[myview]

I am a newbie to this CD ripping thingy so please bear with me.

I have some APE & FLAC files which have been ripped from CDs as single long files (ie. all the tracks of the original CDs are not ripped as separate files but are contained in the same APE & FLAC file).

Questions:
1) How do I split them into individual files?
2) Will the titles of each track be shown?
3) Will the split files of the individual tracks be of the same sonic quality as those files originally ripped as 1 file per track?

Thanks to all for your replies

[dB Cooper]

1)If they came with a .cue (cue sheet) file, many apps can use that to split the monolithic file. An audio editor app like Amadeus or Audacity can split the files. Are you using PC or Mac? Audacity is available on both. FLAC should work there but APE is a somewhat off-the-beaten-path format. Haven't used Audacity in awhile; you'd have to check to see if it handles that format. XLD on Mac can do it. XLD is discussed in another recent thread.
2)Depends on what info is incorporated in the cue sheet. Usually yes. If you split the big file manually, you will probably have to name the tracks.
3)Whether there is any quality loss... depends on who you ask.

[ebag4]

As dB mention above you have to have the .cue file.  Here is a freeware splitter that I have used with success in the past.  It handles ape and flac files as well as others:
http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html

Best,
Ed

[toddbagwell]

Another option is to copy the file to a program like audacity an manually edit for each track.

Itunes also allows you to pick start and stop times for each track. You'd need multiple copies of your big file, which is a slight downside.

The easiest thing to do is likely just re-rip the cd's


Good luck!
Todd

[Aleg]

CueTools ( http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=66233 ) is the best of the lot.

A lot of options and also with AccurateRip check.

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aleg

[Vincent Kars]

Be careful with Medieval CUE Splitter, contains errors:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=57563&st=0&p=683198&#entry683198

[dB Cooper]

Another option is to copy the file to a program like audacity an manually edit for each track.

Itunes also allows you to pick start and stop times for each track. You'd need multiple copies of your big file, which is a slight downside.

The easiest thing to do is likely just re-rip the cd's


Good luck!
Todd

Problem is, iTunes supports neither of the formats mentioned. Splitting the file with Audacity (Windows) or XLD (Mac) probably the best course of action.

[toddbagwell]

Problem is, iTunes supports neither of the formats mentioned. Splitting the file with Audacity (Windows) or XLD (Mac) probably the best course of action.

sorry, all I was referencing (without mentioning it) was that playback software databases or the ID3 tags themselves could be modified in such a way to allow precise start and stop points in a larger file that would correlate with the start and stop times of the individual tracks.

todd

[ted_b]

Foobar does it nicely and easily, assuming you have a cue file.  If not find one, and just edit it to contain your album info.  It's not that difficult, and can be done in any text editor.  Then convert the split files to whatever format you need.

[prishicare]

There are many options for you. Here list two of them:

1. Medieval CUE Splitter
CUE Splitter is a freeware tool that splits a single big audio file, mostly an album or a compilation, into the relative independent audio tracks, using the informations stored in its associated .CUE file; without decoding/re-encoding the data stream!!!

2. However, Medieval CUE Splitter is a Windows-based tool and there is still no plan for developing the Mac version. If you insist to run Medieval CUE Splitter on Mac, you need to spend $249 to get VMware Workstation Virtual machine which will allow you run Medieval CUE Splitter on Mac.

In this case, you may prefer to this step by step guide on how to Split FLAC, MP3, WAV, APE, etc.

Hope it will help you more or less.

[dB Cooper]

If you are trying to do the work on a Mac and have cue sheet info, save the $249 and use the free XLD which works just fine.

[Anonamemouse]

You just replied to a 5 year old thread... I do hope the OP has it figured out by now.

[JapanJim]

As dB mention above you have to have the .cue file.  Here is a freeware splitter that I have used with success in the past.  It handles ape and flac files as well as others:
http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html

Best,
Ed

Thanks Ed!  I was just looking for something like this and I came across your post!

Any suggestions on how to survey my existing media to identify low quality so I can purge them?

Jim