New CUE Sheet Plug-in

[shaohao]

The new cue sheet plug-in support several functions:

Playlist module--loading .cue file and create virtual tracks into playlist window. You can save virtual tracks as other playlist format (.m3u8, pls or etc) after finishing loading .cue file.
Input module--load a valid input plug-in to decode virtual tracks create by playlist module.
Tag Editor module -- load virtual tracks' info from a .cue file only.
Support Encoder Plug-ins: Now, you can rip a track from a image, encode it and download it to your portable music player.
New function -- support UTF-8(with/without BOM), UTF-16LE(with BOM) and ASCII character format .cue file.
Bug fixed -- support 4 different cue sheet (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_CUE_Sheets).
Bug fixed -- support Quinnware's default MP3 input plug-in.A virtual track is a virtual filename which append a ",1.vt" to the .cue filename for marking track number. (NOTE: you can use any character such as ',', ':', '@' except for '\' and '/' !!)

Post your bug report here, THX:cheeky:

The latest v1.5 released version.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/qplugins

[shaohao]

update to v1.0beta1.

Now support UNICODE .cue filename.

P.S.
Usage:

Put you CD Disc Image file "CDImage.ape" and CUE Sheet file "CDImage.cue" into same folder (Eg. E:\Music\). Remember they should be in the same folder, always.
Open "CDImage.cue" with a text editor (Eg. Notepad) and go to line "FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE" -- as you see: the line contain the file name "CDImage.wav". We should modify it to the actual image file name "CDImage.ape" so that plug-in can positions the actual Image file path based on this file name.
OK, load the .cue file with player and play the virtual tracks.
That's all.

[vaya_2005]

Nice One! Again!

Is there a way for displaying track info while playing? Now all the virtual tracks have the same info.

but then again nice one!

[shaohao]

Is there a way for displaying track info while playing? Now all the virtual tracks have the same info.

You can open the .cue file with a text editor and edit tracks info. Then load the .cue file. Remeber to Check on “Bypass this plug-in for unsupported file types” in QCDTagEdit.dll plug-in.

[vaya_2005]

i did checked that!

I was telling that in QMP is not showing the info that exists in .cue file! An the cue file is in perfect shape!
In qmp it's showing only the info from the header:

PERFORMER "////////"
TITLE "///////"
FILE "///////////"

to all the virtual tracks, the same info!

My english sucks!

[shaohao]

:ermm: My Pic

It's OK.

[shaohao]

Release version is coming soon
Check the plug-in web page later.

Now, the track info can be read from .cue files.

[o2xygen]

I am using the version found in Q plugins...
I can't load any CUE files. It always crashes QMP... First it says that there is a memory problem at 0x00000000 and 0x000000000
and then another popup with 0x028408b9 referenced memory at 0x0404e2d0
I don't know if this will be any helpful



and a suggestion.
In QMP Add file dialog box you have to select CUE in order to view the CUE files... It would be better if it was shown in All audio files as well... (I don't know if it would conflict with any non-music CUE files though)
And a new shell entry when you right click on a CUE file to Add playlist... (same as above)

[shaohao]

I am using the version found in Q plugins...
I can't load any CUE files. It always crashes QMP... First it says that there is a memory problem at 0x00000000 and 0x000000000
and then another popup with 0x028408b9 referenced memory at 0x0404e2d0
I don't know if this will be any helpful
I've fixed the bug. Visit the plug-in page later for v1.01 or the first post -- a special version for QMP b104.
Please follow the steps of Usage -- Make sure the line of "FILE "CDImage.wav" WAV" is modified to the actual image file name (such as "CDImage.ape") in the .cue file. And, put the image file and the .cue file in same folder.


and a suggestion.
In QMP Add file dialog box you have to select CUE in order to view the CUE files... It would be better if it was shown in All audio files as well... (I don't know if it would conflict with any non-music CUE files though)
And a new shell entry when you right click on a CUE file to Add playlist... (same as above)
A .cue file is treated as a playlist file. What you should do is just load it once, then save the virtual tracks as other playlist format (such as .m3u8, pls, m3u).

[o2xygen]

I am right now using the b104 version with QMP b104 and a CUE pointing to an MP3...

but it still crashes when I try to load the CUE... it says the 0x00000000 first and then 0x02850869 at 0x03abe388
the tracks are loaded and then the error pops up

[shaohao]

I am right now using the b104 version with QMP b104 and a CUE pointing to an MP3...

but it still crashes when I try to load the CUE... it says the 0x00000000 first and then 0x02850869 at 0x03abe388
the tracks are loaded and then the error pops up

I've tested the mp3 format with a .cue file I created manully. It works fine.
I think the format of the .cue file you're using is different from the normal.
Can you upload the .cue file? So I can debug for it.

[boisso]

I have the same problem than o2xygen, with the attached CUE file (using APE and special build for QMP).

Also after playing something from a cue file, QMP always crash at shutdown.

