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NAME

       cue2toc - convert CUE to TOC format

SYNOPSIS

       cue2toc [-hnqv] [-o tocfile] [-w wavefile] [cuefile]

DESCRIPTION

       Cue2toc converts cuefile from CUE to TOC format and writes the result to tocfile.  If either cuefile or tocfile is omitted or a single dash
       "-" cue2toc reads from standard input and writes to standard ouput respectively.

       CUE files are text files describing the layout of a CD-Rom and typically carry the extension ".cue".

       Cdrdao is a CD-burning application which has its own native TOC format to describe the disc layout. Although cdrdao has direct support  for
       reading	CUE files, it is currently limited to data tracks only. So cue2toc's main usefulness lies in converting CUE files containing audio
       tracks.

       Output of CD-Text data can be disabled with the -n option.

       CUE files often come with MP3 files but since cdrdao doesnt support decoding them on the fly they probably must be decoded by  other  means
       prior  to  writing the CD (e.g. using lame).  For this reason you can specify a filename with the -w option to be used for all audio tracks
       instead of the one in the CUE file. Of course this is only really useful if all the tracks are based on the same file. This seems to be the
       case quite often however.

       Cue2toc normally displays warning messages for unsupported commands and constructs. The -q option disables these warnings.

OPTIONS

       -h     print a short help message

       -n     no CD-Text; disable output of CD-Text information

       -o tocfile
	      write result to tocfile instead of standard ouput

       -q     quiet mode; do not print warnings

       -v     print version number

       -w wavefile
	      use wavefile for all audio tracks

CUE FORMAT

       What  follows  is  a  description of the CUE format expected by cue2toc.  For information about the TOC format please consult the cdrdao(1)
       manual page.

       CUE files consist of commands and their arguments which must be separated from each other by any number of whitespace  characters.   Space,
       horizontal  tabulator,  newline	and  carriage  return  are  recognized as whitespace characters except inside strings surrounded by double
       quotes, where they are part of the string. Commands are not case sensitive. CD-Text data can be at most 80 characters per item.

       Timecode values are accepted in the forms "X:X:X", "X:X" and "X" where each "X" must consist of at most two digits and may be  zero  padded
       to  the	left. They are interpreted as "M:S:F", "S:F" and "F" respectively where "M" means "minutes" and must be in the range 0 <= M <= 99,
       "S" means "seconds" and must be in the range 0 <= S <= 59, and "F" means "frames" and must be in the range 0 <= F <= 74.

       CUE files are logically divided into a global section and one to 99 track sections.  Inside  these  sections  the  following  commands  are
       allowed:

   Global Section
       REM anything_to_newline
       CATALOG string
       CDTEXTFILE string
       TITLE string
       PERFORMER string
       SONGWRITER string
       FILE string BINARY|MOTOROLA|AIFF|WAVE|MP3

       REM    Optional.   Introduces  a  comment.  Anything  from there on up to and including the next newline character is ignored. Comments can
	      appear anywhere in the file but not between a command and its arguments.

       CATALOG
	      Optional.  The Media Catalog Number of the disc. Must be exactly 13 characters.

       CDTEXTFILE
	      Optional.  Specifies an external file containing CD-Text data. Ignored.

       TITLE  Optional.  The CD-Text title of the disc.

       PERFORMER
	      Optional.  The CD-Text performer of the disc.

       SONGWRITER
	      Optional.  The CD-Text songwriter of the disc.

       FILE   Required.  The name and type of the file to be used for all following tracks.  The string contains the name of the file followed	by
	      one  of  BINARY, MOTOROLA, AIFF, WAVE or MP3.  As far as cue2toc is concerned the type of the file is effectively ignored.  Nonethe-
	      less MOTOROLA, AIFF and MP3 cause printing of a warning message since these file types can not be used directly with cdrdao.

       The first appearance of a TRACK command causes leaving of the global section and entering the track section.

   Track Section
       TRACK number mode
       REM anything_to_newline
       FLAGS [DCP] [4CH] [PRE] [SCMS]
       ISRC string
       TITLE string
       PERFORMER string
       SONGWRITER string
       PREGAP timecode
       INDEX number timecode
       POSTGAP timecode
       FILE string BINARY|MOTOROLA|AIFF|WAVE|MP3

       TRACK  Required.  Starts a new track definition. The number is ignored. The mode must be one of AUDIO, MODE1/2048,  MODE1/2352,	MODE2/2336
	      or MODE2/2352.

       FLAGS  Optional.   Defines  the	flags for this track. Must be followed by one or more of the following commands: DCP (digital copy permit-
	      ted), 4CH (four channel audio), PRE (pre-emphasis enabled) and SCMS (serial copy management system).  SCMS is ignored because  there
	      is no corresponding option in the TOC format.

