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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pugnate on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:48:12 AM

Title: Need some help with a file
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:48:12 AM

It ends in .ape.cue

I tried Nero but it won't work.

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: shock on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:55:27 AM

What kind of file...?

Maybe you could try mounting it with virtual drive software, such as Daemon Tools or Alcohol.

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 01:12:47 PM

Wait... it ends in .APE.CUE?  That's not a valid file extension, obviously.  If you mean you have two kinds of files, one that's .APE and one that's .CUE, that's different.  .APE files are an audio format called Monkey's Audio.  .CUE files are basically text files that split up a larger audio file into its component parts.  So you'll have an .APE album, which is maybe a CD but just in one giant file, then a .CUE file which will attach to that file so that you can skip tracks, etc.

I had a huge thread here about this not long ago.  Let me see if I can find it.

 ...

Bingo. (http://www.overwritten.net/forum/index.php?topic=234.0)

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: scottws on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 06:46:07 PM

It's probably just a cue sheet for a corresponding large APE file.  Pug, try opening the file with a text editor.

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:36:45 PM

I'd probably try to mount the .CUE on a virtual drive.

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:40:14 PM

It is actually some music, and I've tried mounting and it won't work. I don't get it.

edit:

That thread really helped. Thanks Que!

Title: Re: Need some help with a file
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:44:34 PM

This soudns a lot like the problem Que was having with his soundtrack APE and CUE files.