Disc images and CUE sheets

An audio image stores an album’s audio in one file. Its CUE sheet records where tracks and index points begin, so a compatible player can select individual tracks. A CUE sheet can also describe an album saved as separate track files.

Save an album as an audio image

1. Load the CD and review its album information.
2. Choose Action → Copy Image & Create CUE Sheet.
3. Select Uncompressed for WAV or Compressed for your enabled FLAC presets.
4. Choose a destination, review the extraction settings, and click Start copy.

Set the image and CUE filenames under OAC → OAC Options → Filename before copying.

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OAC → OAC Options → Filename

1. 1The image uses this name plus .wav or .flac.
2. 2Name the CUE sheet saved with separate track files.

Keep the image and CUE sheet together. The image includes detected pregaps. CDs with separate audio sections produce a file pair for each section.

Include a CUE sheet with track files

Before extracting individual tracks, run Action → Detect Gaps and click Apply when detection finishes. Choose a gap setting from the Action menu, then enable Create CUE sheets with these audio files in the extraction dialog.

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Copy Audio Data → Output options

1. 1Save a CUE sheet with the extracted tracks. Detect gaps and choose their placement before starting.

A pregap is audio before a track’s main start. It may contain music or speech as well as silence.

Gap setting	What to expect
Append Gaps To Previous Track	The pregap plays at the end of the previous file. Requires a player that supports noncompliant CUE sheets.
Append Gaps To Next Track	Each file starts with that track’s own pregap, followed by its main audio.
Leave Out Gaps	The pregap audio is omitted. The CUE records its duration as silence.

For hidden audio before track 1, use the settings in Gaps and hidden audio.

Create a CUE sheet without extracting audio

For audio already extracted, choose Action → Create CUE Sheet and select its gap arrangement. OpenAudioCopy detects gaps if needed. Save the sheet beside the audio files, using their exact filenames in the sheet.