Oh and sorry, I was too lazy to look at the forum, I've just followed the RSS link :)

[shaohao]

I have the same problem than o2xygen, with the attached CUE file (using APE and special build for QMP).

Also after playing something from a cue file, QMP always crash at shutdown.

Oh and sorry, I was too lazy to look at the forum, I've just followed the RSS link :)

:ermm:
You CUE file works fine on my system.
I can't figure out where the bug is.

BTW: Are you using my QMP Docklet for ObjectDock? If you're using it, please remove the docklet from ObjectDock. The Docklet will write data to player's process from external process. 'Cause there are still bugs on this docklet, you may got unexpected errors.

[boisso]

Found the culprit.
I updated the APE plugin and now it works :silly:

As for the crash at shutdown, it happens only with flac, and I do have the latest version of this one :)

EDIT: I tried to disable other plugins, keeping only flac, but it still crashed.

EDIT2: Another thing: if the cue sheet point to a file with no input plugin it crashs.

I found another thing with the ape plugin. if the cd plugin is above the ape plugin in the list QMP crash when trying to read the cue file. It doesn't seem to cause any troubles with flac. :confused:

EDIT3: Er it's me again ^^. Is it possible to support audioscrobbler or other stuffs getting metadata ? opGetTrackName return the entire string in the playlist, and the others nothing.

[Tokelil]

I found another thing with the ape plugin. if the cd plugin is above the ape plugin in the list QMP crash when trying to read the cue file. It doesn't seem to cause any troubles with flac. :confused:This sounds very similar to problems reported with the BASS input plug-in... Very weird!

[shaohao]

Updated to v1.1:

Fixed some bugs
You can modify the tag info of virtual tracks.
Also a special version for QMP B104.



As for the crash at shutdown, it happens only with flac, and I do have the latest version of this one :)

EDIT: I tried to disable other plugins, keeping only flac, but it still crashed.

fixed

EDIT2: Another thing: if the cue sheet point to a file with no input plugin it crashs.
should be fixed, please try again:)


I found another thing with the ape plugin. if the cd plugin is above the ape plugin in the list QMP crash when trying to read the cue file. It doesn't seem to cause any troubles with flac. :confused:
fixed.


EDIT3: Er it's me again ^^. Is it possible to support audioscrobbler or other stuffs getting metadata ? opGetTrackName return the entire string in the playlist, and the others nothing.
opGetTrackName always return the title of a track.
If you want to get more info of a track, you can try opCreateDiscInfo and get the meta data based on CDDB control (but this doesn't work on virtual tracks).

[BALTY]

Shaohao... Does this plugin mean that you can import or export lists from other saved list from other CD softwares? That's so cool and will be heavily used!...
...sorry to ask a non related question but is there a plugin for recording what you have in the QDC playlist to CD-R? And if so can it record with crossfade too (if that's how it's set for in QDC)?
It would be so cool! http://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif
I never investigated all of QDC/QMP capabilities~

[vaya_2005]

I have this problem with the installer:

[shaohao]

I have this problem with the installer:

It seems there is something wrong with Tokelil's NSIS script for both QCD and QMP.
I'll fix it later. If you're using QMP, please download the special version from the first post.

[Tokelil]

It seems there is something wrong with Tokelil's NSIS script for both QCD and QMP.
I'll fix it later. If you're using QMP, please download the special version from the first post.Pls PM me the edited script if you fix it. I have only had one report of it failing, which quite frankly is way less errors than I would have thought. It's my first NSIS script and was made in a hurry...

Edit: Sorry for OT...

[boisso]

Nice work ! All crash seems to be fixed :)
The only thing, if an input plugin is desactivated, for exemple ape, it can still read an ape file. Well it's not really a bug, just a little weird.


opGetTrackName always return the title of a track.


Yes, but not with your virtual tracks. I was wondering if it was possible to make opGetTrackName, opGetArtistName and opGetDiscName working correctly with them.

I found a bug with UTF-8 encoded cue files. If the tag editor plugin is enabled the playlist show only garbage else it works well.

[shaohao]

Pls PM me the edited script if you fix it. I have only had one report of it failing, which quite frankly is way less errors than I would have thought. It's my first NSIS script and was made in a hurry...

Edit: Sorry for OT...
Fixed.
I've updated the BASS plug-in to beta9.0, you can get the QCDBASS.nsi from CVS with WinCVS.


The only thing, if an input plugin is desactivated, for exemple ape, it can still read an ape file. Well it's not really a bug, just a little weird.
I'll fix it in next version.


Yes, but not with your virtual tracks. I was wondering if it was possible to make opGetTrackName, opGetArtistName and opGetDiscName working correctly with them.
I'm Sure that these ops works fine on QMP, but I don't know whether they works fine on QCD or not.


I found a bug with UTF-8 encoded cue files. If the tag editor plugin is enabled the playlist show only garbage else it works well.
This may be fixed later.

[BALTY]

i'M JUST cueLESS

[o2xygen]

I switched on my pc now that I got home, and the plugin doesn't cause me any crashes with MP3s... however the tracks last only 1 second (even thought the playlist shows the real time)

[boisso]

I'm Sure that these ops works fine on QMP, but I don't know whether they works fine on QCD or not.


