Does Rockbox support '.cue' files for mp3's?

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rykos:

--- Quote from: Llorean on February 26, 2006, 11:28:22 AM ---Yeah, I was aware that it would be a single mp3 of one track. I know some people would like long MP3s of a whole CD to be inserted into a playlist as multiple tracks though. I was just making sure that you were aware that with the current system that's really impossible. It'd essentially require a custom playlist format, and probably reworking of the current playlist code.

Also, I know some people (with FLAC files specifically) add the .cue file into the container, so that you have one file with the cue in metadata or otherwise included. That as well wouldn't work too well. Though it could allow skipping forward to set cue points, when that .mp3 or .flac came up in a playlist, you'd have to decide if the "next song" event went to the cue point, or just moved on to the next file. With separate .cue files, then if the MP3 is included in a playlist when generating on the fly, there's no question on handling because the .cue is a separate file, and ignored since playlists aren't added to playlists. This seems to me to be the best behaviour.

I think a good idea would be starting a thread in the General Discussion forum on the idea of "Cue files as Playlist-like behaviour." I personally don't do much programming work either, and I'm definitely not familiar with that area of the code at all, but it seems like something enough people might be interested in that someone who can do it might able to at least start an effort for a patch.

Feel free to use anything from these PMs you think would be helpful/relevant.

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keytotime:
For me cue's have to be used for a tag database, so maybe whoever's working on the tag database could add support for cuesheet's and embedded cues for flac and WavPack.

Llorean:
What do you mean by they have to be used for a tag database?

keytotime:
I mean that a cue has multiple track's within it, so a file browser can not see those track's all it see's is

cdimage.cue
cdimage.wav
or

cdimage.wv (embedded cue)

That's not much use. But if you have a tagdatabase it can read it as:
03. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #02] The Thin Line
04. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #03] Jet City Woman
05. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #04] Della Brown
06. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #05] Another Rainy Night (Without You)
07. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #06] Empire
08. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #07] Resistance
09. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #08] Silent Lucidity
10. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #09] Hand On Heart
11. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #10] One And Only
12. QueensrÃ¿che - [Empire #11] Anybody Listening?

That is useful. You can select the song you want to play. That's why for me cue's need a tag database that can read the info from a cue, and make them into individual tracks.

Llorean:
Yes, but it could also simply treat the .cue files as a playlist for not. You wouldn't be able to mix tracks from a .wv or .wav or .mp3 with associated cue into a normal playlist, but it wouldn't require a database to use.

It seems that if you want to shuffle the songs into the rest of your collection, and treat them as separate tracks, what reason is there *not* to rip it into separate tracks?

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