Split FLAC+cue
Sometimes I come across CDs that have been ripped into a single FLAC file. Players like Foobar2000 list the tracks separately from the cue file. However, unfortunately, MPD does not do this and I have to split the file.
In Linux, the process is quite simple:
Install the dependencies:
sudo pacman -S cuetools shntoolSplit the tracks
cuebreakpoints sample.cue | shnsplit -o flac sample.flacCopy the tags, if any:
cuetag sample.cue split-track*.flacIf the cue is not in a separate file but included in the flac file itself, run the following command first:
metaflac --show-tag=CUESHEET sample.flac | grep -v ^CUESHEET > sample.cue
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