No, on QMP they don't work with your virtual tracks, they work fine elsewhere. :puzzled:

[slightlybonkers]

When I try to install the plug in on XP Pro I get the following message:
Output folder:
Can't write: \\QCDCUE.dll
Any ideas?

[shaohao]

A installer bug.
It will be fixed next version.

[atarisoul]

Hi

I'm using B104 and trying to get a large mixed track mp3 with a cue file to work correctly between tracks. I don't get a silent gap, but when the track gets to about 4 seconds before its end, it jumps straight to the next track.

I have installed the cue plugin v1.1 for B104 and using the crossfading directsound plugin.

I have set "seamless playback" and "remove leading & trailing silence" on and silence threashold to -100db. Crossfading and fade in/out are all off/disabled.

If I add the individual tracks as mp3s the track changes are perfect. It seems something to do with using a cue file. I am confident that the cue file is OK because it appears correctly in the playlist window and have tried other cue files too, just in case its to do with the large mp3.

How can I get this to work ! Its driving me mad :mad:

Thanks in advance

[gardelvis]

HI

I 've got same problems that the one in the last post with Cue plugin and Crossfader.
If I set the crossfader without Seamless Playback and Remove leading and trailing spces but with The Crossfading ON and Fade In/Out On it repeats the last five seconds = that exactly depends on the time settings for crossfader.

Please ShaoHao would you mind correct these issues for the plug=in
Thanks very much

Gardelvis

[atarisoul]

HI

I 've got same problems that the one in the last post with Cue plugin and Crossfader.
If I set the crossfader without Seamless Playback and Remove leading and trailing spces but with The Crossfading ON and Fade In/Out On it repeats the last five seconds = that exactly depends on the time settings for crossfader.

Please ShaoHao would you mind correct these issues for the plug=in
Thanks very much

Gardelvis

Thats great (!?) news to hear, I thought I was the only one doing something wrong.

Should I put a bug request in, coz there hasn't been a post by ShaoHao so perhaps he doesn't know of this problem????

[gardelvis]

Hi , Atarisoul !!!

It's true . Maybe Shaohao doesn´t know of this bug. So let's report it ( It's up to you 'cause I really don´t know very well how to report this bug to ShaoHao except for this thread )

Also, I 've investigated a little far this problem and I've found that when you turn on the WAVE OUT plug-in for playback or the DIRECT SOUND plug-in for playback here´s what happens : IT INSERTS A SILENCE ON THE TRACK CHANGE !!! ( Maybe this is because of a programmation of a start and a stop for every virtual track )

I think maybe ShaoHao can help us !!!

Thanks and bye

Gardelvis

[shaohao]

Working on it...
I'll post a fixed version in this thread.

[shaohao]

:cyclops: Bug catched!

Now, the playback should be more seamless!

Please download it from the first post (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45831&postcount=1) for testing.

[shaohao]

Update again.
It's Real Seamless! (but a pause on each virtual track)
first post (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45831&postcount=1)

[gardelvis]

Update again.
It's Real Seamless! (but a pause on each virtual track)
first post (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45831&postcount=1)


HI , SHAOHAO AND ATARISOUL !!!

To Shaohao :

Thanks VERY MUCH , PAL !!!

;) I'm really happy with the debuged version you posted
It's wonderful and I think QMP is the best player I've tested for audio listening . QMP RULES !!!

To Atarisoul :

:) Well, We are not in trouble anymore !!!


Gardelvis

[atarisoul]

Yes, it seems to work perfectly now...phew :ponder:

I enabled the cross-fader plugin with gap removal / remove leading spaces on and turned off the cross fading.

Thanks for all your help.

[gardelvis]

HI SHAOHAO !!!

You've got to excuse me for seeking bugs, but this time something's wrong when I try to open a CUE file of a FLAC file.
Simply it get's this error : the track doesn´t skip automatically to the next track. It's like it's playing forever the same first track. The sound stops at the end of the track and also the timer but in the playlist the track remains blinking. You have to manually skip the track or stop and select another track to play track number two.
I've tried changing the flac plug-in and I've replaced it for the plugin for flac files of Winamp, and it stills report the same behaviour.

Another bug is that in whatever file I open via a CUE file ( mp3,mpc,ape, etc) the last track remains blinking and it doesn´t stop either. You have to manually stop the player. ( But really I don't care too much about this last bug )

Please, ShaoHao can you help me ?

And thanks very much for your patience


Gardelvis

[shaohao]

New beta3 is our!
fixed bugs for flac file.
fixed bug on the last non-stop virtual track.

Goto the first post to download.
Please read the NOTE first.

[gardelvis]

New beta3 is our!
fixed bugs for flac file.
fixed bug on the last non-stop virtual track.


Thanks very much, pal !!!

