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:

1. Install the dependencies:

   sudo pacman -S cuetools shntool
   

2. Split the tracks

   cuebreakpoints sample.cue | shnsplit -o flac sample.flac
   

3. Copy the tags, if any:

   cuetag sample.cue split-track*.flac
   

4. If 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