Builder Brad Wrote: 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I am not really sure about the process you describe to embed the cue
> sheets into the FLAC files. The thing that does not make sense is that
> the way things were configured ie. seperate FLAc and CUE files worked
> fine until I re-installed Windows and the Slimserver programme. I dont
> think that I need to change much to get this to work again - it must be
> somthing really simple??


Did you install _exactly_ the same SlimServer version as before? If
not, that could explain the difference you are seeing.

Using the import cuesheet option with metaflac, it will insert the
_index points_ of the songs in the flac file, not the text with names
of songs.

To check if your flac files have the index already in place do :

metaflac --list "file.flac"

and search for the CUESHEET block. If its there you are ok.

I use flac files with both embedded cue sheets (in the Comment block)
and external cuesheets (handy for burning backup copies of my cds in
case of any problem). 
I have found that I need to be sure for the CUESHEET block  to exist in
my flac file, for Slimserver to treat it properly. When I rip CDS I use
flacattack to put all the info on the flac file and at some point there
was a version of flacattack that didnt insert the CUESHEET block
automatically and none my rips were working OK, until I found that out.
After that I managed to get a flacattack version with this CUESHEET
block option available.

Another thing I found for my configuration to work properly is that
everytime I have a flac file with both the cuesheet as a _comment_
inside the file and the external cuesheet, then I need to save the
external cuesheet file as UNICODE using word o notepad. If I dont do
that, everytime a word inside the cuesheet contains an accented
character I end up having two albums or two artists, or two songs,
instead of one, with one of the two having a "funny" character
replacing the accented character.


-- 
Néstor

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