Now It works fine !!!!;)

Regards

Gardelvis

[vuego]

Adding and playing one cue file works fine but I'm having trouble when there's two or more cues queued to the playlist.
At the end of the last track in the first cue, QCD hangs when trying to skip to the first track of the second cue file.

Im running QCD 4.51, CUE Sheet Player v1.1b3 and queuing cues of large MP3s.

[gardelvis]

Adding and playing one cue file works fine but I'm having trouble when there's two or more cues queued to the playlist.
At the end of the last track in the first cue, QCD hangs when trying to skip to the first track of the second cue file.

Im running QCD 4.51, CUE Sheet Player v1.1b3 and queuing cues of large MP3s.

Hi, vuego !!!

Try downloading QMP beta 107 or 110. I think they're working just fine with several cues in play queue.

Regards

Gardelvis

[Tokelil]

The plug-in doesn't parse the .cue file if the file uses Unix or Mac line ending characters only. (LF or CR only)
Took me some time to guess that was why I couldn't get the plug-in to work at all...

[shaohao]

The plug-in doesn't parse the .cue file if the file uses Unix or Mac line ending characters only. (LF or CR only)
Took me some time to guess that was why I couldn't get the plug-in to work at all...
;) I've finished my new FLAC plug-in. The CUE plug-in will be the next project. (You have not update the CVS of QMPBASS, so I skip it)

[shaohao]

updated to v1.2beta1.
Now, the virtual track can read more tag info from the image file (such as Artwork info).

visit the my first post of this thread.

[mirage93i]

Hello,

I've faced with some problem for CUE plugin.
The FLAC files stopped at the end and does not open the next track automatically (I need to press 'next' button).
Probably it was solved for QMP but I'm still using the QCD and cannot use the new versions oriented to QMP only.

And one more thing. As CUE file is textual and any mistake can be appeared... it will be good to provide any error or warning message.

Best regards,
Alexander

[mirage93i]

I've faced with some problem for CUE plugin.
The FLAC files stopped at the end and does not open the next track automatically (I need to press 'next' button).
Probably it was solved for QMP but I'm still using the QCD and cannot use the new versions oriented to QMP only.

And one more thing. As CUE file is textual and any mistake can be appeared... it will be good to provide any error or warning message.

Best regards,
Alexander

[duckie]

Hello shaohao, I have problems using the CUE plugin. QMP queues up the virtual tracks, but cannot detect them, i.e. the tracks are grayed out in the Quicktracks menu.

[shaohao]

Hello shaohao, I have problems using the CUE plugin. QMP queues up the virtual tracks, but cannot detect them, i.e. the tracks are grayed out in the Quicktracks menu.


Make sure enable the decoder plug-in.
If you try to play CDImage.ape with CDImage.cue, you must enable the QCDApe.dll plug-in.

[duckie]

Make sure enable the decoder plug-in.
If you try to play CDImage.ape with CDImage.cue, you must enable the QCDApe.dll plug-in.

Yes, the appropriate plug-ins are enabled, FLAC and APE, mostly. Both CUE plug-in entries are enabled too. Its odd. The paths look correct.

Is there any way I can generate a log for you?

新的 FLAC plug-in 性能很好,谢谢.

[shaohao]

Yes, the appropriate plug-ins are enabled, FLAC and APE, mostly. Both CUE plug-in entries are enabled too. Its odd. The paths look correct.

Is there any way I can generate a log for you?

新的 FLAC plug-in 性能很好,谢谢.

考，居然会中文:bandit:
把你的CUE文件发上来。
Send me your .cue file for testing.

[duckie]

考，居然会中文:bandit:
把你的CUE文件发上来。
Send me your .cue file for testing.

哈,我是海外华侨,华语能写能读能讲就是打字不行.

I've uploaded the .cue file as an attachment, thanks!

[shaohao]

哈,我是海外华侨,华语能写能读能讲就是打字不行.

I've uploaded the .cue file as an attachment, thanks!
那我就中文啦（英语不太灵光）。
从CUE文件看你的CD（flac文件）播放时间至少是54分钟。那个flac文件的总播放时间确实大于等 于54分吗？如果flac文件的总播放时间小于cue文件的总计播放时间，那么cue文件后面有几首曲目可 能会无法识别。
还有。你最好使用QMPB118以上版本，旧版本我也没法保证。


Make sure the duration of .flac file >= total duration of .cue file
You'd better use QMP B118+.

[duckie]

那我就中文啦（英语不太灵光）。
从CUE文件看你的CD（flac文件）播放时间至少是54分钟。那个flac文件的总播放时间确实大于等 于54分吗？如果flac文件的总播放时间小于cue文件的总计播放时间，那么cue文件后面有几首曲目可 能会无法识别。
还有。你最好使用QMPB118以上版本，旧版本我也没法保证。


Make sure the duration of .flac file >= total duration of .cue file
You'd better use QMP B118+.

那flac文件的总播放时间超过一小时. 奇怪的是没一首曲子能认别, 前几首也不能.

我已经在用最新的版本119了.