       ISRC   Optional.  The International Standard Recording Code for this track. Must be exactly 12 characters long.

       TITLE  Optional.  The CD-Text title of this track.

       PERFORMER
	      Optional.  The CD-Text performer of this track.

       SONWRITER
	      Optional.  The CD-Text songwriter of this track.

       PREGAP Optional.  The length of the track pregap to be filled with zero data.  Mutually exclusive with INDEX 0.

       POSTGAP
	      Optional.  The length of the track postgap to be filled with zero data.

       INDEX  Optional.  The number must be in the range 0 <= number <= 99. Index number 1 specifies the start of the track. Index number 0 is the
	      start of the track pregap filled with data from the file, i.e. the difference between index 0 and index 1 is the length of the  pre-
	      gap.  Index 0 is mutually exclusive with PREGAP.	Index numbers greater than 1 specify subindexes for this track and must be sequen-
	      tial.

       FILE   Optional in track section. The syntax is the same as described above and if it appears inside a track specification it takes  effect
	      on the next TRACK command.

LIMITATIONS

       The command CDTEXTFILE and the flag SCMS have no equivalent in the TOC format and are ignored.

       CUE files containing data tracks which specify a starting time greater than zero cannot be converted by cue2toc because the TOC format does
       not provide a way to specify a starting time at all for data tracks. However if the CUE file does not contain any audio tracks you can  try
       to use the CUE file directly with cdrdao.

EXAMPLE

       Suppose we have the following CUE file "uwe.froehn.cue" describing an audio CD with CD-Text data:

	   REM Example CUE file with audio tracks
	   CATALOG 1234567890123
	   TITLE "Der Berg ruft"
	   PERFORMER "Uwe Froehn"
	   FILE "uwe.froehn.mp3" MP3

	   TRACK 01 AUDIO
	     TITLE "Meine Mama ist die Beste"
	     PERFORMER "Uwe Froehn"
	     SONGWRITER "Hansi Klabuster"
	     REM two seconds pregap filled with audio data
	     INDEX 00 00:00:00
	     INDEX 01 00:02:00
	     REM subindexes
	     INDEX 02 00:35:17
	     INDEX 03 01:12:44

	   TRACK 02 AUDIO
	     TITLE "Hoch oben im Tal"
	     SONGWRITER "Gabi Geil"
	     REM no pregap
	     INDEX 01 02:45:38

	   TRACK 03 AUDIO
	     REM pregap with zero data
	     PREGAP 00:4:47
	     INDEX 01 07:58:74
	     REM postgap with zero data
	     POSTGAP 00:35:00

       Since cdrdao cannot decode the MP3 file on the fly this step must be carried out by hand, e.g. using lame:

	   lame --decode uwe.froehn.mp3 uwe.froehn.wav

       Although  the  filename appears only once in the example CUE file it gets written for every track in the TOC file so you would need to edit
       lots of occurences of the filename in the TOC file by hand. For this reason you can specify a string with the  -w  option  to  be  used	by
       cue2toc as the filename for all audio tracks. The command

	   cue2toc -w uwe.froehn.wav -o uwe.froehn.toc uwe.froehn.cue

       should produce the file uwe.froehn.toc with the following content:

	   CATALOG "1234567890123"
	   CD_DA
	   CD_TEXT {
	       LANGUAGE_MAP {
		   0 : EN
	       }
	       LANGUAGE 0 {
		   TITLE "Der Berg ruft"
		   PERFORMER "Uwe Froehn"
	       }
	   }

	   TRACK AUDIO
	       CD_TEXT {
		   LANGUAGE 0 {
		       TITLE "Meine Mama ist die Beste"
		       PERFORMER "Uwe Froehn"
		       SONGWRITER "Hansi Klabuster"
		   }
	       }
	       AUDIOFILE "uwe.froehn.wav" 00:00:00 02:45:38
	       START 00:02:00
	       INDEX 00:35:17
	       INDEX 01:12:44

	   TRACK AUDIO
	       CD_TEXT {
		   LANGUAGE 0 {
		       TITLE "Hoch oben im Tal"
		       SONGWRITER "Gabi Geil"
		   }
	       }
	       AUDIOFILE "uwe.froehn.wav" 02:45:38 05:13:36

	   TRACK AUDIO
	       PREGAP 00:04:47
	       AUDIOFILE "uwe.froehn.wav" 07:58:74
	       SILENCE 00:35:00

SEE ALSO

       cdrdao(1), lame(1)

BUGS

       Since  cue2toc's  definition  of the CUE format is entirely based on a number of different CUE files the author came across there is a very
       high probability that it will not work correctly with all the other CUE files you might encounter. If this is the case for you please  send
       the problematic CUE file along with the version number of cue2toc to <dermatsch@gmx.de>.

AUTHOR

       Matthias Czapla <dermatsch@gmx.de>

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