
Offsetted by -265:
01 [b5d7e187] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
02 [29867165] (05/118) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4
03 [380c013d] (05/116) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #4

Command line options

• CUETools.exe /verify <filename> - verify an image using AccurateRip database.
• CUETools.exe /convert <filename> - convert an image to the default output format.
• CUETools.exe <filename> - open CUETools dialog, with input file set to <filename>.
• ArCueDotNet.exe <filename> - console version of AccurateRip verification.

Supported platforms

CUETools is a .NET application, written in C#. Binaries are available for 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) Windows versions. .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime are required. Users report they have been able to use it under linux, using Mono, but in this scenario only WAV audio is supported, as other codecs are not yet ported to C#.

External links

• Moitah's website - Currently hosts stable (outdated) version 1.9.1;
• Original thread - Original discussion;
• 1.9.3 Development Thread - Latest development version;
• SVN repository
• Sourceforge project page
• .NET Framework 2.0 (x86) download
• Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime (x86) download