Well, that's didn't really solve my problem. Its likely some config issue on my PC. I'll try a few other things first, perhaps start a fresh QMP profile.

谢谢.

[duckie]

同样的文件用foobar2000没问题,真是奇怪... :(

[shaohao]

同样的文件用foobar2000没问题,真是奇怪... :(
麻烦请把QMP安装目录下的Plugins.ini和PluginCache.ini文件打包 传上来。
我先看看，不行的话我再发个调试版本让你试试。

BTW: foobar2000是从内核上支持，当然不会出错。
QMP的CUE支持就比较难设计了。现在的这种CUE插件动态再加载解码插件的调用机制我个人还是不太满意 。但应该是已知的最好的解决方案了。

[duckie]

麻烦请把QMP安装目录下的Plugins.ini和PluginCache.ini文件打包 传上来。
我先看看，不行的话我再发个调试版本让你试试。

麻烦你了。

[shaohao]

麻烦你了。
Visit the first post of this thread.
I just release a new beta version for testing.

[aeroman]

Hi! shaohao
I've tested your plugin.. thanks for develop it ;)
Here is the name of the audio file : CD1Image.flac
I've attached a zip file which includes the .cue, and an image of the result in QMP 119 which doesn't play anything..

Ps: It works with foobar2000 & XMPlay (right click)

[duckie]

Visit the first post of this thread.
I just release a new beta version for testing.

Hello shaohao. With the new version, I still have the same problem, which seems to be the same as aeroman's.

Thanks.

[LennyNero]

I am getting the same problem[s] as well. Over the last few days I have looked into it and gone thru this thread, but TBH I cant get anything to work.
All that I get is 0.1 sec names and all are set to block, I am correct that its the .cue file from a CD image DAO list that is expected to work ?

I have had .cue files in the past that IIRC looked to be a different format and would just play in anything. I will dig thru some CD\DVD's and try to find them.

[shaohao]

I'm writing a debug version.
one or two days left.

[LennyNero]

I'm writing a debug version...
Thank you, any help needed with testing new builds I am happy to help.

[shaohao]

I just uploaded a debug version.
Visit here to download from my first post of this thread.

Post the content of your debug.log file here, so I can trace the debug information.

[Milky]

I just downloaded the debug version and took the following steps:

1. Erase all traces of my old QMPCUE setup (flush name cache, edit plugin.ini to remove the "CUE Sheet player" section
2. Restart QMP to check that the plugins were gone. This looked ok.
3. Quit QMP
4. Copy new QMPCUE.dll to QMP's plugin folder
5. Restart QMP
6. Check if plugins are there: Nothing there...
7. Told QMP to load new plugins
8. Check if plugins are there: Still nothing there...
9. Looked for a debug.log: Nowhere to be found

So, at this moment I cannot use any cue file at all. I'm using QMP B119 btw.

Kind regards,
Pascal

[shaohao]

Sorry, I just re-compiled the debug version and upload it to the first post.

Try again.;)

[Milky]

That's a lot better :-)

All plugins are there now and CUE sheets do load. I see the tracktitles and artists appear, but then they disappear again... Seems like QMP overwrites them?

debug.log attached...

[Guss]

i have made a clean installation of qmp b119, but QMPCUE 1.2 b2 won't play any ques (in particular i mostly play mp3 images with ques).
after loading the que (either by dragging it to the playlist or double clicking in explorer), the play queue looks just fine. the plugin reads que exactly the way it should be, e.g., all the data incl. track names and durations is ok and items are not blocked, too.
but when trying to play them, i get nothing, but lightning fast skip through the play queue. it looks like the player is trying open the virtual track, and after failure keeps trying one after another.

i have also mentioned it tries to change the playback plugin to null output. anyway, it does behave identically whatever playback option is selected afterwards.

i have just downloaded the debug version. please find attached here the logfile. i hope it helps and i really wait for the fix!

thank you.

[LennyNero]

but when trying to play them, i get nothing, but lightning fast skip through the play queue. it looks like the player is trying open the virtual track, and after failure keeps trying one after another.

i have also mentioned it tries to change the playback plugin to null output. anyway, it does behave identically whatever playback option is selected afterwards.

I got a cue 'lightning fast' play when its set to route via dev/null.
I switched back to cross fading I think (I use wave out normally I have just remembered this part) and the first time I did that the tracks played ...not since have I been able to do so.

I am going to create a real image as well as look for an old .cue file that were of the type, that I remember them as having been, not a CD\DVD burn cue sheet.

Also am I expecting to get a debug.log in... ah found it in the QMP main folder not plugs.

I have some work to finish and I will have another go. I might even make a clean install on another computer.

[duckie]

Same problem as the others. I mainly use the CUEs with FLAC and APE files. I don't seem to have a problem with the playback plugin getting set to /dev/null, the Crossfading plugin is active all the time.

[LennyNero]

Same problem as the others.
From the looks of you log...
[Fri Sep 21 15:47:13 2007]playlist> track: 1, start: 0, end: 739000, title: Night On Bald Mountain
Yours did in fact work on the file, where as most of mine...

[Fri Sep 21 00:31:33 2007]playlist> track: 2, start: 0, end: 0, title: Fly On The Windscreen

But I do have a few that seemed to have processed the data
[Fri Sep 21 00:31:33 2007]playlist> track: 3, start: 0, end: 666, title: A Question Of Lust,

Most of what I am working with are also Flac files, I have just created an .ape set just in case ...nothing changed :( BUt in the past it was .mp3 files that I have had .cue files for and all of which have worked (with QCD).

Does the Debug.log file get created in the directory from where the play list/cue file is or executed from ?
I thought that the QMP dir was the first place I looked, but then, as I did find one in there, I thought that the others must have been written over, but now I have started to find more debug.logs in my EAC output folders

[Guss]

the logfile should be created directly in your qmp installation folder.

[duckie]

From the looks of you log...
[Fri Sep 21 15:47:13 2007]playlist> track: 1, start: 0, end: 739000, title: Night On Bald Mountain
Yours did in fact work on the file, where as most of mine...

Yes, I did take a look at the log file, and it looked fine. But I got the same "lightning fast" skip through.

[shaohao]

to Guss:
If you are playing a .mp3 image file. qMp's default QCDMp3.dll is not compatible with the QMPCUE.dll. I'm trying to fix the bug.
But you can try Paul's QCDBass.dll plug-in. I've uploaded a new QCDBass.dll which can be compatible with QMPCUE.dll.
Please visit Paul's Quinnware BASS Input Plug-in, find my latest post and download the latest QCDBass.dll.

to LennyNero:
Your cue file is very strange. can you upload the cue sheet file? I'll have a look at it.

to others:
ENnnnn... Try the new 1.3b1. Wish the bug has been fixed:ninja:

Visit here (http://www.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45831#post45831) to download from my first post of this thread.

NOTE: There is a bug in QCDMediaSource.dll. I have report it to the bug tracker.
You'd better turn off MediaSource's buffering function for local media files to get a better compatibility. Otherwise, some input plug-in (FALC, APE and etc) will failed when you try to play a non-first virtual track directly.

[Guss]

thank you very much, shaohao.
indeed, switching to QCDBass solved the problem.

however, i continue getting switched to null output in some way. still no idea if this is QMPCUE related problem and it doesn't occur frequently.

[LennyNero]

to LennyNero:
Your cue file is very strange. can you upload the cue sheet file? I'll have a look at it.
Sorry I took so long, too much working on other things, and when I plug in my turntable I forget about QMP and wonder why I even bother with mp3/digital audio :)

That log file had two or three cue sheets, one, mine as was created by the latest version of EAC, and the others were something I got ;-) and used ...or not as the case was.

But I have had a few problems with the computer I have QMP on and or with QMP itself. I have an HDCP enabled Vid card but are not as silly as to use Vista, so I get some 300 times a second things telling me the HDCP key cant be found and other 5hist ...so the event logs are useless.

[shaohao]

Hi, LennyNero, Guss, duckie and others:
Thanks for your help.
Your reports are very helpful.
I have upload a new v1.4b1. Several bugs had beed fixed.
The new version support 4 types cue sheet (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_CUE_Sheets). I think some of you can read .cue file correctly.
And, the new version also support Quinnware's default MP3 input plug-in. I've re-written the core to get a better compatibility.

Enjoy it :cool:

[harumscarum]

use v1.4b1
this i have while playing APE and FLAC files. for a while i see correct song titles but it dissapear when playback starts.

[shaohao]

use v1.4b1
this i have while playing APE and FLAC files. for a while i see correct song titles but it dissapear when playback starts.

Please upload your .cue file to me.

Or

Try to open the .cue file with a text editor and do some modification and undo it, then save it. Re-open the .cue file.

[harumscarum]

your plugin working fine with WAVs - here i attach both CUEs the only difference that APE doesnt work properly.

[shaohao]

your plugin working fine with WAVs - here i attach both CUEs the only difference that APE doesnt work properly.

Just fix the bug. try the new one.

[LennyNero]

Thanks for all of the work.
I have trashed my QMP setup and are about to set it back up with just the basic plugs and yours that I need for the .cue files and work from there, this was quite an old install with so many plugs and other things dragged around from older windows installs that could be some of my problems.

[shaohao]

New v1.5 is released.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qplugins

You can save several tracks as a new .cue file.
Tag module can read various tag comments.

[Guss]

thanks, mate!
you are doing really great job, which was paused a little while ago and caused me to disappoint sometimes.

contiguous files with cue sheets are becoming increasingly popular nowadays, but there still exists a big problem with a lack of compatible software to handle it.
i would even enjoy this being an integrated option of my beloved qmp player.

anyway, back to the development affairs, i would like to ask if there could be an option to actually make a cue sheet from within a player? by making it possible to manually seek a big file and mark a point, which would then create a new track reference in the cue?
for me, this would be one of the most advanced player vs. plugin combination ever developed!

at this time, i would like to expressly mention the very welcome presence of new support for utf-8, i have been missing this.
switching now to test v1.5.

[shaohao]

anyway, back to the development affairs, i would like to ask if there could be an option to actually make a cue sheet from within a player? by making it possible to manually seek a big file and mark a point, which would then create a new track reference in the cue?
for me, this would be one of the most advanced player vs. plugin combination ever developed!

Did you mean that the cue plug-in should give you a config dialog box so that you can set the start index and the end index of a playing track by dragging the seek point, then create a .cue file like below?

TITLE "Let's Rock"
PERFORMER "Various Artists"
FILE "E:\1.mp3" MP3
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE track1
PERFORMER artist1
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE track2
PERFORMER artist2
INDEX 00 03:20:45
FILE "E:\2.mp3" MP3
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE track3
PERFORMER artist3
INDEX 00 04:05:45
FILE "E:\3.mp3" MP3
INDEX 01 00:00:00


If this is really what you want to.
Good News, I'm working on it.
A config dialog box will popup when you try to save a set of media file as a .cue file so thant you can set the start/end index of each track and burn out a seamless CD:grin:

If you just want to rip a track from a big image file and add it into another .cue file.
Follow below steps:

There should be a .cue file for the big image file. Open it with qMp. CUE plug-in will create virtual tracks for you automatically.
Delete all other tracks from play queue. Just leave the tracks you want to.
Add other physical media file into the play queue.
Save the play queue as a new .cue playlist file. This should be what you really want to
Or, you can drag&drop all virtual tracks into media library. Then you know what to do next.Good Luck

[Guss]

yes, exactly that's what i meant. that truly will be an amazing option!!!
i can't believe my eyes, i will finally have a simple way to split dj sets i usually listen to very often! all in one single player, versatility at its best.

furthermore, at the moment it is very complicated task. although writing a cue manually is easy, i miss an automation to have index points detected and inserted into the cue sheet, which is really supposed to be done automatically by software.

waiting impatiently from now on, great news, shaohao!

[blacksentinel]

Dear shaohao,

First of all thanks for all your wonderful plug-ins. I really appreciate that. ;)

Now about my problem.
I can't get QMPCUE v1.5 to work. :(
I allready posted a comment in the plug-ins section (excuse me for the rating - I'll overwrite it when I get the plug-in to work), but lately thought that a post here would be a better choice.

Generally, the problem is that when I double-click the cue sheet file, it opens in player and shows artist/track names, but all tracks are "locked". It seems, like there is incorrect file name in the cue sheet. Well, you can say maybe it's something wrong with cue sheet itself, but it worked with previous versions - QCD 4.51 and your plug-in QMPCUEv11b3.

By the way, I tried many formats and decoders (APE, FLAC, WAV, MP3) - none of them works. I tried to put in the older version of QMPCUE (the above mentioned v11b3) - doesn't work either. Also I tried it on several computers with different versions of windows (didn't try Vista). Could it be something wrong with this build of QMP? :(

Any comments and ideas are very welcome. ;)

[shaohao]

Dear shaohao,

First of all thanks for all your wonderful plug-ins. I really appreciate that. ;)

Now about my problem.
I can't get QMPCUE v1.5 to work. :(
I allready posted a comment in the plug-ins section (excuse me for the rating - I'll overwrite it when I get the plug-in to work), but lately thought that a post here would be a better choice.

Generally, the problem is that when I double-click the cue sheet file, it opens in player and shows artist/track names, but all tracks are "locked". It seems, like there is incorrect file name in the cue sheet. Well, you can say maybe it's something wrong with cue sheet itself, but it worked with previous versions - QCD 4.51 and your plug-in QMPCUEv11b3.

By the way, I tried many formats and decoders (APE, FLAC, WAV, MP3) - none of them works. I tried to put in the older version of QMPCUE (the above mentioned v11b3) - doesn't work either. Also I tried it on several computers with different versions of windows (didn't try Vista). Could it be something wrong with this build of QMP? :(

Any comments and ideas are very welcome. ;)

Please report the bug like below:

Player Version: QMP B119
CUE Sheet File Path: D:\music\1.cue
Image File Path: D:\music\1.flac
Installed & Enabled Plug-ins: QCDMp3.dll, QMPFLAC.dll

and upload your .cue file so I can analysis it to find the bug.

[blacksentinel]

Excuse me for bothering you, dear shaohao.
Finally I got plug-in to work. :)

After a not-so-easy investigation I discovered, that your plug-in doesn't work if QMP was installed with "Install for all users on system" option checked. I tried both ways severeal times - this is really the case.

Thanks for your attention. :)

Regards from Lithuania!
Keep up the excellent work! ;)

[duckie]

Excuse me for bothering you, dear shaohao.
Finally I got plug-in to work. :)

After a not-so-easy investigation I discovered, that your plug-in doesn't work if QMP was installed with "Install for all users on system" option checked. I tried both ways severeal times - this is really the case.

Thanks for your attention. :)

Regards from Lithuania!
Keep up the excellent work! ;)

Great detective work, thanks.

shaohao: this was probably why your plugin didn't work for me before the last reinstall of Windows.

[shaohao]

After a not-so-easy investigation I discovered, that your plug-in doesn't work if QMP was installed with "Install for all users on system" option checked. I tried both ways severeal times - this is really the case.
http://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/emots/post/thumbup.gif
Yes, you find the most deadly bug.
I've fix it.
download the latest v1.5.1 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/qplugins/)

[Milky]

Excellent work, shaoshao! Today I downloaded your latest release and it worked right away. I also really like the new features you've added.

Keep up the good work!

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Generally, the problem is that when I double-click the cue sheet file, it opens in player and shows artist/track names, but all tracks are "locked". It seems, like there is incorrect file name in the cue sheet. Well, you can say maybe it's something wrong with cue sheet itself, but it worked with previous versions - QCD 4.51 and your plug-in QMPCUEv11b3.



I just had the case where the filename in the cue sheet didn't correspond with the mp3 filename. So before I figured this out i'm like wtf mate? But it's all good now. :heart: Good on ya Shaohao for creating this plugin.

[nathanj]

Hi,

I can't get the cue sheet plugin to work. I've used older versions in the past and they worked fine but since reinstalling windows and updating QMP and the cue sheet plugin it doesn't work.

I am using QMP version 4.51a and CUESheet v1.5.1. When I open a cue file (either by associating the file with qmp or when opening from inside qmp) it just shows the filename in the playlist (no tracks) and won't play anything. I've tried various different cue files with the same result and checked that the mp3 files work on their own.

I did have problems installing from CUESheet_v1_5_1.exe. It had a different default install folder to the QMP default folder. It also installed to the root of the QMP folder rather than the plugins folder. I've tried putting copies of the dll in both folders and tried installing to both default folders but still no luck. I've also tried CUESheet v1.5 but still had the problem.

Any suggestions on how to get it to work would be appreciated.

[shaohao]

Hi,

I can't get the cue sheet plugin to work. I've used older versions in the past and they worked fine but since reinstalling windows and updating QMP and the cue sheet plugin it doesn't work.

I am using QMP version 4.51a and CUESheet v1.5.1. When I open a cue file (either by associating the file with qmp or when opening from inside qmp) it just shows the filename in the playlist (no tracks) and won't play anything. I've tried various different cue files with the same result and checked that the mp3 files work on their own.

The new CUE plug-in is for qMp v5!


I did have problems installing from CUESheet_v1_5_1.exe. It had a different default install folder to the QMP default folder. It also installed to the root of the QMP folder rather than the plugins folder. I've tried putting copies of the dll in both folders and tried installing to both default folders but still no luck. I've also tried CUESheet v1.5 but still had the problem.

Any suggestions on how to get it to work would be appreciated.
You said you just re-install the system.
The plug-in installer will check the register key "KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quinnware\Quintessentia l Media Player" to get the installation path of Quintessential Player. You re-installed the system, so the key is lost.
Re-install qMp can solve the problem.

[nathanj]

Thanks for the quick response.

I had downloaded qmp from here:
http://www.quinnware.com/downloads.php

When I went to the about box it showed version 4.51a.

I downloaded it again from the version history page (build 119), reinstalled and now the cue sheet plugin works! It now shows build 119 as the version in the about box, I assume that it means it's build 119 of version 5?!

[Tokelil]

What you downloaded before was QCD version 4.51, which is the last real release of the player. The new development builds are called QMP and are so far numbered b1xx, with the newest release being b119. So b119 is a beta release. (Though quite stable for most people)

[Toe]

I can't get v1.5.5 + b120 working. Track names show up in queue just fine, but they're all 'blocked' and won't play. Tried with APE+CUE and FLAC+CUE. :disappoin

[Toe]

OK, figured out what was causing that. For whatever reason the plugin was checked in Playlists but not Input. I notice, though, that under Input the plugin reports itself as v1.5.5 while under Playlists it's v1.5.2. AFAICT I don't have two separate versions installed here...

[shaohao]

OK, figured out what was causing that. For whatever reason the plugin was checked in Playlists but not Input. I notice, though, that under Input the plugin reports itself as v1.5.5 while under Playlists it's v1.5.2. AFAICT I don't have two separate versions installed here...

The latest CUE Sheet Player plug-in contains three modules:
input module v1.5.5
playlist reader v1.5.2
Virtual Track tag support v1.5.2

[Toe]

Fair enough, but is there any reason not to keep the version numbers in sync?

[LennyNero]

Fair enough, but is there any reason not to keep the version numbers in sync?
Yep, say if there are more than one part that makes something up and one is at v1.5.5 another at v1.5.2 ...and so on.

'spose you could say its all at v1.5...

[Toe]

I could understand if there were a lot of separate pieces, but we're talking about a single DLL, here. Granted, it kinda functions as more than one plugin, but I still think it would make more sense to just have one version number for the whole thing.